Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Mark Finkelpearl, CINE Board Member and VP Development and Production at Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas.

“it starts with being excited by a story and finally it’s telling the story on screen…It’s the most difficult thing. A good story is a miraculous discovery…”
- Stanley Kubrick

It’s always been one of my favorite quotes because it cuts to the essence of how difficult it really is to find material that is truly engaging to a wide audience, most especially in non-fiction and present it properly. He’s right…storytelling is actually quite a difficult process and while I will never be able to count numbers like an accountant or treat heart ailments like a cardiologist, they would certainly find our work just as challenging in many ways.

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Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Lauren Cardillo, CINE Treasurer and award-winning documentary filmmaker.

Marty: “This union, there’s gonna be meetings?”
Mr. Grocer: “Of course!”
Marty: “No meetings.”
- Grosse Pointe Blank

Hitmen like meetings just as much as filmmakers. They are a necessary evil but often block the flow of creativity and action. The less meetings, the better. Like hitmen, our mantra should be, “Get out and shoot.”

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Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Gene Williams of CINE Sponsor The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (official title: Vice President, Chubb & Son and Worldwide Entertainment Manager for Chubb Commercial Insurance. Whew!)

Boss Spearman: “Sounds like you got it all worked out.”
Charley Waite: “Yeah, except the part where we don’t get killed.”
- Open Range

Life, like business, is often risky. If we are going to accomplish something worthwhile, there is usually a chance that something might go terribly wrong. Thankfully, the downside rarely includes death, but this quote makes the point – very humorously, I think – that sometimes, we just can’t figure out how to make sure we don’t fail. Then we have to just decide to either back out or move forward.

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Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Michelle-Marie Polanco, CINE Intern and a senior at the George Washington University.

“A film’s rhythm is its heartbeat. How a film is cut is probably more important than any single aspect… If a film is not properly paced, it will die. If a film is too quickly paced it will have no emotional content.”
- Rob Cohen

I love this quote because I believe it holds true. The editing process can take an excellent filmmaker’s work and either make it better or…not. It can turn a lackluster performance into a masterful performance. Editing is the backbone of film.

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Each Friday, a CINE Award-winner, Board member, staffer, juror or FOC (“Friend of CINE”) will select a favorite quote, either from a film or about filmmaking/creativity, and explain why it’s a favorite.

Today: Charlie Anderson, a 2010 CINE Special Jury Award-winner in the Student Division for his hilarious film Werewolf Trouble.

“I have been and always shall be your friend.”
- Spock to Captain Kirk in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

My relationships with friends and family are the most important things in my life. There are many ways to tell people they can count on your love and support, of course, but Spock says it best in my book… and that movie is just plain awesome.

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