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Asif Kapadia
British Director
Born: 1972
Always Film Films People Time You
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We were working on 'Senna' for a long time before we were fully financed, so we didn't actually have an editor for a while. Asif Kapadia
Time Long Long Time Before Financed Editor Were While Working Fully Actually
We want to make movies for the big screen. We want people to go to the theater and feel like they're watching a movie. Asif Kapadia
People Big Feel Like Make Go Big Screen Screen Want Movie Theater Movies Watching
I like to make films where I learn along the way, like the audience. Asif Kapadia
Films Way Along Like Make Learn Audience Where
I'm a sport fan. So, I have always watched everything, and I used to watch racing. Formula One was always on. The genius about it is that it's on at lunchtime on a Sunday. Asif Kapadia
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In a film called 'Senna,' the clue is in the title, and we have a Brazilian badge on our sleeve as we were making it. We were making it from Senna's point of view, with Senna narrating it. Asif Kapadia
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As far as I'm concerned, I make movies. Asif Kapadia
Concerned Make As Far As Movies Far
People have always been recording what's going on around them in one form or another. Asif Kapadia
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I never realised 'The Return' would take so long to make - it was a very tough 'political experience,' and the post production in L.A. seemed to go on forever. Asif Kapadia
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The Monaco Grand Prix is in May right around the time of Cannes. Asif Kapadia
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I love telling stories with images. But I think there's more to just saying a movie is great visually. Asif Kapadia
Love Saying Great Think Telling More Just Movie Stories Images
I don't really rely on watching video monitors. They put you at a certain distance from your actors, and it makes me feel less a part of what's really happening in the scene. Asif Kapadia
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My background is Indian, so I believe in a spiritual idea that there is another level, another layer or layers, if you will, above us. I believe that there are elements that allow things to be drawn together, a sort of energy. Asif Kapadia
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I'm an ordinary Hackney boy, and I can talk to people. Asif Kapadia
People Talk Boy Ordinary
You don't have to be someone who likes walking a tightrope across the Twin Towers to watch 'Man On Wire.' Asif Kapadia
You Man Someone Wire Towers Likes Tightrope Walking Across Who Twin Watch
I don't have these crazy deadlines. I don't have this, 'Oh it's got to be out tomorrow.' I don't like working like that. Asif Kapadia
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When I was given the opportunity to direct 'Senna,' I decided the film had to work for audiences who disliked sport or had never seen a Formula One race in their lives. It had to thrill and emotionally engage people who had never heard of Ayrton Senna. Asif Kapadia
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We spent four days filming in a helicopter. I had never seen London from that viewpoint - you get a sense of how big it is and how easy it is to get lost. There was one day when we couldn't find Brick Lane: we spent 25 minutes looking and then realised it was directly below us. Asif Kapadia
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As a filmmaker, you complete a film you have spent years obsessively making, and you know the release prints will never look quite the same; prints get scratched and dirty. Asif Kapadia
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Hopefully with digital projection, a film will always look the way the filmmaker intended. Asif Kapadia
Projection Digital Will Way Hopefully Look Always Intended Film Filmmaker
I studied graphic design originally. I used to like drawing, and I was quite into technical drawing. I was always interested in the visual medium, but I thought I was going to be an architect or something like that, but it's quite a lonely job. Asif Kapadia
Job Thought Lonely Design Medium Drawing Visual Architect Something Studied Like Always Going Quite Interested Used Graphic Graphic Design Originally Technical
We were studying at Newport Film School, and I found that the only way for me to make films - because you need people and you need equipment - was that I had to be a student. Asif Kapadia
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Directing can be very lonely and quite intimidating. Asif Kapadia
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I wanted to study film at an art school - I loved the idea of being surrounded by designers and artists. We were encouraged to be experimental. Asif Kapadia
Art School Study Idea Were Encouraged Surrounded Art School Artists Being Wanted Experimental Loved Film Designers
I made several short films with very little dialogue. I'm still not a fan of talking heads. My stories are told with images as much as possible. Asif Kapadia
Made Films Several Possible Heads Talking Talking Heads Still Dialogue Very Short Short Films Fan Stories Little Much Images
'Do the Right Thing' has been a big influence on me. I saw it when it first came out in 1989. I was about 18, and it blew me away on many levels - I had never seen anything like it before. Asif Kapadia
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I just loved films. I knew I wanted to work on film, not video. Asif Kapadia
Work Films Knew Just Wanted Loved Video Film
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