Wim Wenders Quotes

• For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.

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  Tags in Persuade, Lobbying

• For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury.

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  Tags in Mainly, Luxury

• Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists.

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  Tags in Wrote, Filmmakers

• Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.

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  Tags in Reinforce, Confirm

• Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more.

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  Tags in Realised, Backed

• Entertainment today constantly emphasises the message that things are wonderful the way they are. But there is another kind of cinema, which says that change is possible and necessary and it’s up to you.

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  Tags in Says, Entertainment

• Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon.

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  Tags in Cinema

• Butte was once a grand city. To me, that city is like one big stage for Edward Hopper. You could put your camera anywhere, and you felt you were looking at his paintings.

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  Tags in Paintings, Edward

• But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Cinema, Fence

• Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making.

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  Tags in Says, Spirit

• Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes.

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  Tags in Supports, Change, Changed

• Movies are something people see all over the world because there is a certain need for it.

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  Topics in Movies

Wim Wenders (32)

Birth:	14th August, 1945
Nationality:	German
Profession:	Author, Film Director, Photographer, Playwriter

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