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Close-up Is A Very Particular Film In My Oeuvre. It's A Film That Was Made In A Very Particular Way; Mainly Because I Didn't Really Have The Time To Think About How To Go About Making The Film.

It Seems That Film-makers Are Being Divided Between Those Working In Digital And Those Who Are Not. I Think It's Not Something Predetermined - It All Depends On What Project We Have In Mind, And On That Basis We Choose The Medium.

My Last Experience Of Film-making Was Tickets, A Three-episode Film In Italy, The Third Of Which Is Directed By Myself. It's Not For Me To Judge Whether It's A Good Film Or A Bad Film, But What I Could Say Is That Nobody Had A Cultural Or Linguistic Issue With What Was Produced.

With The Red, I Didn't Have This Impression At All. I Felt That It Was As Heavy As A Film Camera. Having This Great Crew, With The Dp And His Assistants, I Found It Making As Much Of An Impression As A Very Big Film Camera. I Didn't Relate To It As Much. I Remember Avoiding It During The Shooting Rather Than Paying Attention To It.

When I Talk To Some Of The Younger Filmmakers, They Are So Worried About Their Films That, Eventually, This State Of Being Worried Reflects Itself In And Helps The Final Work. Whereas, With Projects That Are Meticulously Planned, You Look At The End Result And It Is Full Of Emptiness.