The Auteur's Tea Room

“A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.” - Billy Wilder Images of film directors on set.

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So after almost 7 years and over 3,100 posts, I’m going to take a break from posting. I have yet to decide whether this hiatus will be permanent or not. Thank you everyone for following and liking my posts; Greatly appreciated. I will keep this blog alive. Once more, thank you for being so kind. If anyone wishes to, I’m owdl114 on Letterboxd if you want to follow me on there.  Anyway, ‘Live Long and Prosper’, ‘May the Force Be With You’, ‘Here’s Looking at You Kid’ and ‘Keep Watching the Skies’ etc.  Stay Safe Out There Folks

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Anthony Hopkins and Director Florian Zeller on the set of The Father.

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Director Carol Reed gives direction to Orson Welles on the set of The Third Man.

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Jude Law and Director Sean Durkin on the set of The Nest.

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“Steven [Spielberg] told me years ago, when I was nervous about making movies: 'Everybody steals, Denzel, but make sure to steal from the best.' I've been re-watching Coppola's Godfather movies and stealing shots from them. And I'll be stealing from Spielberg as well.”

Denzel Washington (pictured during the making of Fences)

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Director Denis Villeneuve gives direction to Timothée Chalamet on the set of Dune.

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Director David Lowery, Dev Patel and Joel Edgerton on location during the making of The Green Knight.

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Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Director Michael Curtis on the set of Casablanca.

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Ava Gardner listens to Director John Ford’s instructions on the set of Mogambo.

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Peter Sellers, Director Peter Medak and Spike Milligan on location during the making of Ghost in the Noonday Sun.

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Kristin Scott Thomas, Director Anthony Minghella and Ralph Fiennes on the set of The English Patient.

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Director Olivia Wilde, Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein sit in discussion on the set of Booksmart.

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Todd Phillips gives direction to Jonah Hill and Miles Teller on the set of War Dogs.

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Director David Fincher on the set of Zodiac.

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“I don’t dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I’m dreaming for a living.”

Steven Spielberg (pictured during the making of Close Encounters of the Third Kind)

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“I think it’s important to remember how small an ecosystem Twitter actually is. It’s easy to have your head inside of the echo chamber and think that is what the whole world is hearing. As big as the numbers seem on Twitter, you put that in relation to the actual population… and it’s minuscule. I think, ultimately, I do have this kind of doe-eyed optimism that when you sit down in the theatre and the lights go out, all of that garbage disappears. You’re having a pure experience of a movie. Whatever happens in those two hours in the theatre is between you and the screen.”

Rian Johnson (pictured on the set of Knives Out)

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Director Ingmar Bergman gives direction to Liv Ullmann on the set of Autumn Sonata.