There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.
ALAIN RESNAISThere cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.
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For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often.
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I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.
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It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.
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We should all die with a sharp, brusque heart attack. My father was lucky like that.
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My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications
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I don’t think that there is any such thing as an old film; you don’t say, ‘I read an old book by Flaubert,’ or ‘I saw an old play by Moliere.’
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I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.
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They weren’t frightening at all. I’m sure they’d be very funny now.
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For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.
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So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.
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. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable.
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A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I’m extremely comfortable with my style.
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When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films.
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I can’t see any reason why a film shouldn’t be stylized and visually beautiful. I don’t think a beautiful set is pretentious.
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When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being very disappointed with them.
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