20 David MacKenzie Quotes for You to Enjoy

David MacKenzie

Scottish Director

Born: May 10, 1966

Cinema Director Feel Films People You

Related authors: Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen

I very rarely read a script that I don't feel I want to change a lot. David MacKenzie

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A lot of cinema is about the game of authenticity - do you feel it's real? David MacKenzie

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As a director, when you embrace a project, you try to understand as much as you can about its world, and you do that by embracing and engaging with people who are in that world. Then it's down to your best instincts, which is what most directing is about anyway. David MacKenzie

I always feel like a script is a recipe, and then you bring the elements into the recipe, and you cook with it. David MacKenzie

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I travel light as a director. I don't have monitors on my set. David MacKenzie

Travel Director Light Set

Event cinema is what it is, and I understand why it's successful. It started with things like 'Jaws,' which are extraordinary movies. But what we've lost are great character films which are beautifully directed and had great movie stars in them. Films that were about something rather than about spectacle. David MacKenzie

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Filmmaking is hard. I mean, it's not that hard, but it is hard to find your way through a system because there's a lot of people, there's money, there's a big machine to kind of make it - and how to find methods and processes that allow it to continue to be a lively process and a creative process. David MacKenzie

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When you make a movie, you don't know how it'll turn out. You can only guess. David MacKenzie

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Movies tend to be dislocated and non-linear in their process. David MacKenzie

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I don't have continuity people. I don't have clapper boards. I don't have monitors. I shoot very fast, I shoot a lot, and we just keep on going. David MacKenzie

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Food scenes in movies are traditionally nightmares to shoot - you just can't fake eating, and you usually have to repeat it a lot of times to get the angles you need. It's actually quite a lot to ask of actors, and there's really nowhere to hide. David MacKenzie

I have a memory of this experience when I was young, watching 'Stop Making Sense,' the Talking Heads concert movie, which is one of the best concert movies ever, and I saw it in a full house in New Zealand, and everyone was cheering between songs, and you really felt like you were part of the audience at the gig. David MacKenzie

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