Cate Blanchett and Todd Field

“Have you seen Dheepan? He's so great with kind of societal entrapment it's really great I've never seen it I'd love to see that...”

“In Cold Blood well I remember reading that at school book Conrad Hall the photography is so incredible you've never seen this no because I've read it oh no I know I know people have said you know when you love a book so deeply I read it so many times at school I know you have to see it yeah okay well you have to take that then I'll take that...”

“This is a great film this is Carl Franklin's film and this is I worked with Carl I did three times with him and this was his first sort of movie where he got to do what he wanted to do Devil in a Blue Dress this is Don Cheadle's first real kind of coming out as an actor...”

“Raymond Bernard... Have you ever seen it ever seen Wooden Crosses one of the greatest war movies ever made World War one I think Kubrick probably looked at it before he did Paths of Glory...”

“The Ascent that has to be owned by every single human in the world have you ever seen it Larisa Shepitko's one of my favorite no I've never seen it's so beautiful I mean it's unbelievable she's like literally inventing shots but what you know what it does between these two soldiers who are trying to escape the German forces the way it's shot the way you're left with what you're left with at the end it's it's absolutely heartbreaking you can't unsee that...”

“Oh my God Tootsie's here yeah...”

“Are the cranes flying oh my goodness... Cranes are flying that you know I mean the famous stairway shot you know this shot right yes no it's just incredible cranes are flying...”

“My Winnipeg where is that but have you seen My Winnipeg yes no I've never seen that I wanted to see that he shot that in black and white I think right it's it's a very dreamy imagery I remember seeing an article in American cinematographer docu Fantasia that's a really great way of describing it...”

“Have you seen that Letter Never Sent of course that how could you possibly do that without it's impossible it's impossible yeah...”

“Have you ever seen Summer with Monika yes this is what it's the greatest Close-Up the greatest Close-Up in film history is in this movie it's Harriet Andersson they come back from the island and now she's with these older men and Bergman has the camera and it's on her... And then all of a sudden she just turns and she looks in down the lens and just go oh wow there's a slight light and change it just oh it's like the most Monumental Close-Up...”

“Grave robbing torture possess nuns and a sadistic Sabbath it's up right up my alley that's exactly possessed nuns...”

“Have you seen A Man Escaped about the guy who tries to escape no who's getting out it's very little very little dialogue at all...”

“They filmed A Master Builder I didn't know they did that... That's got the master builder in it...”

“How about My Dinner with Andre oh that's great well then because I because I'm so slow as an actor I'm always interested you know when you've lived something on stage and you kind of you there's no membrane between you and the understanding of the world and then you find another way to do it's sort of I always feel it's it's a really great way to work...”

“Which would you rather have this is not no I think the Bergman okay we can decide later...”