Michael Barker Quotes on Movies (7 Quotes)

It's helpful. The stories say it's wrong because it's one of the year's great movies. So the story is not about the arcane rules of the Academy, but about how good a film 'Cache' is. That gains traction with the audience.

It's obvious the film has strong staying power in urban and suburban areas.

Oscar nominations are really important for a picture of quality, for a film that is not thought of as mainstream. We try to stay true to who we are, I'd like to think it basically says that slow and steady can win the race -- these Academy Award nominations validate that theory.

It's very important for a film like 'Capote.' It gives real posterity to a film. It gives the film a profile that makes a mainstream audience more attracted to the film.

Boy, that 'Cache' is hanging in there. That's really something. Just think, we're going to be over 1 million on just five cities and we have the whole country to go. The film is going to do great.

(Toronto) is one of the best places, if not the best place in North America, to launch films. Journalists from all over are there, and it's the most responsive audience you can wish for. That can be a liability when making an acquisition call but not a liability when you are launching a film and want to show it in the best possible context.

There's never been a film so urgent about America's political situation today, and the response to it has been one of urgency. And there's no harder-working director than Eugene. He's been doing QAs at the screenings.