Sir David Lean Accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1990
Vložit
- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- SUBSCRIBE to this channel for exclusive videos from AFI: bit.ly/Subscrib...
Sir David Lean accepts the 18th AFI Life Achievement Award (1990).
FOLLOW AFI:
/ americanfilminstitute
/ americanfilm
/ americanfilminstitute
www.afi.com
BECOME AN AFI MEMBER: www.afi.com/su...
SHOP AFI: shop.afi.com/
SIGN UP for the AFI Newsletter: bit.ly/Subscrib...
To me there is no better film maker than Sir David Lean.
I couldn't agree more. He also happened to be one of the meanest, nastiest and cruel human beings to ever grace a movie studio.....and that's saying something!
What are you on about?
@@harrisonsmovietributes1689he was very mean to the people who worked for him
Sir David Lean garnered a lot laughter from the 1990 AFI audience when he warned that, unless film was open to innovation, television could take over the movies in popularity. He was right. He also didn't talk about himself or his own career in the whole speech. This lack of egotism is indeed refreshing.
He's right. Movies became redundant cash grabs, while television has become far more cinematic & cutting edge. Sir David Lean was built Different
selfless filmmaker. spent his whole speech talking about how the new generation of directors should be supported and allowed to innovate, as opposed to sticking to a money-making formula. excellent and prophetic speech
Sir David Lean was right about films 1, 2, 3 etc. How much of Rambo, Die Hard,
Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter can be said to be " cinema classics ? Ofcourse, these films make money but Sir David was spot on.
There was one Lean and whether one likes epics such as Kwai, Lawrence, Zvivago etc, one has to simply admire genius.
Sir David was not only a great director but a meticulous editor of films....this type of genius is long gone.
Let us not forget his marvellous black and white films and his photography.
Be proud British directors to learn from a master : Sir David Lean.
Simply the best director ever. Respect from Bangladesh
David Lean directed the finest film I have ever seen Lawrence Of Arabia and deservedly won the American Film Institute Award. Lean's films are literate and brilliantly made films such as The Bridge On The River Kwai and Dr. Zhivago and Passage To India.
A Great Filmaker!
Genius. Of course he worked very hard too and yet he was very humble. Love his speech, love his movies, love his creativity, love his manner, love everything about him. Take notes, young people, love what you do, eventually something will come out of it.
David Lean is a incredible filmaker. Rarely have I seen a film that used dramatic irony to greater effect than Bridge Over The River Kwai.
No Prisoners! No Prisoners! No Prisoners!
God bless Sir David Lean. He was pure genius.
What a complete sweetie. Sir David was a hard taskmaster, but as Peter O'Toole said, "we had hard tasks".
just saw BRIEF ENCOUNTER. what a movie
Well deserved. Simply a fantastic director of many outstanding masterpieces.
A true legend in filmmaking .It is really sad that there is till now no one to replace him.There is no one to fill up the hole he created for pathbreaking,poetic,novelistic and artistic films.
he made some of the most epic movies ever! One of the greatest!
This was actually one of the best AFI's for me.
Lean's speech was not really about him but about the state of the art. What he says about sequelitis was really potent. And what he says about Thalberg was really neat. There are so few of those guys around today. That letter about being able to afford to lose money is just a classic message.
Also, the high points were magnificent edits from Bridge on The RIver Kwai and Lawrence.
Rather than just "sequelitis", I thought Lean was getting stuck into directors like Hitchcock who only made films in one genre and never ventured into other things.
An absolute gem of a director. One of the best if not the best ever!
Where so many other recipients of this award spent their speeches thanking their families and whatnot, he made his exclusively about film. That's how much he loved it, and he knew this night was meant as a celebration of it as much as of his work.
WOW! Sir David Lean - one and only, the best in the business.
THE GREATEST DIRECTOR OF ALL TIMES WITH SUPERB MOVIES CASTING I HAVE SEEN ALL ATLEAST 10 TIMES SPECIALLY RIVER KWAI DR ZHIVAGO AND LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
John Huston & David Lean: my two favorite film-makers ... and probably two of the best "acceptance speeches" EVER given.(!)
Sir David what an articulate man! I bow down to thee..
Can anyone forget Sir. David, without Doctor Zivago. Maurice jare music :Memories calling back.
And he was right, TV has already taken over the film in every country. Greatest film maker ever born
At the top echelon: Cecile B. De Mille, William Wyler, David Lean, Frank Capra, Elia Kazan, Billy Wilder, John Huston, Dimitri Tiomkin, Peter Glanville, George Cuckor, Vincent Minnelli , Warren Beatty, Brian Hutton.
