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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 think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.
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Hollywood Phases Thinking
The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay?
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Cinema Hollywood Only Past Trying Unique
I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
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Ambiguous Ending Life Way
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 was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. ‘The Dreamers’ was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.
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Cinema Completely Homage Love Movement Value
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
Commuting in a wheelchair is not easy. I live in a very old part of Rome. These cobbles everywhere… terrible! In London, it is the same. Every pavement is uneven.
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Cobbles Country Easy Everywhere Pavement
There’s no more film; now everything’s digital. I welcome this. It’s fantastic for me to have a new chance.
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Chance Digital Welcome
I don’t film messages. I let the post office take care of those.
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Care Message Office
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
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
New York has always embraced me.
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Always Country Embraced
Having no children had been a kind of choice up to the moment when, from a choice, it became a sadness.
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Children Choices Kind Sadness
If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple.
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Apples Big Country Hollywood Nipple
You know, in ten years you’re gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?
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Soccer Thinking Women

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