"The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work."
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
"Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award."
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
"Yes, but if you take that crap and put a star in it, then you've got something."
Ed Wood
Ed Wood
"I've never made a film using dialogue or speech."
Kenneth Ange
Kenneth Ange
"I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive."
Kathryn Bigelow
Kathryn Bigelow
"As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail."
John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
"A created thing is never invented and it is never true: it is always and ever itself."
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
"All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl."
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
"Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that suggestion requires."
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
"All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl."
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
"Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good."
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
"There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone."
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
"No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive."
John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
"I've made several films that haven't been shown."
Kenneth Anger
Kenneth Anger
"Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about."
Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
"A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order."
JJean-Luc Godard
JJean-Luc Godard
"Casting is 65 percent of directing."
John Frankenheimer
John Frankenheimer
"When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity."
Ted Kotcheff
Ted Kotcheff
"I'm a storyteller - that's the chief function of a director.
And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!"
Howard Hawks
And they're moving pictures, let's make 'em move!"
Howard Hawks
"Art is a sense of magic."
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage
"Casting is 65 percent of directing."
John Frankenheimer
John Frankenheimer
Jackson Heights Cinema
QWFF returns to the historic Jackson Heights Cinema! This location must be seen to be believed:
• Romantic 650 seat house that screens Blu-ray, 35mm, DVD NTSC
• Two 200 seat theatres that screen 35 mm, DVD NTSC
• Old school snack bar
• Lobby chock full of arcade games and photo booth…..yep, a photo booth!
• Recently renovated and the inside is aaaaaalmost done
• The outside? Not so much….but it’s full of history and we can’t wait to have you visit.
The Jackson Triplex, renamed the Jackson Heights Cinema, is screening Bollywood and Hollywood films.
"We want everyone to feel at home when they come to this theater,"
said Siva Gunasegaram, the son of one of the theater's three new owners.
"This is a theater that will bring everyone together."
Queens World Film Festival is proud to be part of the history.
"We want everyone to feel at home when they come to this theater,"
said Siva Gunasegaram, the son of one of the theater's three new owners.
"This is a theater that will bring everyone together."
Queens World Film Festival is proud to be part of the history.
(718) 205-5100
40-31 82ND STREET,
JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11379
Take 7 Train to 82nd St. station and you are right there!
jacksoncinema@gmail.com
www.jacksonheightscinema.com
QWFF 2011, Sunday Afternoon Crowd
QWFF 2011 Ticket queue
QWFF 2011 Audiences enjoyed the old world feel to the lobby!
Renaissance Charter School
QWFF Returns to the Renaissance Charter School! With their gracious staff:
a mission very much aligned with the goals of QWFF:
“Renaissance is based on the conviction that a change in the destiny of a single individual can lead to a change in the destiny of a community, nation, and ultimately humankind.”
and a central location
35-59 81 STREET,
JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY 11372
(Take the 7 Train to 82nd Street Station)
it is the perfect location for our youth films and other selected works.
There is a terrific sound system in the auditorium and QWFF, with the help of Rooftop Films, will retrofit the auditorium with state of the art screening equipment.
"Why is Everyone Talking About The Renaissance Charter School?"
Because, by any measure, including the school’s outstanding standardized test scores, graduation
and college acceptance rates….Renaissance is a school that works.
Queens World Film Festival is proud to be part of the Renaissance.
Queens World Film Festival is proud to be part of the Renaissance.
P.S. 69 Jackson Heights
A quintessential NY Public School with the classic entrance, an adorable 400 seat auditorium and known for their progressive programming, arts immersion partnerships and collaborations, PS 69 has become the home for the QWFF Youth Initiative. With the help of Rooftop Films, the theatre will be equipped to screen Blu Ray and the films will look beautiful. P.S. 69 Jackson Heights
77-02 37 AVENUE
QUEENS, NY 11372