If anything, I see myself as a witness. I'd also be pleased, if you'd call me an interpreter. I try to hear and see the message of a place and pass it on, into that other language, the universal one of images. Wim Wenders More Quotes by Wim Wenders More Quotes From Wim Wenders Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes. Wim Wenders support eye ideas 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 up-to-you cinema change Whoever came up first with that saying a picture is worth a thousand words didn't understand the first thing about either one. Wim Wenders picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words thousand firsts Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice. Wim Wenders hardship music complaining Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it. Wim Wenders gambling movie people The Yanks have colonized our subconscious. Wim Wenders subconscious Filmmaking is really connected to life and all of the expressions that different arts found to allow access to life. Filmmaking touches on all of it. Wim Wenders different expression art An image that is unseen can't sell anything. It is pure, therefore true, beautiful, in one word: innocent. As long as no eye contaminates it, it is in perfect unison with the world. If it is not seen, the image and the object it represents belong together. Wim Wenders eye perfect beautiful Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more. Wim Wenders entertainment one-day criticism Filmmakers tell actors to adjust their body language, and the famous presence of the actor is his or her body language. That is what makes them special and a movie star. An actor's capital is his body. Wim Wenders actors stars special The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit. Wim Wenders unbroken strong people Don't worry about getting final cut, worry about making the best possible cut. Wim Wenders finals cutting worry I heard that Trump said even smelling a book makes him feel tired. Wim Wenders tired book Loving photography and wanting to be a painter, it all ended up in the process of filmmaking. It's strange professionally be to connected because it connects you to architecture, it connects you to painting, it connects you to writers, to actors. It connects you to really all of the arts. Wim Wenders actors photography art It's almost scary how stylish things can look if you take the color out - how much more you see the essence of things and how much more something can appear elegant. Wim Wenders scary color essence 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 independent lists cutting To evoke the classic period of Italian cinema in a little film seemed like a great, fun thing to do. I had relations to that period. I had known Fellini and I had known Antonioni. I had made a movie with Antonioni and I had visited Fellini in his studios. So, it seemed like something worthwhile doing. You bring yourself to that mythical cinema. Wim Wenders italian littles fun There are a lot of things that dancers can do that actors cannot and actors can do that dancers cannot. Wim Wenders dancer actors can-do Many of the critics today get airline tickets, hotel accommodation, bags, beautiful photographs, gifts and other expenses paid by the distributors, and then are supposed to write serious articles about the movie. Wim Wenders bags writing beautiful 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
