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 BERTOLUCCIFor 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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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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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.
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New York has always embraced me.
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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.
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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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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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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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If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple.
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I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem.
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I’m no longer interested in making political films. There’s something old-fashioned about them.
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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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I am still against any kind of censorship. It’s a subject in my life that has been very important.
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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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A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.
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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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