When You Look At The Early-'30s Movies,

I Think There's Something In Common With The Oss 117 Movies. The Big Difference Is There's No Irony In This One. It's Not Parody. I Tried To Make It Very Simple. It's A Simple Story, But To Be Simple, It's Very Complex In The Way It's Done.

An Idea Is Something You Work On To Make It Work And A Desire Is Much Deeper In A Way.

I Am Unusual For A Frenchman - I Have Absolutely Nothing Against The United States.

First Of All, I Had The Desire For That Format [silent Movie], And Then When I Was Talking To People, I Felt That People Needed Justification. Why Are You Doing A Silent Movie? Is It Just For Your Own Pleasure? I Felt It Was Not Enough For Them So I Realized I Have To Choose The Subject That Will Make Things Easier For Them And To Tell The Story Of A Silent Actor Makes Sense For Doing A Silent Movie.

The Germans Were Much More Graphical. The Expressionism Is Much More Than Cinema. It Was A Movement With Artists, Painters, Music And Architecture, So It's Really Graphic And Visual. And The French Were Something Else.