Classicism Becomes Avant-garde When Everyone Else Is

I Think Watching A Movie That Simply Confirms My Feelings Is A Waste Of Time. That Applies Not Only To Movies, But Also To Books And Every Form Of Art.

To Decide To Film A Movie Again Shot By Shot, You Must Be Masochistic To A Certain Degree Because It Is A Much Greater Challenge.

If A Director Says He Doesn't Care How Many People See His Films At All, I Simply Don't Believe Him. Otherwise Why Would He Bother To Make The Film? The Only Explanation Would Be That It Would Be An Act Of Masturbation. I Think That Every Creator Is Looking For A Receptor. He's Looking For An Audience. There Are Two Parts Of The Equation: A Creator And, Necessarily, The Receiver Of The Work. It's The Same Thing For A Painter Who Wants His Paintings To Be Seen.

I Want To Make It Clear: It's Not That I Hate Mainstream Cinema. It's Perfectly Fine. There Are A Lot Of People Who Need To Escape, Because They Are In Very Difficult Situations, So They Have The Right To Escape From The World. But This Has Nothing To Do With An Art Form.

And If There Was One Title That Could Be Applied To All My Films, It Would Be 'civil War' - Not Civil War In The Way We Know It, But The Daily War That Goes On Between Us All.