Bill Pope

“Certain things that I think people should see if they haven't seen that are often forgotten, overlooked. Bowling for Columbine.”

“Bowling for Columbine. Harlan County U. S. A. Which is awesome, awesome. Barbara Kopple is brilliant filmmaker.”

“House. This is not my pick, this is my granddaughter's pick. She said, she sent me a text, 'Grandpa, grab this.' A psychedelic ghost tale. I've never seen it, but based upon her taste, I'm going to see it.”

“Stagecoach meant a lot to me. There's the opening shot of the Ringo kid, Wayne's character, where you see him for the first time on the side road. The Stagecoach is pulling up and you push in on John Wayne. It's kind of obviously shot on a stage because I'm sure they got it wrong and he has to twirl his gun and appear perfectly. The depth of field is really small and they dollied forward toward him and he's out of focus and then he gets into his closeup and he's just popping in sharpness.”

“This is Band of Outsiders. These are the movies in my life that changed my life.”

“Here's another Godard movie which is awesome: 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her. His ability to break things down and to examine things and yet involve you and the people at the same time, that's a hat trick that not many people can accomplish.”

“I'm staring at The Last Waltz here. The feelings that Scorsese has about music, the love he has of it and how integral it is to his filmmaking, it's in here. People always forget he was the editor on Woodstock. But even his early movies, they all have that drive that the music gave to him. I've worked with a couple of similar filmmakers who use that as their superpower. Edgar Wright does the same thing. It's like without the music, it's just so perfectly tied.”