John Landis Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• There have been 14 versions that I can find of Burke & Hare movies. They have all been horror films and all the movies have taken place in Victorian times, which doesn't make any sense.

  John Landis

  Taken, Film, Horror

  Interview with Jason Guerrasio, film.avclub.com. September 08, 2011.

• I'm very lucky to have worked in the '70s. It's a different industry and distribution is in a state of flux. It's all different platforms, they're doing this video-on-demand thing and also playing the film theatrically. It's funny to me: In the States it's an arthouse movie.

  John Landis

  Different, Lucky, Video

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Movies are brand new. Film is less than 150 years old. It's brand new, compared to any other art form, all of which are thousands of years old.

  John Landis

  Art, Years, Film

  Source: collider.com

• The 1960s and 1970s were the real years for independent film, because they were really independent. Plus, there were hundreds of distributors. There were all these companies that basically did exploitation, but they were independent. Now, there are very few independent distributors.

  John Landis

  Real, Independent, Film

• Marketing does have a lot to do with the success of a film. But even more so, and especially since home video, I've learned that a movie has a life of its own. A movie goes out there, and it exists, and it continues. I'm always fascinated by what movie people bring up when they approach me.

  John Landis

  Home, People, Marketing

• The idea of doing a children's film is different, but quite honestly I like doing anything - any genre. I've only made one Western, which was 'Three Amigos,' but I would love to make a serious Western. I'm just wide open.

  John Landis

  Children, Ideas, Serious

  IGN Interview, www.ign.com. February 11, 2004.

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