Miscellaneous

A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.

A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves read more

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.

But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.

But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.

Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will read more

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

I can never understand how we have been able to follow these worn-out tracks, which have been laid down by read more

I can never understand how we have been able to follow these worn-out tracks, which have been laid down by panic in the face of nature.

I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... read more

I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is read more

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.

I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.