A Quote by Jean-Pierre Melville
I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing.
Related Quotes
All I want to do is realism and follow the tradition of realism. And explore what realism should be now be after the ubiquity of smartphones. I'm trying to answer the question. I don't think I'll ever have the words, but hopefully I'll have a few images.
Realism isn't something most people associate with the fantasy genre, yet it's an essential element of great fantasy writing.
If 'Spectator Business' works, we will continue this brand extension strategy and look at everything from 'Spectator Arts' to 'Spectator Style and Travel' or 'Spectator Connoisseur.'
People don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with.
Don't get me wrong, hard and soft fantasy stories can both be good. But you need to know which camp you're in. I'm into realism. I'm a hard fantasy guy.
Somehow I reached excess without ever noticing when I was passing through satisfaction.
The artist invites the spectator to take a journey within the realm of the canvas... Without taking the journey, the spectator has really missed the essential experience of the picture.
The dynamic principle of fantasy is play, a characteristic also of the child, and as such it appears inconsistent with the principle of serious work. But without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. It is therefore short-sighted to treat fantasy, on account of its risky or unacceptable nature, as a thing of little worth.
It is in the capacity to love, that is to SEE, that the liberation of the soul from fantasy consists. The freedom which is a proper human goal is the freedom from fantasy, that is the realism of compassion. What I have called fantasy, the proliferation of blinding self-centered aims and images, is itself a powerful system of energy, and most of what is often called 'will' or 'willing' belongs to this system. What counteracts the system is attention to reality inspired by, consisting of, love.
The illusion of magic is an idealistic fantasy; it exists only in the imagination of the spectator.
I think that the way of bringing realism into fantasy is to treat it as the commonplace.
From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
Idealism without realism is impotent. Realism without idealism is immoral.
If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read anything that seems interesting, because if you only read fantasy and then you start to write fantasy, all you're going to do is recycle the same old stuff and move it around a bit.
If you are noticing what you appreciate and noticing what you are grateful for, you can't be noticing what you don't like.
I gravitate much more toward realism, realism in the work that I do, but magical realism got me hooked on film. I think it was my first time realizing that there was something besides popcorn movies.
Related Authors
Alex Prager Quotes
American
Filmmaker
Ari Marcopoulos Quotes
American
Filmmaker
Astra Taylor Quotes
American
Filmmaker
Avi Lewis Quotes
Canadian
Filmmaker
David Gordon Green Quotes
American
Filmmaker
Gregory Colbert Quotes
Canadian
Filmmaker
Haile Gerima Quotes
Ethiopian
Filmmaker
Joe Berlinger Quotes
American
Filmmaker
Kalle Lasn Quotes
Canadian
Filmmaker
Kim Longinotto Quotes
British
Filmmaker
Mary Harron Quotes
Canadian
Filmmaker
Michael Winterbottom Quotes
English
Filmmaker
Pamela Yates Quotes
American
Filmmaker
Warren Miller Quotes
American
Filmmaker
