Sidney Lumet interview on "Making Movies" (1995)

Director Sidney Lumet, known for "12 Angry Men," shares his book, "Making Movies," about the technique and job of filmmaking.
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[@agaogluverse6140]

As a young person who is passionate about storytelling/filmmaking and trying to make short films, it is a great privilege to study Mr. Lumet's films. He is a true gentleman. An intellectual, creative and compassionate person who speaks with great insight about his craft, his life and the artists he worked with. R.I.P for the legend! What a great artist to look up to, I love you Mr. Lumet 💌

[@lastdays9163]

If you're studying film or writing this is a must watch interview.

[@westofley]

more than that, you should buy and read the book. It's a revelation

[@michaszeremeta4745]

outstanding director. Many generations will have to learn to appreciate his movies.

[@dylanthrillmour866]

Michał Szeremeta they won't learn, it'll just come naturally

[@andybaldman]

They'll never see them, because they'll be watching Pewdiepie, or whatever else the algorithm feeds them.

[@QuinnYouTube]

@@andybaldman yeah everything is bad these days, everything is no good, there's no reason to be jolly

[@andybaldman]

@@QuinnKZbin What does that mean?

[@komojiro7397]

Just started watching Sidney Lumet’s movies. What a legend, hard to see people like him being forgotten. 12 Angry men is brilliant and Dog day afternoon seems Amazing already.

[@wendy18o]

"Network" which I saw today is freaking amazing. Don't miss it!!

[@sidraiz22]

watch 12 angry men as well!

[@artygunnar]

IM MAD!!! AND IM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!

[@tjchesney4997]

12 Angry Men is a film for our times..check it out

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Never bought the hype. Network is just a series of overwrought monologues from beginning to end. The movie wears you out long before it ends.

[@mattsharkey8437]

@@ricardocantoral7672 what a dumb assessment lol

[@mariobabbo3497]

He was an icon in cinema, and a man who can change filmmaking with attitude

[@jobhd1199]

Lumet was a master at trusting his instincts, but that also came from the amazing lab of the 1950s NY scene that produced so much amazing talent ranging from Brando, Dean, Newman, Steiger, Frankenheimer and of course Lumet. Playhouse 90 alone pushed these guys to the edge of creativity. That environment doesn't exist today in the same way but I believe there is hope as we will sooner or later get over the computer stuff and start demanding the human experience again and great directors will start shaping.

[@blinkzone1]

I love CGI btw

[@michaelangileo2760]

"Serpico" is a fantastic movie. Superb director !!

[@voicegirl555]

The greatest director ever! The best New York director who ever walked. He has been gone 9 years now and is so missed! 12 Angry Men is one of my favorite films. It amaze me every time I see it. The direction. The actors! All of them terrific from beginning to end! What a movie that is!!! He made the film A View From A Bridge in 1962. I saw it once and so hope that it is put on DVD someday! It is the only play Arthur Miller wrote that I like. His version of Murder On The Orient Express is the best version made. I don't care what anyone says. Serpico! Dog Day Afternoon! No director uses New York the way he has done. Yeah, I know Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese film in New York, but they are not Sidney Lumet! Mr. Lumet Thank You So Much For All the Films You Left Behind!!

[@LYCANCLANTEAM]

Marty is better

[@voicegirl555]

@@LYCANCLANTEAM I don't understand your comment about Marty.

[@LYCANCLANTEAM]

@@voicegirl555 u said he is the best new yorkan director which is subjective. I merely said scorsese is better

[@voicegirl555]

@@LYCANCLANTEAM Oh! Well I like Scorsese too, but too me Sidney Lumet is the King when it comes to using NEW YORK on film.

[@voicegirl555]

I am sure that a lot of people agree with you and a lot agree with me. They are both wonderful directors of New York filming.

[@jimmyfigueras4476]

What a charming man and wonderful director who made outstanding movies, "Running on Empty" being one of my favorites of his. Sidney "Lumiere". :)

[@minavamp2811]

he is so prolific. from 1957 to 1999. he makes 1 movie a year continuously. that is insane.

[@themadafaka6839]

my top 5 of his movies: 5 Serpico 4 12 Angry Men 3 Network 2 Murder on the Orient Express 1 Dog Day Afternoon he's one of the greats, for damn sure.

[@stefanoguarini4710]

5, 4, 3 and 1 are all great movies, but he has done much better than 2. Also his last movie is amazing.

[@florentfincoeurpirlet216]

what a man, loved the book - the perfect no film school book

[@NoName-jq7tj]

Brilliant. Really brilliant. One of best interviews I’ve seen. Such an underrated director. I love the part when Rose asks him “Coppola hasn’t made a good film for a while” The answer mmmm mmm. It was almost like Lumet was thinking what I’m getting in to here.

