Drama Film Directed

Famous quotes containing the words drama, film and/or directed:

    Only in the problem play is there any real drama, because drama is no mere setting up of the camera to nature: it is the presentation in parable of the conflict between Man’s will and his environment: in a word, of problem.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    [Film noir] experiences periodic rebirth and rediscovery. Whenever we have any moment of deep societal rift or disruption in America, one of the ways we can express it is through the ideas and behavior in film noir.
    John Briley (b. 1925)

    The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)