That’s the way life is: meaning is always there, but there is no clearly given way of decoding it. Conventional cinema obscures this with an easy reduction of meaning to plot and schematic characters. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
Cinema at its best can express something of the pure irreducible fact of things. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
Shooting ‘Adam & Paul’ was very tough. There was barely enough time, and the budget was tiny. On top of that, we shot in dangerous locations where we had little or no control or security. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
The process of shooting – of choosing shots – is intuitive for me, and I just feel my way towards what seems right. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
As a filmmaker, I’ve sat on the other side, and I’ve watched when people I know have a film, and it’s doing really well, and people are talking about it in all the trades, and everybody is excited about it, and I’ve always thought, ‘Hmm, what would that be like?’ Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
Ireland is a good place to start out as a filmmaker. If what you do is good, even at a very small scale, it will get recognized. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
I’m fascinated by people who have to reinvent themselves. I did it a few times – I was going to be a physicist before I was passionate about philosophy – and I realized that one more change, and I’m going to start looking like a dilettante. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
I’m interested in discontinuities and interruptions, people having to rewrite the narrative of their lives because of sudden changes. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
I’m a big fan of American vaudeville and Hollywood silent film-era slapstick and the music halls full of ridiculous, eccentric characters. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
When I’m shooting, it averages out at a 16-hour day. You have two deadlines everyday – lunch and wrap. Lenny Abrahamson Read Quote
