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Classical Tragedy Was The War Between Good And Evil. We Wanted Evil To Be Defeated And Good To Be Victorious. But The Battle In Modern Tragedy Is Between Good And Good. And No Matter Which Side Wins, We'll Still Be Heartbroken.

Whether We Like It Or Not, The Modernity Is Something That Comes From Western Countries, And When The Modernity Comes To The Eastern Countries, Although They Feel Like They Really Need It, At The Same Time It Shakes The Very Fundament Of The Culture - There Is Always This Challenge Between The Two.

It Was Important To Me To Make A Film Where I Don't Show The Past But Where The Spectators Can See The Past.

These Days, More Than Any Other Time, We Are Worried About Our Personal Life, Our Private Life. When We Talk About Our Private Life, It Means Our Home, Our Body Even. It Seems That When We Want To Have Calmness In This World, We Make A Wall Around Us. This Gives Us A Very Calm Environment, And When We Feel That Somebody Is Intruding Into That, It Makes Us Very Angry And We Feel We Have To Do Something About It.

It's A Mistake And Misconception To Think That One Has To State Everything Clearly And Simply For The Audience To Be Able To Follow The Character, And This Is What Is Bringing American Cinema Down From Its Position In The Classic Golden Period. There's This Misapprehension That The Audience Is Not Smart.