In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn’t make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
BAZ LUHRMANNI grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
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The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.
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One of my great all-time loves in cinema, and I’ve seen it three times, is Bondarchuk’s ‘War and Peace.’ Not a lot of people may have seen that film. It was made during the Soviet era.
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Fitzgerald coined the phrase the ‘Jazz Age,’ and now we’re living in the Hip-Hop Age.
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I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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My wife is the fact-checker, I’m in the story telling business.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don’t manage that – but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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I don’t have fights with actors. In absolute honesty, I’ve never fought with any actor ever.
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I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.
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I think dance in any culture, in any form, is a true leveler.
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Advice is a form of nostalgia.
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