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.
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCIYoung 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.
More Bernardo Bertolucci Quotes
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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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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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I was seduced by the nouvelle vague, because it was really reinventing everything. And the Italian cinema that one would see in the theaters in the late ’50s, early ’60s was Italian comedy, Italian style, which, to me, was like the end of neo-realism.
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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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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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Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.
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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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The most important thing of all, the thing that lasted, was the first feminist movement and the position of women in society. That completely changed and that was very, very important.
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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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The movies I like are always movies where cinema is reinvented like if it was the beginning of cinema.
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I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
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If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple.
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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 haven’t made a movie for a while, but I’ve watched a lot. It’s my major waste of time. I like to work, but also to be waiting for work.
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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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