Author: Kevin Macdonald

Quotes

Everyone's got to make one submarine drama in their life.

Everyone's got to make one submarine drama in their life.

- Kevin Macdonald

We're all fascinated by the way other people live their lives, how they cope with hardship and triumph, what they put in their home movies and family albums.

We're all fascinated by the way other people live their lives, how they cope with hardship and triumph, what they put in their home movies and family albums.

- Kevin Macdonald

What got me into making movies was that I wanted to be a journalist.

What got me into making movies was that I wanted to be a journalist.

- Kevin Macdonald

I love Humphrey Jennings. People ask me who my favorite documentary maker is, and he's certainly in the top three.

I love Humphrey Jennings. People ask me who my favorite documentary maker is, and he's certainly in the top three.

- Kevin Macdonald

People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that, I don't know.

People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that, I don't know.

- Kevin Macdonald

'State of Play' is a romantic story at its heart.

'State of Play' is a romantic story at its heart.

- Kevin Macdonald

I love submarine movies.

I love submarine movies.

- Kevin Macdonald

The great thing about making a film on a submarine is that it's kind of like making a play. You've got this limited environment.

The great thing about making a film on a submarine is that it's kind of like making a play. You've got this limited environment.

- Kevin Macdonald

In war films, even more than in other kinds of documentary, we've come to think that shaky, poor-quality footage is somehow more authentic than something classically 'well shot.'

In war films, even more than in other kinds of documentary, we've come to think that shaky, poor-quality footage is somehow more authentic than something classically 'well shot.'

- Kevin Macdonald

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