A Film You Can Explain In Words

It's Only Human And Natural That An Actor Should See The Film In Terms Of His Own Part, But I, As A Director, Have To See The Film As A Whole. He Must Therefore Collaborate Selflessly, Totally.

Neorealism Taught Us To Follow The Characters With The Camera, Allowing Each Shot Its Own Real Interior Time. Well, I Became Tired Of All This; I Could No Longer Stand Real Time. In Order To Function, A Shot Must Show Only What Is Useful.

The Women I Like, No Matter What Nationality, All Seem To Have More Or Less The Same Qualities. Perhaps This Is Because One Goes Looking For Them - That Is, You Like That Type Of Woman And Then Look For Her.

Favourite Directors Change, Like Favorite Authors. I Had A Passion For Gide And Stein And Faulkner. But Now They're No Use To Me Anymore. I've Assimilated Them - So, Enough, They Are A Closed Chapter. This Also Applies To Film Directors.

You Cannot Penetrate Events With Reportage.