In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and walks through a kitchen into a restaurant and the critics were all over this as evidence of the genius of Scorsese and Scorsese is a genius.
Alex CoxThe way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem.
Alex CoxEverybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.
Alex CoxUnfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures.
Alex CoxShakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.
Alex CoxSorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff about projects which tanked.
Alex CoxI thought that punk in its original state was a revolutionary movement. But like surrealism, it failed in its revolutionary attempt.
Alex CoxJustin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else got really annoyed because somehow he'd managed to get the pink cowboy hat.
Alex CoxThe original deal we made was that Walker would be treated like a regular movie, rather than an arthouse thing.
Alex CoxArtists make their work to be seen by others. Well, really we do it to please ourselves, but whatever your art is, you want it to be seen by an audience. In theory, especially in the independent world, ironically, you do stand a chance of making a bit of money if the film gets distribution.
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