black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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!

Bernardo Bertolucci

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Democracy Hollywood Trying
English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more – like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Country Dialogue Italian More Need Needs Nothing
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.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Life Reconstruct Someone Special Stories Thinking
You live day by day. You can’t build your life.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Build Day Life Live
You know, in ten years you’re gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Soccer Thinking Women
The movies I like are always movies where cinema is reinvented like if it was the beginning of cinema.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Beginning Cinema Movies Reinvented
To explore technology for me is something that I have to do. Otherwise, I feel completely left in the back… abandoned.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Abandoned Feels Technology
The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay?
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Cinema Hollywood Only Past Trying Unique
I am in love with the idea of doing a movie in 3D. I think 3D would be great for the story I want to do, in a realistic, normal story, using 3D on the emotions in a kind of intimate story.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Cameras Doing Ideas Love Movie Thinking
If you mention any ideological thing about shooting Last Tango in Paris, I was thinking I was doing a political film.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Country Political Shooting Thinking
Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Instinct Sometimes Thinking
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.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Adult Children Hands Hearts Masturbating
I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Hollywood Phases Thinking
If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Apples Big Country Hollywood Nipple
There you have Quentin playing with kung-fu. That’s why the independents are the most interesting.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Country Independent Interesting Person Playing
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!
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI

Bits Claustrophobia Country Immediately Something

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!

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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!

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bernardo Bertolucci Quotes