Pier Quotes

(On the shooting for his writing/directing debut Nil by Mouth (1997)): I set aside three weeks for rehearsals. Those long scenes are like a play. But I wanted things loosely structured, more like jazz. Though there was very little improv on screen, sometimes we`d improvise, rev up, to get the energy before shooting. One rule that I broke was that you need to leave a little air between people`s lines, that you can`t overlap dialogue because you`ll clip words on a cut. But you can overlap dialogue, even though editors don`t like it. Otherwise, it`s your turn to talk, my turn. Another thing: I used only one camera! I`d say to the cameraman, "I need it from this angle!" From my brief association with Isabella Rossellini, I got a new appreciation of Pier Paolo Pasolini and how he was religious about where the camera should go, whether it was too high, too low. I would ask questions on the set, quietly: "For this emotion, is the camera angle too wide, is the camera too low?" I wanted night to look like night! I bullied the cameraman a bit until he got into the swing. You could pick up the light metre and say, seeing how little light, "You`ve got to be fucking joking!"

Pier Angeli was in the movie called Sea of Sand that Guy Green directed where this idea came up.

(on the untimely death of Pier Paolo Pasolini) A remarkable director -- a great loss to Italian culture. It was as if he was discovering cinema from scratch.

We have a lot of company, and (a pier) would provide much easier access for guests of all ages, because not everyone can maneuver out an inflatable dinghy when the water is less than calm,

Just like Red Bank is an all- year-round town, we think Pier Village will become an all-year- round destination.

Many of our patrons have made The Pier their meeting place for generations, ... It is not uncommon to see children and grandchildren of early customers now coming as regulars. The live music, food, view of Lake Austin and relaxing environment seem to call them back.

Education is very important to me. The lake can be the most beautiful thing, but it can be the most dangerous thing. I have two young boys and I don`t want to see them get washed off the pier.