“The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, s...” — Yann Martel Quote

The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema, so the movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.

..the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.

So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?

…nature as a whole was an exceptionally fine illustration of science.

To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing--I'm sorry, I would rather not go on.

I came from Hyderabad and didn't know the difference between commercial and parallel cinema.

For the whole history of cinema, we've been experiencing movies and television through a two-dimensional, letterboxed window. But once you can start programming entertainment for all the different senses, it becomes a wholly different medium.

Although for some people cinema means something superficial and glamorous, it is something else. I think it is the mirror of the world.

My cinema is an extension of myself. A sort of life-testimony of my vital experience, with my few virtues and my numerous limitations.