Nicolas Roeg Quotes

You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

I got a cab and went back to the hotel, and they said, ‘How did it go?’ ‘It was about three and a half minutes – but it went very well, he’s doing it.’ I didn’t know whether to say I cast him or he’s cast me. It was the most bizarre casting, but it was wonderful.

Movies That Grew Me Spirit of the Beehive—Victor Erice Walkabout—Nicolas Roeg Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus)—Marcel Camus Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory—Mel Stuart Ratcatcher—Lynne Ramsay Throne of Blood—Akira Kurosawa It’s a Wonderful Life—Frank Capra Drugstore Cowboy—Gus Van Sant The Deer Hunter—Michael Cimino The Wizard of Oz—Victor Fleming To Live—Zhang Yimou Persepolis—Marjane Satrapi