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D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
American Director
Born: Jul 15, 1925
Life Money People Somebody Think You
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Somebody like Bowie was so interesting because when you got him off stage, he was like a businessman. But on stage, he was just dazzling. It was like watching butterflies grow. D. A. Pennebaker
You Somebody Stage He Like Dazzling Bowie Him Because Got Off Just Interesting Businessman Grow Butterflies Watching
Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out. D. A. Pennebaker
Pay Lasts Out Would Empires Well Curious Whatnot Anything Figure Publishing
I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things. D. A. Pennebaker
Entertainment People Seriously Will Think Films Side Books Way Kind See Totally Take Category Comic Comic Books Still End Up Different Which Them Hollywood View Things Basically
Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us. They work in the real world and earn money and are pretty good at it. D. A. Pennebaker
Work Good World Money Earn Pretty Pretty Good Sons Real Nor Afford The Real World Real World Them Themselves Us Two Filmmakers
Nobody would let us do 'Crisis' again. D. A. Pennebaker
Crisis Would Nobody Again Us Let Us
If you're setting up lights and tripods, and you've got three assistants running around, people will want to get you out as fast as they can. But if you go the opposite way, if you make the camera the least important thing in the room, then it's different. D. A. Pennebaker
You People Will Three Important Setting Way Out Running Lights Make Around Got Important Thing Least Go Opposite Camera Up Get Different Want Room Then Fast Thing Assistants
I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me. D. A. Pennebaker
Me Hero Know Well Jack Bobby Kennedy
We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market. D. A. Pennebaker
You Money Moon Farm Thinking Market On-Line Broadway Kind About Tempting Studio Over Since Major Like Know Make Sort Because Go Actually Buyer
Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan. D. A. Pennebaker
Partner Spoke Client Making His Office Dylan Interested Bob Bob Dylan Richard Asked Film Albert
I think, in general, independents don't have a lot of access to really good scriptwriters or actors or actresses, so they're very limited in what they can do. D. A. Pennebaker
Good Think Independents General Access Limited Lot Very Really Actor Actress
If you're filming somebody doing something they really want to do, you're probably not very high on their list of problems to deal with. You see James Carville on the phone - he's like that whether you have a camera or not. He isn't doing it just for you, and that's hard to explain. D. A. Pennebaker
You Phone Problems Somebody High See Something He Like Deal Doing Camera Very List Just Want James Whether Explain Really Hard Filming
When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening. D. A. Pennebaker
You Together Editing Stage Sense Way Evidence Finding Exactly Exactly What Inventing Putting Makes Audience Making Go Itself Going Want Happened Happening Story Show Eventually Play Present
Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags. D. A. Pennebaker
Animals Our Planet Companions Necessarily
I had maybe heard 'The Times Are A-Changing' on the radio, but I had no idea who Dylan was. No idea. D. A. Pennebaker
No Idea Had Idea Heard Times Maybe Dylan Who Radio
The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine? D. A. Pennebaker
Work You Together Recording First Some Recorder Wire Knots French Tied First Thing Edit Got Doing Came Cultural Off Up Very Square Did Wanted Center Little Cut Ever Thing Imagine Set
When the fearsome foursome of rock music, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis, decided to show up in Toronto for a rock and roll festival, I knew we had to go there to try to get them all on film. D. A. Pennebaker
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