Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scottis an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien, his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner, crime drama Thelma & Louise, historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator, war film Black Hawk Down, crime thriller Hannibal, biographical film American Gangster, and science fiction films Prometheusand The Martian...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth30 November 1937
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As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma.
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Technology will need to make many more huge leaps before one can ever view films with the level of picture and sound quality many film lovers demand without having to slide a disc into a player, especially with the technical requirements of today's 3D movies.
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Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies.
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The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.
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Digital is a different world because you are sitting at home and a hi tech piece of equipment today is within reach of most people, so they are watching a pretty hi tech version of whatever you've done.
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There is an access to... people can now afford very high quality technology, where you can have a very good reproduction of a large picture on a large screen at home. People go out less. I don't know that it's going to stay that way but, I think also, we've got to start making better movies.
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I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't care who you are, it's what we all think about. It's in the back of all our minds.
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Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god.
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The best stories come out of the truth.
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On 'Black Hawk Down,' I was employing 1,000 Muslims. 'Kingdom of Heaven,' same deal except bigger, probably 1,500 Muslims.
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Once, I got slaughtered after 'Blade Runner' by Pauline Kael: three pages of slaughter. I was so offended, I would never read any more press.
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I like a film such as 'American Beauty,' and I like 'Spider-Man.'
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I made the mistake of saying I was an atheist at one point, when I was doing 'Kingdom of Heaven.'
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I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.