Occupation: Film Director Birth: April 5, 1942
I have transmitted genetic material, all I have to do between my daughters' birth and my death is to decorate my life..
If Good approved of his creature's creation, He breathed the painted clay-model into life by signing His name..
Blind eyes cannot read..
I went to art school, and every Tuesday and Friday we drew the nude. If you look at Western painting, male and female nudes are in the center of ever….
A French critic referred to me as a gay pessimist, with gay used in its older sense, and talked of Cocteau in the same breath..
My favourite way of watching the cinema is the biggest possible cinema you can find, with the biggest possible screen, and the loudest possible Dolby….
We have to move away from the concept of screening in cinemas. This can be achieved with the new technologies. I enjoy my films and the fact that I c….
Americans don't understand what metaphor in cinema is about. They're extremely good at making straightforward, linear narrative movies, which enterta….
The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands on an audience's patience and cr….
As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward..
Painting is the supreme form of expression; you don't need to 'read' painting..
I don't want to be a film-maker. I think painting is far more exciting and profound. It's always at the back of my mind - let's give up this silly bu….
Eisenstein was a good editor. I was trained as a film editor, and I've no doubt that the editor is key to a film..
I don't think we've seen any cinema yet. I think we've seen 100 years of illustrated text..
I've always been fascinated by Eisenstein..
I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them..
My audience is comprised of three categories. The first category contains the people who decide after the first five minutes that they've made a mist….
I admit that death is not just about you, it's also about the people who love you..
It seems so tragic to me that so many filmmakers are making movies up against this extra-ordinary revolution with one eye closed and two hands tied b….
Too many proofs spoil the truth..
There are, after all, approaches to be made other than the dependable routes that massage sentimental expectations and provide easy opportunities for….