A huge problem in movies or with people who work on movies is that two people can look at the same thing but they don't necessarily see the same thing.
Gordon WillisIf you take a sophisticated idea, reduce it to the simplest possible terms so that itโs accessible to everybody, and donโt get simple mixed up with simplistic, itโs how you mount and present something that makes it engaging.
Gordon WillisI hate when somebody says, "This may not work." You'll never get anywhere with that. I've pushed a lot of people out of my way - I don't mean physically - over them being afraid something isn't going to work.
Gordon WillisZooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from the scene that they are directing. Pretty soon the director will be directing all the way from his apartment.
Gordon Willis