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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
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Mike Figgis
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 28
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Carlisle (parish)
Michael Lawrence Dundus Figgis
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I never had any urge or desire to do like a big spectacular movie with thousands and thousands of extras. I'd rather watch paint drying. But put me in a room with three people having a hard time, like a character situation, and then you're into a really intense portraiture kind of concept.
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I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.
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Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.
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I had no plans to be a director.
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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.
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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.
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I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films were made by professionals. I have to say I wasn't very impressed.
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I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.
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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.
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I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music.
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Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.
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The function of camera movement is to assist the storytelling. That's all it is. It cannot be there just to demonstrate itself.
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But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.
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There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.
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I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.
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I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.
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There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker
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You make sure that there's a structure that's interesting for them to play on top of, then do temp versions and try it on the film. By the time the players come to the recording session, I've found what works. So I'm not wasting their time.
Mike Figgis
