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Godard never sought to be sympathetic.
I'm very happy in France making movies.
I don't make films to reproduce reality.
'Avatar' is a great movie. I really love it.
I only have one obsession - not to be boring.
French people are strange about America, I think.
Bernard Herrmann was a genius, a great, great composer.
Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.
Silence is a universal language. It's like music or painting.
I think all the history of the Jewish people is about adaptation.
I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent.
My life is OK. I live in France. It's a very cool country to make films.
When you speak of silent movies, everyone thinks of Charlie Chaplin first.
Hollywood is much more than America. Hollywood belongs to all of the planet.
I am unusual for a Frenchman - I have absolutely nothing against the United States.
French cinema audiences usually don't express anything. Certainly not satisfaction.
But sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable.
An idea is something you work on to make it work and a desire is much deeper in a way.
I make almost all the decisions on set and have to deal with all the financial aspects.
But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director.
Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies
I strongly believe cinema is popular culture. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. That's life.
Sure, I watched a lot of Hollywood movies. Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.
There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance
There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance.
To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them.
My ambition with 'Redoubtable' was to make a film that would be aesthetically pleasing, charming, and touching.
I guess all the directors in France are influenced by Hitchcock, because he's the perfect visual director, in my eyes.
Robert DeNiro, who may be the greatest living actor, usually acts in a way which is very stone-faced, like Steve McQueen.
When we were making the movie, winning awards for it wasn't the point at all. We didn't even have an American distributor.
I want to thank three person: I want to thank Billy Wilder. I want to thank Billy Wilder. And I want to thank Billy Wilder.
I think the writer is always the creator, because he's starting with nothing, but the actor comes in and gives flesh and blood.
I made a movie in Morocco. I made a movie in Brazil. I've made commercials all over the world. Every set looks like another set.
I guess George Clooney would be a wonderful silent actor, and Leonardo DiCaprio is such a wonderful actor he certainly could do it.
I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.
You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors to do it, or the dialogue.
I've always been against the idea of dividing films between festival titles and popular movies. I think you can make films that are both.
Even if I make fun of him, I try to portray him as a human being. Sometimes because he's the great Jean-Luc Godard, we see him as a concept.
I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would maybe not use.
In France, it's really different the way you live. It's a non-religious country. The public space is not religious; religion is a private thing.
With silent films, you're better off avoiding irony, because the spectator is your accomplice. It's this pact that leads to emotion being created.
Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it will come out great
Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it will come out great.
But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's really not important.
When you do not have the dialogue to explain things, you will use everything to show and to tell the story. I think that this is what makes you believe that it is impeccable
When you do not have the dialogue to explain things, you will use everything to show and to tell the story. I think that this is what makes you believe that it is impeccable.
There are two kinds of audiences. There's the ones who were in the theaters, and the ones who are outside and we want them to come inside the theater. And, it's not the same.
I watched a lot of silent movies. It's a very specific way of writing, which is more of a challenge than the directing. You have to describe images. It's easier to shoot them.
Some people probably think me telling Godard's story is blasphemy. My friends were worried. But he's not my hero or my god. Godard is like the leader of a sect, and I'm an agnostic.
I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie.