Heroism in a bad cause.
About Karel Reisz
Karel Reiszwas a Czech-born British filmmaker and film critic, one of the pioneers of the new realist strain in British cinema during the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the best-known films he directed are Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), a classic of kitchen sink realism, and the romantic period drama The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981).
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I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
Heroism in a bad cause.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
Minority views expressed in films simply don’t sell tickets.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
I’m now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
There’s a great danger in making this seem more important than it is, this whole Free Cinema thing.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)
A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it’s an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion.
Czech-born British director, producer, film theorist, theatre director (1926-2002)