Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists. Wim Wenders More Quotes by Wim Wenders More Quotes From Wim Wenders 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 independent criticism age I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s. Wim Wenders bored might thinking 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 italian country years 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 movie culture years In books they don't have deleted scenes, like with DVDs. You could have your deleted scene in a book as well! Wim Wenders scene book I can't do a million things anymore like I could when I was younger. Wim Wenders I remember that even my first impression of Italian cinema was pictures by paparazzi because my mom was reading all of these trash magazines with paparazzo pictures. Wim Wenders italian mom reading In the late 1980s the amount of German films was down to four or five percent of the market, and the remaining 95 percent were American. It is now 20 to 30 percent German productions. Wim Wenders late four film 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 criticism europe america Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon. Wim Wenders phenomenon cinema It's a great lesson in modesty that you realize you're illiterate in a field that you think you're an expert in. Wim Wenders lessons experts thinking For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury. Wim Wenders luxury music world 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 bored somewhere-else europe Take opera for example - to go to the opera you have to dress up in a tuxedo and pay lots of money. Wim Wenders money example dresses Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism. Wim Wenders movie criticism real Ibrahim tells his story without a grain of complaint, and this was true for all of the band members. This is very much part of the Cuban spirit and soul. Wim Wenders band soul stories 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 ideas 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 cinema would-be thinking Many French directors, having now realised there was no more real criticism, that the standards of the past have gone, are very offended about the quality of film criticism. Wim Wenders criticism real past The world of fashion. I'm interested in the world, not in fashion! But, maybe I was too quick to put down fashion. Why not look at it without prejudice? Why not examine it like any other industry, like the movies for example? Wim Wenders prejudice fashion example
