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The most important thing of all, the thing that lasted, was the first feminist movement and the position of women in society. That completely changed and that was very, very important.

Bernardo Bertolucci

I don’t see my movies. I think it’s healthier and safer to keep a bit of distance. I’m afraid to be disappointed.
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Disappointed Distance Thinking
I am still against any kind of censorship. It’s a subject in my life that has been very important.
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Censorship Important Kind Subject
What I was talking about was, of course, very autobiographical – ’68 was the moment when all the young people were incredibly excited, because when we were going to sleep, we knew we would wake up not tomorrow, but in the future.
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Autobiographical Future Important People Sleep Tomorrow
I think that Hollywood should also be influenced by directors from Hong Kong. You see how Quentin Tarantino is really the example of how you can develop, and how you can go ahead if you accept the existence of different cinematic cultures.
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Ahead Culture Develo Example Interesting Thinking
A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.
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Democracy Hollywood Trying
To explore technology for me is something that I have to do. Otherwise, I feel completely left in the back… abandoned.
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Abandoned Feels Technology
I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say – in one place. It’s something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it!
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Bits Claustrophobia Country Immediately Something
Pornography is not in the hands of the child who discovers his sexuality by masturbating, but in the heart of the adult who slaps him.
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Adult Children Hands Hearts Masturbating
I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
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Ambiguous Ending Life Way
I think cinema all over the world was influenced by it, which was Italy finding its freedom at the end of fascism, the end of the Nazi invasion. It was a kind of incredible energy. Then, late ’50s, early ’60s, the neo-realism lost its great energy and became comedy.
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Cinema End Fascism Incredible Influence Kind
The most important thing of all, the thing that lasted, was the first feminist movement and the position of women in society. That completely changed and that was very, very important.
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Changed Feminist Important Society Thing Women
For example, Jewish directors coming from Germany or Austria and enriching Hollywood. In 15, 20 years, Hollywood became imperialistic. Cinema goes ahead when it is marriaged by other culture. Otherwise, it turns on itself.
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Ahead Cinema Enriching Example Hollywood Imperialisytic
Young people now don’t care for politics. It isn’t present in life as it used to be. And increasingly I like films which reflect present-day reality.
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Increasingly People Politics Reality Youth
The life before ’68 was very different from the life after ’68. Before ’68, our days were full of authoritarian moments. There were authorities everywhere. In fact, the movement of ’68 was young people against their authorities, children against their parents. And that remained.
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Authoritarian Children Feminist Moments People
I haven’t made a movie for a while, but I’ve watched a lot. It’s my major waste of time. I like to work, but also to be waiting for work.
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Mademwatch Time Waiting Waste Work
This is something that I dream about: to live films, to arrive at the point at which one can live for films, can think cinematographically, eat cinematographically, sleep cinematographically, as a poet, a painter, lives, eats, sleeps painting.
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Cinematographical Dream Painter Sleep Thinking

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