Quotes & Sayings About European Cinema

I feel very much ideologically, politically if you like, and emotionally part of the European cinema. — Mike Leigh

I was always intrigued with European cinema, and hated most American cinema. I didn't like the one, two, three - boom! style, with a neat and tidy ending. That was never my scene. — Lee Daniels

Imagine, there is almost no possibility for a foreign language film to be distributed in America right now. That doesn't just make the industry poorer, it makes the landscape of cinema poorer, in America. The impossibility to get a good release on a really good European, Latin American, Asian movie is a tragedy. — Guillermo Del Toro

I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker. — Mike Leigh

My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films. — Hideo Kojima

I came to Hollywood and I loved it. It was a great time, but in my head I was still elsewhere, in Europe. I believed in a certain cinema, which I still do believe in - a certain European cinema - and as a young woman being in America, I thought I was being taken away from that. — Valeria Golino

In Europe, there are many filmmakers working in the same territory: immigration, and the things that are most disruptive to European life today. That's not a judgment. I think it's good that cinema looks at such things. — Jean-Pierre Dardenne

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

My mom used to have a lot of European cinema playing in the house, so I'd catch bits and pieces of films. — Mia Wasikowska

When I discovered European filmmakers, it affected me so deeply. It redefined what cinema could be. I mean, 'Blow-Up' ends with a dead body and mimes playing tennis. What? — Paul Haggis

Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a visual artist and photographer and my dad is, too. My mum, I must credit for showing me good films. With my career, my parents were great and though they were a little wary, maybe, of the acting ambitions they have always been supportive. — Mia Wasikowska