Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCII 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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The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay?
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As a loyal believer in the Auteur Theory I first felt editing was but the logical consequence of the way in which one shoots. But, what I learned is that it is actually another writing.
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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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Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
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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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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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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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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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A name? Oh, Jesus Christ. Ah, God, I’ve been called by a million names all my life. I don’t want a name. I’m better off with a grunt or a groan for a name.
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There you have Quentin playing with kung-fu. That’s why the independents are the most interesting.
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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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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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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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You live day by day. You can’t build your life.
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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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