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Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
German Director
Born: Aug 14, 1945
Any Cinema Criticism People World You
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Entertainment today constantly emphasises the message that things are wonderful the way they are. But there is another kind of cinema, which says that change is possible and necessary and it's up to you. Wim Wenders
Today You Entertainment Change Wonderful Cinema Way Says Possible Kind Constantly Message Another Up Which Things Necessary
In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance. Wim Wenders
Age World Criticism First Become Something Consumerism Instead Over Also Industry America Being Movie Movie Industry Europe Film Film Criticism
Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists. Wim Wenders
Sometimes Other Harshly Critics About Longer Wrote Exists Very Each Filmmakers
The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in. Wim Wenders
Age Culture Criticism Gone Down Living Independent Independent Film Totally Seems Consumer Come Territory Film Now Film Criticism Drain
On the contrary a film can promote the idea of change without any political message whatsoever but in its form and language can tell people that they can change their lives and contribute to progressive changes in the world. Wim Wenders
Change People World Political Language Changes Progressive On The Contrary Tell Promote Idea Message Without Contrary Contribute Whatsoever Any Form Film Lives
I've never been anywhere in my life like it and I only really noticed it when I returned to Los Angeles and then Berlin. Everybody is much better off in these places, there is not poverty like in Cuba, but everybody complains about things. Wim Wenders
Life Better My Life Poverty Everybody Complains Berlin Angeles About Only Better Off Never Like Returned Cuba Los Los Angeles Been Off Anywhere Places Then Much Really Noticed Things
Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon. Wim Wenders
Cinema Worldwide Phenomenon
What is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions. Wim Wenders
Films Fact Generally Studio Referred In Fact Productions
So I am getting a little bored with defining one type of film as American and the other European or from somewhere else because the division is no longer true. Wim Wenders
Somewhere Other Else Type Defining Bored Somewhere Else Division True Longer Because Am American Getting Little European Film
For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it. Wim Wenders
Culture Politicians Lobbying Others Seemed Had Protect Doing Years Movies Them Persuade European Needed
But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive. Wim Wenders
You Cinema Will Building Think Thinking Would Would-Be Spirit Something Protect Protectionism Around Fence Survive Cannot Help European Grave
In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in their countries over the last few years. Wim Wenders
Amazing Few Films Fact Recovered Countries Over French Territory Audience How How Much Italian Years German In Fact Much Certain English European Last Last Few Years
It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings. Wim Wenders
Today Will Publish Independent Find Critics Distributor Magazine Some About Written Invited Concern Without Genuinely Material Off Very List Any Being Cut Hard Flown
Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making. Wim Wenders
Worth Changed Says Spirit Making Any Movie Things

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