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>> finally we are seeing a little more diversity among the people who are making the decisions about what movies to make and the people who are literally making the movies. they are telling their stories. they are telling stories that no one in hollywood could tell except for them. and the movies are going to be better for it. audiences are already understanding that. ♪ >> there is still something about being told a story. a movie is something thats been really handcrafted. its a mosaic thats ...

Opinions and aunts with mustaches telling me when i should get married and when i should have a baby. at the time it was so annoying. then i realized, i could write a story out of this. >> here, eat some rice. >> im good. im good. >> i could snap you like a chicken. >> i thought we would be shown in greek church basements, and then i couldnt believe we got released in theaters. >> everyone, this is ian. >> ian! >> theyre calling it the little movie that could. "my big fat greek wedding" has been...

His "creature from the black lagoon ". >> guillermo del toro is an appreciator of the old school movie making. he never lost the 12-year-old geeky fanboy within himself. and i think thats why audiences can relate to his work so much. >> what youre seeing is a lot of directors using established genres to do something thats actually very iddio siosdiosync. he can make a movie like "gravity" that is spectacular that has to be seen on the big screen, but in reality is a very intimate, human movie. >...

>> its not the easiliest film to watch. as no steve mcqueen movie is. hes such a great director, particularly in his ability to present it to you in this really cold reality. which i think ultimately is frightening, but that speaks to how compelling a film steve mcqueen is able to create in tef terms of speaking to the horrors of slavery. >> its rare that african-american history becomes the subject of mainstream cinema. so its important not just for its performances and how well-crafted it is, ...

>> you know, the big part of the fun of the movie was we were robbing banks comedically. when we were done, the giddiness, the exhilaration of that experience was unmatched. >> frank! >> hey, honey. hey. >> what the hell are you doing? >> were streaking. were going up through the quad to the gymnasium. >> whos streaking? >> theres -- theres more coming. >> frank, get in the car. >> everybodys doing it. >> now! >> okay. >> just hearing wills name puts a smile on my face. i remember him making "ol...