Film is probably the medium best suited to reach the most people - the visual, the aural, the limbic, the intellectual: it captures all these parts of our mind and soul. No other art form comes close. Peter Landesman artauralcapture Change image and share on social
Film brings together framing and light and color and performance and music and all of that. To me, everything I've done in my life has been preparing me for filmmaking. Peter Landesman bringcolorfilm Change image and share on social
The village of Polgardi is a dusty roadside settlement northeast of Lake Balaton, a resort area in western Hungary popular with German tourists. Peter Landesman areabalatondusty Change image and share on social
Large corporations have the ability to distract people with controversy that just distracts people from what's great about the movie or what works about the movie. Peter Landesman abilitycontroversycorporation Change image and share on social
Melted down, silver is worth a little more than four dollars an ounce. But carved, inlaid, and engraved, and identified with a particular year, it becomes the direct reflection, often the literal record, of human history, our movement through time. Peter Landesman carvedirectdollar share on social
A museum's meticulous presentation - exhaustive captions, hushed lighting, state-of-the-art armature - creates an institutional authority that is constructed to seem impregnable. Peter Landesman armatureartauthority Change image and share on social
People go to the movies to have an emotional experience, not to learn information they could look up on Wikipedia. Peter Landesman emotionalexperienceinformation Change image and share on social
I don't actually see that much difference between telling stories in journalism and telling them on film. The tools are very different, but the basic idea is the same. Peter Landesman basicdifferencefilm Change image and share on social
When you're researching something for a movie, you get a very different kind of reaction than when you're researching something for an article for 'The New York Times.' Peter Landesman articlekindmovie Change image and share on social
Even the two novels I've written were based on true stories. It's how I'm wired - real life is fascinating and fantastical enough. The kind of journalism I did unpeeled lids from cans otherwise sealed. Peter Landesman basecanfantastical share on social
