John Milius
John Milius
John Frederick Miliusis an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He was one of the writers for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now, and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion, Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth11 April 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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The filmmakers always have a great level of control.
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I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.
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I find that screenwriting is at best kind of a hackwork in some ways.
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Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.
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Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.
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The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.
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I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.
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Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.
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Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.
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Everybody's a filmmaker today.