In all my documentaries I did all the camera work, but in fiction I didn't want to do it myself. I think the machinery is so heavy and demanding that you would leave the actors alone for a long time.
Every documentary is subjective. It's a total lie to say there are objective documentaries. - Pirjo Honkasalo
Every documentary is subjective. It's a total lie to say there are objective documentaries.
- Pirjo Honkasalo
I think that too often we, film directors, think that a big epic novel and feature film are the same. It's a lie. A feature film is much closer to a … - Pirjo Honkasalo
I think that too often we, film directors, think that a big epic novel and feature film are the same. It's a lie. A feature film is much closer to a …
The cinematography was of course incredibly important to me because I graduated as a cinematographer. - Pirjo Honkasalo
The cinematography was of course incredibly important to me because I graduated as a cinematographer.
When I auditioned actors I never make them act. I choose a long symphony, then I tell them to sit down and I play the symphony for them. Then I sit a… - Pirjo Honkasalo
When I auditioned actors I never make them act. I choose a long symphony, then I tell them to sit down and I play the symphony for them. Then I sit a…
I like to get something that is impossible to verbally order. Sometimes it's something the person is not even conscious of, and it's something you co… - Pirjo Honkasalo
I like to get something that is impossible to verbally order. Sometimes it's something the person is not even conscious of, and it's something you co…
At 13 I was someone that didn't have a personality yet. It's a fascinating period in a human life. It's so exciting because you are in between childh… - Pirjo Honkasalo
At 13 I was someone that didn't have a personality yet. It's a fascinating period in a human life. It's so exciting because you are in between childh…
It's said that if two documentary filmmakers meet they talk about the world, if two fiction filmmakers meet they talk about the million that they don… - Pirjo Honkasalo
It's said that if two documentary filmmakers meet they talk about the world, if two fiction filmmakers meet they talk about the million that they don…
I don't think the concept of "directing actors" exists in the sense that if you get what you order from an actor you'll always get bad acting. Every … - Pirjo Honkasalo
I don't think the concept of "directing actors" exists in the sense that if you get what you order from an actor you'll always get bad acting. Every …
Being a female director become as professional as your male colleagues and forget the whole question about being female. You are female anyway and it… - Pirjo Honkasalo
Being a female director become as professional as your male colleagues and forget the whole question about being female. You are female anyway and it…
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