I Thought That I Had Been Asked

I Do Believe That A Film Like Ten Could Never Have Been Made With A 35mm Camera. The First Part Of The Film Lasts 17 Minutes, And By The End Of That Part, The Kid Has Totally Forgotten The Camera.

What I Am Trying To Say Is That It Is Not Without Any Value. The Value Of Copies Is That They Can Direct Us Towards The Original. I Was Recently At The Louvre Museum And I Was Filming People Who Were Viewing The Mona Lisa. I Noticed The Number Of Ordinary People, Astonished, Mouths Agape, Standing Still For Long Stretches Looking At The Work, And I Wondered, "where Does This Come From? Are These People All Art Connoisseurs?" They Are Like Me; Through The Years, We've Seen This Work In Our Schoolbooks Or Art History Books, But When We Stand Before The Original, We Hold Our Breath.

This Kind Of Directing, I Think, Is Very Similar To Being A Football Coach. You Prepare Your Players And Place Them In The Right Places, But Once The Game Is On, There's Nothing Much You Can Do - You Can Smoke A Cigarette Or Get Nervous, But You Can't Do Much.

I Would Be Too Selfish If I Said Everyone Should See My Movies More Than Once. To Say That Would Mean I'm Just Marketing My Work!

Close-up Has Affected Later Films That I've Made.