Roland Joffe
Roland Joffe
Roland Jofféis an English-born French film director who is known for the Oscar winning movies The Killing Fields and The Mission. He began his career in television. His early television credits included episodes of Coronation Street and an adaptation of The Stars Look Down for Granada. He gained a reputation for hard-hitting political stories with the series Bill Brand and factual dramas for Play for Today...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 November 1945
jobs thinking needs
I think the job of movie reviewing can be really tough. If a film has layers that need to be thought about, it's easy to get missed the first time around.
thinking scientist seems
Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.
thinking gestation-period should-have
I think a film should have a gestation period of at least two or three years.
fun thinking feelings
I think that will be a lot of fun for audiences to get the same stream of consciousness that was going through my head at the time. It was very exciting to suddenly recall what I was feeling at the time.
thinking giving mind
Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.
hard time
It's hard to blame someone because they simply don't have time.
bollywood film music-is
Music is a very integral part of the film, but it will not be as full of music as a Bollywood film.
people depth made
If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it.
wanted audience
I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience.
dvds format
I like DVDs so much - it's such a better format than VHS.
jobs depth tough
I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.
tribes invited
Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.
past looks knows
Conventionally, one looks at history as something of the past. But after Einstein, who knows what is in the past and what is in the present?
selfish animal years
We're a strange animal, so often destroying what we love for selfish ends, and yet tantalized by the sense that there are other choices if only we had strength to make them. In the politics of 400 years ago, we find the same questions we battle with today.