But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking. Mike Figgis More Quotes by Mike Figgis More Quotes From Mike Figgis The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place. Mike Figgis tragichumorousworld There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker Mike Figgis failingfilmideas I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films were made by professionals. I have to say I wasn't very impressed. Mike Figgis hollywoodfilmfirsts I never had any urge or desire to do like a big spectacular movie with thousands and thousands of extras. I'd rather watch paint drying. But put me in a room with three people having a hard time, like a character situation, and then you're into a really intense portraiture kind of concept. Mike Figgis hard-timescharacterpeople There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there. Mike Figgis sadnessgivingthinking When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer. Mike Figgis singersmusicianway I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way. Mike Figgis cinemafanscountry Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success. Mike Figgis vegasleavingtrying I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar. Mike Figgis pianoguitarplay Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film. Mike Figgis accidentsfilmdrama In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material. Mike Figgis plotactorsmade The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that. Mike Figgis harmonypsychologicalsound It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy. Mike Figgis agentshealthyactors In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form. Mike Figgis developmentmirrorsway I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film. Mike Figgis live-theatrefilmart I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors. Mike Figgis pianoguitarplay I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker. Mike Figgis lost-friendshiplossmoving I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music. Mike Figgis apologytryingpeople The function of camera movement is to assist the storytelling. That's all it is. It cannot be there just to demonstrate itself. Mike Figgis storytellingcamerasmovement I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument. Mike Figgis instrumentscamerasmusical
