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There has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker. -- Len Lye
I think the biggest misconception about experimental film in general is that it is always difficult and inaccessible. -- Jenni Olson
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors. -- Bill Forsyth
I'd made these experimental films but I thought the major chore of a filmmaker was to relate to actors." -- Bill Forsyth
I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap. -- Jim Coleman
I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor. -- Lynn Shelton
I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor." -- Lynn Shelton
I studied science and journalism at the University of Colorado and then got interested in experimental film there and started doing my own films. -- Eric Darnell
I studied science and journalism at the University of Colorado and then got interested in experimental film there and started doing my own films." -- Eric Darnell
You dont do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it. -- Isabella Rossellini
You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it. -- Isabella Rossellini
I was very committed to the process of composing, working at poems, putting things together and taking them apart like some kind of experimental filmmaker. -- David Antin
What's great about documentary, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking. You have a license to do a lot of diverse things under the umbrella of 'documentary.' -- Errol Morris
People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to it. What's difficult is to combine a commercial film with art. -- Carlo Ponti
I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films. -- Gus Van Sant
Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films. -- Gus Van Sant
OK, I wasn't as successful as, say, Julia Roberts, but I'd spent years in a very respectable career, some big American films but a host of other smaller, really exciting, maybe experimental films, being paid rubbish but working with fine people, that was what I thought I was known for. -- Joely Richardson
OK, I wasn't as successful as, say, Julia Roberts, but I'd spent years in a very respectable career, some big American films but a host of other smaller, really exciting, maybe experimental films, being paid rubbish but working with fine people, that was what I thought I was known for." -- Joely Richardson
I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films. -- Richard Linklater
I think the most experimental way to a film is to tell the story the traditional way, because everyone is doing the other thing. -- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
I think indie films have more of a fresh, experimental vibe about them, whereas studio films know what they want and can basically get it. -- Kodi Smit-McPhee
I wanted to study film at an art school - I loved the idea of being surrounded by designers and artists. We were encouraged to be experimental. -- Asif Kapadia
Experimental film by the '70s had become much more mainstream after 'Bonnie and Clyde' and stuff in the late '60s, when you were seeing bigger movies where people were exploring the medium a lot more. -- Noah Hawley
There are lots of great movies coming out of the U.S. but it's not something I've ever really been interested in. They're great films but I much prefer the smaller independent films, which are more thought provoking and experimental. -- Billie Piper
I don't think American independent films have ever really been particularly experimental, except for the original guys from the '60s who were huge influences, like Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, and Stan van der Beek. They were the true independents. -- Gus Van Sant
It's hard to get a film, you know, you need a very special film to be able to get that experimental. But, I would love to see that happen. I would love the opportunity to be more experimental than I am. -- Danny Elfman
Because of how much movies cost, it's dangerous to be experimental on one film after the other. But we can experiment with television. We can do things that are fringe and bring ideas to the table that are offbeat and original. -- Steven Spielberg
It's been said that horror films are experimental forms of art, and I agree. As an actress, you're put in positions and have to experience emotions that are way beyond reality, whether fighting in a post-apocalyptic world or being possessed by the Devil. -- Ashley Bell

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