Author: Michael Cimino

Quotes

I'm a frustrated would-be architect who stumbled into the would-be business of making movies.

I'm a frustrated would-be architect who stumbled into the would-be business of making movies.

- Michael Cimino

I wish I was making movies back in the days when John Ford made movies and you were a director under contract to a studio. John Ford had years when he made three movies in a year.

I wish I was making movies back in the days when John Ford made movies and you were a director under contract to a studio. John Ford had years when he made three movies in a year.

- Michael Cimino

It's one of the things that movies do offer you, despite all of their hardships - they offer you moments of transcendence.

It's one of the things that movies do offer you, despite all of their hardships - they offer you moments of transcendence.

- Michael Cimino

All one has to do is look at old footage of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and think of the people beneath those bombs. It's horrific.

All one has to do is look at old footage of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and think of the people beneath those bombs. It's horrific.

- Michael Cimino

What distinguishes Vilmos Zsigmond from other cinematographers is, of course, talent but, more, physical stamina. You just can't be great without it.

What distinguishes Vilmos Zsigmond from other cinematographers is, of course, talent but, more, physical stamina. You just can't be great without it.

- Michael Cimino

War is war. Vietnam is no different from the Crusades.

War is war. Vietnam is no different from the Crusades.

- Michael Cimino

I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie.

I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie.

- Michael Cimino

There's nothing but brutality and bravery or cowardice that comes out of war. That's pretty much it.

There's nothing but brutality and bravery or cowardice that comes out of war. That's pretty much it.

- Michael Cimino

There's nothing good that comes out of war. It's simply hell on earth, and people survive, and people don't.

There's nothing good that comes out of war. It's simply hell on earth, and people survive, and people don't.

- Michael Cimino

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