Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCIPornography is not in the hands of the child who discovers his sexuality by masturbating, but in the heart of the adult who slaps him.
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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.
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I don’t film messages. I let the post office take care of those.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCII don’t film messages. I let the post office take care of those.
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A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCIA monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.
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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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I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. ‘The Dreamers’ was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.
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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’m no longer interested in making political films. There’s something old-fashioned about them.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCII’m no longer interested in making political films. There’s something old-fashioned about them.
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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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You know, in ten years you’re gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?
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Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCISometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
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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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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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You live day by day. You can’t build your life.
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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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