[@jamelwest2586]

My favorite filmmaker of all time. A supreme American artist!

[@savedfaves]

He mentioned liking Hoop Dreams. I love, love, love how Hoop Dreams is shot and the look of it. It's looks a bit like an actual dream; impressionistic.

[@saccomovies]

One of my all time favorite filmmakers.

[@ssmv71]

Great stuff - love “The Verdict”

[@maxipazz8214]

Orient express is a masterpiece of direction and acting

[@TemakiTom]

Just his talking about hotels in different cities, and their homogeny, goes to show you how ahead of the time he was.

[@billielachatte4841]

Network n 12 Angry Men r my favorite.

[@brynleyjones2674]

12 angry men imao is the greatest film of all time

[@HomeAtLast501]

"The Pawnbroker" was phenomenal. Devastating.

[@anthonyjona7779]

Prince of the City was fantastic movie, also very underrated.

[@brentulstad3275]

I don't necessarily agree with Tarantino on his "only 10 films" personal philosophy, but as he's stated there is some truth to older directors succumbing to decline. Not doing their best work towards the end. However, when I finally came across Before The Devil Knows You're Dead a few years ago, I was incredibly impressed and was wondering why I hadn't been turned on to this movie sooner. Lumet was definitely one of the few who kept to a creative vision and ended his career with a unique and authentic film. Also showcasing some incredible performances and particularly memorable ones from Philip Seymour Hoffman & Albert Finney.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

John Huston was a rare exception as well. He did some of his best work in the last 15 years of his life.

[@paulstone6979]

Sidney Lumet was a great director. Some of my favorites of his 12 Angry Men, Long Days Journey Into Night, Sirpico, Dog Day Afernoon, and Network.

[@mwiinga6052]

Paul Stone Imagine having those under your belt.

[@suzettebennett9112]

Serpico

[@marcopieri6796]

Grandissimo regista. Tra i più grandi della storia

[@lazyhead4382]

Taste is most certainly waning... Ahead of his time

[@QuinnYouTube]

You're a bafoon, you focus on the bad

[@STWRITES1]

I read this in1995. I rate it with "Adventures in the Screen Trade" and "The Kid Stays in the P{picture."

[@parmesanballz4631]

Fucking GENIUS

[@brotherchason]

Wow that story about exhaustion as it pertains to Dog Day Afternoon is wild and inspiring

[@andresmora3469]

Some of his other great films to watch: The Hill, The Offence (Both with Connery), Fail Safe (Fonda), Running on empty, The fugitive kind (Brando). I think his best movie is The Pawnbroker (Steiger), and second Prince of the city, maybe his most ambitious story. And it would be nice to check on of his favorites (although ignored and a failure in the box office): Daniel.

[@thankyoujodi]

Thanks for this! I'll have to check these out.

[@SteveSmith-ze5mw]

Brando is insane in the fugitive kind. The bird monologue is one of the best of all time. Lumets direction in it is astounding. The slow push in with the ramping of the spotlight on Brando. Make me wanna nut in my draws.

[@Jack-ik5lh]

I’m in the middle of his book “Making Movies”

[@tjlaviolette]

How is it?

[@Jack-ik5lh]

tjlaviolette oh it’s great

[@tjlaviolette]

Excellent..thanks!

[@alexlackner1945]

I've got the book for years, should finally read it, seems like a quick read anyway

[@zingzangspillip1]

It's interesting that Sidney blames television for the decline in cinematic tastes. Only a few years after the interview, The Sopranos became a smash hit and the new TV universe was created. Now the best dramas are made for TV, and as has been said before here, popular cinema has become filled with vacuous blockbusters.

[@AshPragasam]

Such a great book

[@ricardocantoral7672]

The Hill is my favorite Lumet film.

[@Mike93Gee]

Charlie is nervous. He must be a big fan

[@hankerino]

1995-96 I was a wayward youth indicating my way through life.

[@oobrocks]

Network is 1 of the best dramas ever produced

[@alcd6333]

He was one of the great directors who never won an Oscar. Others include: Hitchcock, Kubrick, Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn, Stanley Kramer, Irving Kershner, and Alan Parker. Parker may have a chance - he's still alive. Today's movies are mostly sequels and remakes loaded with CGIs and rapid editing. Hollywood cannot tell a good story anymore so they try to compensate with overblown special effects.

[@m.valentinesmith4845]

Sobering perspective. Why entertainment today drives me to drink.

