There was a sense of future that was the result of the mixture of politics, cinema, music, the first joints. And the movies were a very important part of that cocktail.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCIThe problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay?
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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.
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Every film I have made has corresponded to a very special moment of my life. I like to think that if someone wanted to reconstruct the story of my life, they can just see my movies and know what I have been through.
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The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay?
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After many, many years, I fell out of love with politics. It’s not something I like but it’s the truth.
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I like that 3D is based on the fact that you look with two eyes, so two cameras imitate that.
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If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple.
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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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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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A dolly move is a moral commitment.
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I was writing poems when I was young, you know, because my father was a poet, so it was absolutely normal to follow my father.
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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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I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
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Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
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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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You know, in ten years you’re gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?
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