Ever notice how these European trains always smell of eau de cologne and hard boiled eggs?
Billy WilderNow, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.
Billy WilderFilmโs thought of as a directorโs medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. Itโs that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but theyโve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve.
Billy Wilder