When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980.
Interpretation
Film history often feels like it begins anew for contemporary directors, sidelining earlier influential works.
Jacques Rivette highlights how newer generations of filmmakers may disregard the rich tapestry of film history, focusing instead on the cinematic innovations and movements that emerged after 1980. This observation suggests that each generation tends to forge its own narrative, often viewing historical context through a lens that prioritizes more recent trends and styles over foundational influences.
In practice
This quote can be used in a film studies lecture to discuss the evolution of cinematic styles.
Now I really make the little idea from clay, and I hold it in my hand. I can turn it, look at it from underneath, see it from one view, hold it against the sky, imagine it any size I like, and really be in control almost like God creating something.
It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.
Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they'll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.
When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic.
A polka-dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colourful, senseless and unknowing. Polka-dots can't stay alone; like the communicative life of people, two or three polka-dots become movement... Polka-dots are a way to infinity.
Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible.
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