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John Boorman (/ˈbʊərmən/; born 18 January 1933) is an English filmmaker who is best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Zardoz, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General, The Tailor of Panama and Queen and Country.

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And you poor creatures--who conjured you out of the clay? Is God in show business, too?

Clay, Conjured, God, Poor, Show

I only storyboard scenes that require special effects, where it is necessary to communicate through pictures.

Communicate, Scene, Scenes, Special, Storyboard, Talking

There are always forces at work in a society, which are really forces of censorship - either religious bodies or zealots who are always putting pressure on things, whether it's books or art or film.

Art, Bodies, Book, Forces, Religious

There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or zealots who are always putting pressure on things, whether it's books or art or film. And all art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art is always making us reassess our thoughts and feelings about how we relate to other people. There are always people who fear that and want to suppress that.

Art, Book, Books, Pressure, Religious

I think most films are too predictable. They follow familiar patterns. I suppose audiences like to know where they stand but I like films that take me by surprise, take unexpected turns and twists.

Films, Patterns, Predictable, Surprise, Thinking, Unexpected

Black-and-white gives you that sort of parallel world. Also, it's very close to the condition of dreaming, to the unconscious.

Black And White, Close, Dream, Dreaming, Gives, Giving

The resistance to black-and-white is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.

Black And White, Difficult, Way, World

There's always been this strand of filmmaking in Britain which is like socialist neo-realism. That's always been there. I've never been part of that, really; I've been much closer to fantasy.

Fantasy, Filmmaking, Part, Socialist, Strand

What is passion? Passion is surely the becoming of a person.

Becoming, Inspirational, Passion, Person

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.

Assistant, Directors, Japan, Numbers, Quite

All art is fundamentally subversive, because it upsets people's perceptions, their notions about society. Therefore, art is dangerous, but good art is always making us reassess our thoughts and feelings about how we relate to other people. There are always people who fear that and want to suppress that.

Art, Notions, People, Reassess, Subversive, Upset

There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important.

David, Romantic, Sides, Thinking, Two Sides

Movie-making is the process of turning money into light. All they have at the end of the day is images flickering on a wall.

Day, Light, Money, The End Of The Day, Turning, Wall

The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion dies or is denied, we are partly dead.

Doe, Expressed, Life, Partly, Passion, Unbearable

All the interesting films are now being made by their subsidiaries for very low budgets. But the studios are not making money. They're making these big, very expensive pictures that take a lot of money but don't really pay for their costs. So they're having a very difficult time. I can see the system breaking down. I think the American studios are a reflection or a metaphor for American industry altogether, which is failing in the world. Its economic domination is being broken down and I think the same thing is happening to the studios.

Broken, Making, Reflection, Take, Thinking

Black and white is much closer to the condition of dreaming. It links you to the subconscious and I think that was part of the great appeal of movies originally. . this strange otherness.

Black And White, Dream, Movies, Part, Strange, Thinking

What we need is someone to abolish the House Of Lords, get rid of the Royal Family.

Abolish, House, Lords, Needs, Royal

I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of myth and see where the characters fit in and what they ought to be doing-all those archetypes are there to play with.

Character, Idea, Play, See, Thinking, Whole

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

Acting, Actors, Defending, Defensive, Good, Position