Author: Mike Figgis

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When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

- Mike Figgis

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.

- Mike Figgis

I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film.

I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film.

- Mike Figgis

I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.

- Mike Figgis

The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that.

The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that.

- Mike Figgis

I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker.

I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker.

- Mike Figgis

I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.

I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.

- Mike Figgis

Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.

Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.

- Mike Figgis

I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.

I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.

- Mike Figgis

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