Kevin Brownlow Quotes

My first restoration was on 'Napoleon,' trying to put the French version in with the English version, and it was most unsatisfactory.

To me, film is a religion. I don't expect to get paid to make it, but I do expect total dedication.

'Napoleon' is pure cinema, and cinema was designed for sharing.

Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up painting.

I thought Michael Mortilla was an orchestra unto himself!

Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better.

Silent pictures show us how we lived and what our attitudes were. And as an art form, they can be wonderfully entertaining and often inspirational.