I Only Have One Obsession - Not

But Sometimes I Think You Have To Try To Do Things That People Don't Think Are Doable.

I Can Say Is Usually People Are Slightly Confused. They Think That Silent Movies Are Old. But, The Fact Is, They Are Old Because They Have Been Made In The '20s. That's The Thing That Makes Them Old. Not The Format. The Format Is Just A Format. It's Not An Old Format.

I Always Loved Silent Movies. I Was Not A Specialist, But I Loved Them. And When I Started Directing, I Became Really Fascinated By The Format - How It Works, The Device Of The Silent Movie. It's Not The Same Form Of Expression As A Talkie. The Lack Of Sounds Makes You Participate In The Storytelling

French Cinema Audiences Usually Don't Express Anything. Certainly Not Satisfaction.

I Watched A Lot Of Silent Directors Who Were Absolutely Great Like John Ford And Fritz Lang, Tod Browning, And Also Some Very Modern Directors Like The Coen Brothers. The Directors Take The Freedom Within Their Own Movies To Be Melodramatic Or Funny When They Chose To Be. They Do Whatever They Want And They Don't Care About The Genre.