4:49 this is literally happening now
oh my God he's a psychic
Sir David passed away a year after. I Like to much your working. Lawrence of Arabia is the great masterpiece.
I had to look up this speech as I had not seen it since 1990. Now, 32 years later it appears Hollywood did not listen.
Thank you, Sir David Lean. Just thank you.
Wonderful man and director.
How his words rang true 30 years later. Their is no doubt that the art of film is dying. Once the Scorsese's, the Spielberg's, the cameron's, etc pass, what are we left with; hollow, heartless machines. We are at an age where the superhero reins, but where do we go from there?
So heed this great man's advice; take risks, make all of those wonderful, unused novels and scripts you own, and make movies that are going to stand the test of time.
Thanks for advice ❤I am sure we will have auter in future cinema
A devastating and ultimately true commentary on the state of movies.His concerns have all come true.
Very true and very simply put forth by Sir David Lean. Bravo.
Great man 👏👏👏
A great man a great film maker we should all be thankfull that his films are available to enjoy over and over again, young film directors should take note ,he never had VIDEO ASSIST
he relied on his DOP, camera operator and EDITOR to make these films
No 1 filmmaker
They laughed at the television line, but wow, the man nailed it.
Best Epic Classic filmmaker 🖤
Sir Lean was mainly criticizing the influx of Hollywood sequels in this speech, but oddly enough, his warning about television taking over at 4:50 turned out to be the most startlingly prescient. These days, why even go to the movie theater, when everyone just wants to stay at home, Netflix and chill? Today, Hollywood isn't dominated by sequels so much as by remakes and anything in Disney's IP. Especially Marvel movies. Sir Lean must be spinning in his grave ;)
Greatness
David Lean my god !
He was afraid TV might take over. Today we sit in front of our TVs by the many millions and watch made-for dime a dozen Netflix movies, the vast majority being formulaic dreck, and sadly many of us apparently think we're watching the best.
Truth
And he's right. TV has taken over.
great advice from a great master of cinema
RIP 💐
the legend
2021 television took over sir... your wish worked for TV and OTT both.
Having made these remarks advocating more artistic freedom and less formulaic movies and fewer retreads of previously successful films, Lean found a way in the majority of his films and his greatest successes to combine artistic achievement and literate films with intelligent subject matter and commercial success,i.e. Bridge On The River Kwai, Lawrence Of Arabia, Summertimeand many others.
a visionary...
I love David Lean
What a visionary and he was true…..
David Lean - one of the all-time greats. From “Brief Encounter” to “Lawrence of Arabia,” his work is a MasterClass in filmmaking. Alright, everyone has their misfires, like “Ryan’s Daughter,” but he’ll always be an inspiration to filmmakers everywhere, and that includes Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola, and so many others!
The pioneer in epic films
The love of an art form.
Great speech from Sir David Lean. He was a giant in filmmaking and the sad thing is that the critics tore his movie Ryan's Daughter to shreds. So Lean didn't make a movie for more than a decade. He should have told to critics to go to hell and carry on his making wonderful movies. I have a special love for Ryan's daughter as it was made in Dingle, Ireland, my country.
to the person who thought he died in 1989 he actually died in 1991
Yeah! Take that!
If you do not go ahead, you go backwards in anything.........nothing remains stagnant!!!
min 2:50 "dont just do parts 1, 2, 3 ...we'll sink if we do" WOW!
You know the New York critics panned Leans 'Ryans Daughter' so much he didn't make another film for the next ten years. What a loss. Hope Kael and the rest of her friends are rotating.
Correction: He didn't make another movie for the next FOURTEEN years! ;)
wow he nailed it now look dam
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤
What a stupendous filmmaker
He famously locked horns with Judy Davis on A Passage to India, which was ironic considering she gave one of the best performances ever seen in one of his films.
Messylin I love that movie , I just saw it two days ago !
To be fair, he locked horns with a lot of actors, including Sir Alec Guinness.
And Television took over.
Bravo. Too bad they did not listen. I am so sick of people trying to resurrect classics that are still vibrant and alive and those awful, repetitive, boring “reality shows” on TV and movies full of crashes, special (fake) effects. Why did we need three Hobbit movies? Because it took three times as long to do justice to a book that is three times as long? Why do we need a new Ben Hur? The remake is appallingly HORRIBLE, but the 1959 movie is a timeless masterpiece. You can’t do better what was already perfect. There is no one on the level of this man today. Even Spielberg is remaking classic movies now.
