CinematicCrane

—The Kid Stays in the Picture

Jack Nicholson winning an Oscar® for “Cuckoo’s Nest” (by Oscars)

What does it take to be a filmmaker in Hollywood? Even today I still wonder what it takes to be a professional or even an artist in Hollywood. How do you survive the constant tug of war between personal expression and commercial imperatives? What is the price you pay to work in Hollywood? Do you end up with a split personality? Do you make one movie for them, one for yourself? -Martin Scorsese

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and George Segal with director Mike Nichols, on the set of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’, photographed by Bob Willoughby, 1965.

The Telegraph website has recently put up it’s top 25 list of best closing lines.  For me the best still comes from The Usual Suspects “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.  And like that – poof – he’s gone!”.  Awesome.  Check out the source link for the other top 24 closing lines in cinema as decided by the Telegraph.

Grand Hotel (1932)

Marilyn photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1953.