The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach.
A lot of Ennio Morricone's music is just - it's very soulful, very cinematic, and very psychedelic.
There's a way in which filmmaking is a director's medium and television is a writer's medium, so even as TV gets more cinematic, it's still guided by the writer.
The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component.
I don't really buy the death-drive thing too literally; it feels overly neat and convenient. But I am suspicious of fighting back being the dominant model for cinematic conflict and personal conflict and political conflict.
So I prefer to do the entire music for a film. And when I'm doing the background score, I can weave the whole film together in terms of themes and songs for a good cinematic feel.
My life is cinematic in some ways.
When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.
I've wanted to write good pop music, beautiful pop music - not just throwaways. I've always wanted to make it sound luscious and beautiful and cinematic.
I think my job is to deliver the best, most cinematic, rich, exciting, surprising and emotional version of 'Camelot.'
