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.
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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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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New York has always embraced me.
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You live day by day. You can’t build your life.
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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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I’m no longer interested in making political films. There’s something old-fashioned about them.
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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 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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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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Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
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The movies I like are always movies where cinema is reinvented like if it was the beginning of cinema.
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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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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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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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I don’t see my movies. I think it’s healthier and safer to keep a bit of distance. I’m afraid to be disappointed.
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I don’t film messages. I let the post office take care of those.
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