John Williams

The concert hall is in a way constructed to ring the antiquarian bells, I guess you could say, of our collective memory. that we're gathered for something very, very special and we listen to Beethoven in this atmosphere. Right. Or we go and we watch Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in that atmosphere.

I think all of the social changes and pragmatic aspects of all of this has changed so much that... I think that spiritual aspect of the experience of seeing films is largely gone. A complex series of reasons for that.

I think all of the social changes and pragmatic aspects of all of this has changed so much that... I think that spiritual aspect of the experience of seeing films is largely gone. A complex series of reasons for that.

I think all of the social changes and pragmatic aspects of all of this has changed so much that... I think that spiritual aspect of the experience of seeing films is largely gone. A complex series of reasons for that.

But I think...

But I think...

But I think...

I think the answer has to be no because what I'm working, I'm thinking of some kind of ideal that I know is ever going to be there. It makes me want to say there are other differences. I think the technologies and special effects that can be accomplished

I think the answer has to be no because what I'm working, I'm thinking of some kind of ideal that I know is ever going to be there. It makes me want to say there are other differences. I think the technologies and special effects that can be accomplished

I think the answer has to be no because what I'm working, I'm thinking of some kind of ideal that I know is ever going to be there. It makes me want to say there are other differences. I think the technologies and special effects that can be accomplished

make it unnecessary to do a 10-minute, one take, complicated dance number by Fred Astaire, where the actual performance is something that is breathtaking. We don't know that it's not edited, but we can feel that aspect of physical exertion and mastery of one's body. Same is true of singing. The same can be said of orchestras, I think, also.

make it unnecessary to do a 10-minute, one take, complicated dance number by Fred Astaire, where the actual performance is something that is breathtaking. We don't know that it's not edited, but we can feel that aspect of physical exertion and mastery of one's body. Same is true of singing. The same can be said of orchestras, I think, also.

make it unnecessary to do a 10-minute, one take, complicated dance number by Fred Astaire, where the actual performance is something that is breathtaking. We don't know that it's not edited, but we can feel that aspect of physical exertion and mastery of one's body. Same is true of singing. The same can be said of orchestras, I think, also.

The difference between so much beautiful work, by the way, of sound design that's done in combination with orchestra is now a wonderful development. However, if we have a scene that's four minutes long and the orchestra is going to play that in the studio, we may make five takes of that four-minute scene. And each one is different.

The difference between so much beautiful work, by the way, of sound design that's done in combination with orchestra is now a wonderful development. However, if we have a scene that's four minutes long and the orchestra is going to play that in the studio, we may make five takes of that four-minute scene. And each one is different.

The difference between so much beautiful work, by the way, of sound design that's done in combination with orchestra is now a wonderful development. However, if we have a scene that's four minutes long and the orchestra is going to play that in the studio, we may make five takes of that four-minute scene. And each one is different.

One take is alive, is a performance that is above and beyond spiritually all the other four. And you have to believe that the audience will respond to that. It's like live performances, as you all know, are different every night. Some night it's full of magic and the next night it's flat. We say the audience isn't good.

One take is alive, is a performance that is above and beyond spiritually all the other four. And you have to believe that the audience will respond to that. It's like live performances, as you all know, are different every night. Some night it's full of magic and the next night it's flat. We say the audience isn't good.

One take is alive, is a performance that is above and beyond spiritually all the other four. And you have to believe that the audience will respond to that. It's like live performances, as you all know, are different every night. Some night it's full of magic and the next night it's flat. We say the audience isn't good.

So I think technology has affected the performance aspect of film, making it very easy to sort of mock up something that is beyond most people's ability to do.