[@alexlackner1945]

Hitchcock has never won an Oscar, really?! :o

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Scorsese won and it was for one his worst films.

[@rext8949]

The oscar is just an industrial political statement which does not reflect accurately on the merits.

[@artygunnar]

somehow we went from this to jj abrams and zack snyder and riah johnson

[@didierlambert6574]

le nombre de grands films dans sa filmographie est hallucinant!

[@Firebrand55]

Wanna watch excellent movies?....if Lumet made it, watch it.

[@Hank-the-Writer]

What happened to all the referenced footage? Copyright issues?

[@fischergriess6321]

Probably, yes.

[@albertibass6521]

Network is one of the most prophetic films ever made. Cheyefsky was Nostradamus.

[@plasticweapon]

yeah, a nostradamus that was 20 years late to the party. watch "a face in the crowd" or "will success spoil rock hunter" (both 1957). THEY were prophetic, and they weren't corny, ham fisted bullshit like "network".

[@andybaldman]

@@plasticweapon What is ham-fisted about Network?

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@andybaldman The better question is, what isn't it ham fisted about ? From beginning to end, the film is just a showcase of actors stomping and screaming about how they all deceive us all, America is owned by corporations, etc. I don't necessarily disagree with Network's message, the problem is the delivery is as subtle as a sledgehammer going through a plate glass window. Chafesky's script is so humorless and blunt, you get worn out practically at the beginning of the film. You don't need to watch the movie after after the famous "I'm Mad as Hell" monologue. Face in The Crowd, more or less, went after the same target almost twenty years earlier and it was a far better movie.

[@andybaldman]

@@ricardocantoral7672 Who says the message needs to be delivered subtly? Sometimes a hammer through a plate glass window is what you need to get people's attention. You also need the rest of the movie, to give context to Howard Beale's multiple 'rant' scenes (of which the 'I'm mad as hell' one is just one). Without that, those scenes (which are key to the film) would make no sense. You'd think he was just another crazy person. Also, why does it need humor? It isn't a comedy. It's an intense film, and I think that was the point, because the message is important. And maybe if more people had listened back then, we wouldn't be living in the corporate dystopian hell that we have today.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@andybaldman The message wears thin when it's being delivered bluntly over and over again throughout the film. That really just shows a lack of creativity Secondly, I think you failed to pick up on the fact that Network is a satire and tries to be humorous at times and fails a lot. The film isn't a film, it's just a filmed stage play with Paddy Chayfesky screaming at the top of his lungs via talented actors that deliver one hammy monologue after another.

[@arunpradeep4657]

Master.

[@ahmadeka100]

He is blaming TV for the deterioration of people taste... what if he saw what phones are doing now 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

I would work for Sidney, anytime ...no questions ...money? Don't matter 🎭🎰🎑

[@artygunnar]

Imagine 12 angry men being your first movie!!!!!!

[@arthurmiller9103]

Sidney lumet "making movies" 🎥

[@Frodoisagogo]

Miss Charlie Rose

[@cinnamon4605]

"Actor's director"

[@dheerajhazarika1836]

12 angry men, dog day afternoon, network, serpico, the verdict...and no competitive Oscar...can’t believe !

[@renee-mariekrugkrug3989]

Well, his movies were surely interesting ...

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I recently saw Prince of The City and it was phenomenal. Sadly, it received none the acclaim Serpico did even though it's a superior film.

[@Elusive_Pete]

He sounds like Spielberg.. or is it the other way around?

[@09nob]

I wonder what he would think of the current culture and its Twitter hive-mind.

[@laurielee2531]

Married like 4 times and attributes his success to luck. 😂

[@andybaldman]

8:13 If he could only see how much worse it's gotten now.

[@nick_cornew]

Some parts of this is good but others is two old men being old men

[@anthonyjona7779]

Fool.

[@nick_cornew]

@@anthonyjona7779 Weird thing to call someone a fool for

[@unknownfilmmaker777]

I dislike the idea of driving actors to exhaustion and confusion. They are actors; direct them to act appropriately. That's your job.

[@user-hh9rc2lw4c]

Is there anything more boring than a bad hamlet? great opinion!

[@RGproductions100]

So devoid of ego

[@thomassimmons1950]

The culture's been captured by Broads and Blacks.... FUGGHEDABOUDIT!

[@steadfastandyx4947]

Disgraceful he did not receive a best director Oscar.

[@prant8998]

Rose, as usual, talks way too much.

[@suzettebennett2564]

Sidney Lumet is with an i masculine form and y is feminine.

[@manuelmanuel9248]

Rose interrupts too much. Why doest he just interview himself?