• The angles are the director’s thoughts. The lighting is his philosophy.

    – Douglas Sirk

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  • By Jaymes
    October 25, 2011
    09:47 AM

    Todd Haynes certainly lived by this rule for Far From Heaven.
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  • By hinaoya0404
    May 10, 2012
    02:40 PM

    Certainly one of my favorite quotes of a movie maker about movie making.
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