My father was an extraordinary man. Nicolas Roeg extraordinaryfatherman Change image and share on social
Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange. Nicolas Roeg familiarfeelfilm Change image and share on social
I realized I've spent all my life creating a past. Nicolas Roeg createhavelife Change image and share on social
Critics reach that age when it is as valuable and daring to hold a negative opinion as it is for a positive. We learn and understand from both. Nicolas Roeg agecriticdare Change image and share on social
I was very glad later when I was directing that I wasn't in the hands of a cinematographer and hoping that he would do it well. I would know what he was doing, and we could discuss how that scene would look. Nicolas Roeg cinematographerdirectdiscuss share on social
Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre. Nicolas Roeg bookfilmmovie Change image and share on social
Any cuts that are done to any film, they're usually things that have some personal resonance for whoever has got permission to cut it and feels they should. But it has very little to do with the actual weight, the truth, of the piece. Nicolas Roeg actualcutfelt share on social
Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans. Nicolas Roeg chancegodhave Change image and share on social
'Eureka' was very bad timing. The early 1980s: Reagan and Thatcher were in, greed was good, and here was a film about the richest man in the world who still couldn't be happy. Politically and sociologically, it was out of step. Nicolas Roeg 1980sbadearly share on social