*WOW* ❗️❗️❗️🤍🤍
Will be have a woman film director like David Lean. in 21 Century.
Note: David Lean is a Best film director in many movies, including "Doctor Zhivago 1965".
I don't see why not, Its a matter of when and not if. Greatness is blind to gender.
up !
#Cheer
Consider his remarks vis-a-vis the relentless spate of superhero flicks. Those are now the old holes.
I wonder what his reaction would be to furious 8
@lactoseme I'm not too sure that he is right as he had no notion of the vehicle that we are using to watch and create this dialog with - don't you think?
Where is Judy Davis ??????????????
prophecy
If you want to call Netflix tv then tv has indeed taken over.
television has taken over there are far better tv shows now than there are movies
Aw he died just one year after this. He seemed very alert. What a shame.
So who are the innovators today in Hollywood? James Cameron certainly, Peter Jackson, Christopher Nolan (in terms of smart scriptwriting). Anyone else?
How did he do it? When he died in 1989!
Watch at soundcloud this extension
-> londonscreenwriters/kevin-spacey-mactaggart
Interesting reference to this speech by Kevin Spacey
❤ the Lawrence of Arabia
Because the man starred in two of the most culturally significant films (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars) and starred in one of the most beautiful and influential films in history (Blade Runner).
He deserves it.
درود
the cut to spielberg was ironic to me. how many jurassic parks? how many jaws's? how many indiana jones's? growing up in the 80s i was disgusted by the blatant money grabbing notion of sequels. others were too. i never thought it would last. people would see through the cynicism and condemn it and vote with their feet and their money. but it became a norm and a reality. dismal. i stopped going to the see hollywood films at the cinema altogether. i just find art house and international films here and there and i find classic and obscure gems on youtube and other websites.
Spielberg didn't make any of the Jaws sequels and only the first two Jurassic Park films.
tg72211 although you're right here, he was still responsible for plenty of other sequels - indian jones, etc and pointless rehashes - E.T etc
muggedinmadrid He's an innovator, though. He's one of the great directors of the '70s, '80s, '90s and early 2000s.
I agree with you about the pointless, frustrating rehashes of his old films and the artistic failure of the fourth Indiana Jones film, though. He shouldn't concentrate on stuff like that. He should use his influence to make more epic and innovating films like in his old days.
jannsse agreed on the innovator rubric. spielberg is one of the greatest narrators and visionaries of our generation. i think posterity will regard him as the walt disney of our age. i respect him for the enchanting mastery of his craft but also for his affable and humble manner. he can be forgiven almost anything. even amistad.... he he
muggedinmadrid
I'll agree with your earlier comment - David Lean made movies that mattered, that were based on real stories and real events (such as the child slavery of the Victorian Era on which Oliver Twist was based on).
Spielberg works for the money men. Kubrick was probably the last of the great film makers - and after they murdered him for making "Eyes Wide Shut" a movie depicting the real forces that control society - they got Spielberg in to make AI - which was going to be another Kubrick exposé on elites.
Lol, the only thing Sir David Lean (AWESOME Director) was wrong about was television. It's the Internet that has taken over, lol.
I believed the studios listened look at how far movies have come. But like a lot people I would like more realism.
So Spielberg went and did Indie Jones 1-5. :-))
And television has indeed taken over... Watch 'Lawrence of Arabia' on the big screen and you won't believe what you're seeing. I've never seen images like that on a cinema screen.
Is Julie Christie at the 2:41 and 5:09 min. ? Thanks !
+altu romania I don't think so.
TKS ! Then, who''s this ?
The Coen Brothers
2:12 Milton Berle looks scared
OOPS. (not unlike Rick Perry) Instead of researching his death date, I instead was remembering where I was when I heard of his passing. Misplaced year in my head obviously. I stand corrected.
PLEASE !
altu romania iin
???????
If you're talking about box-office A-class film-makers you're correct but if you're REALLY talking about innovators then it's JUST not them, and yes, the Coen brothers are 2 of the innovators, but meanwhile they're also box-office A-class film-makers so if you ask me, my answer is, quite, ALMOST no one, you may thumb me down if you think I'm wrong, this is an opinion after all.
Irreplaceable.
When was this Life Achievement Award was given to John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Charlie Chaplin?. Never!!!. Then, it means nothing
Sooooooo... Harrison Ford has one of THESE and Claude Rains does NOT?
Rains died in 1967, 6 years before the first AFI Lifetime Achievement award was given.
Nevertheless, he did deserve one