France can compete with the Hollywood studios in terms of animation savoir-faire, but not in terms of box-office figures. France is a small country, and the Americans are the masters of the world - for cinema, it's true.
The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution. - Michel Ocelot
The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution.
- Michel Ocelot
Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across. - Michel Ocelot
Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across.
I'm a sorcerer because I start with nothing, and then, eventually, there is something. And I touch you, I move you, I make you laugh or cry, and you … - Michel Ocelot
I'm a sorcerer because I start with nothing, and then, eventually, there is something. And I touch you, I move you, I make you laugh or cry, and you …
If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though. - Michel Ocelot
If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though.
I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans. - Michel Ocelot
I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans.
I like to make people happy, and with fairy tales, I can say anything I want to, but in an agreeable way. - Michel Ocelot
I like to make people happy, and with fairy tales, I can say anything I want to, but in an agreeable way.
Fairy tales are my natural language. I feel at ease telling fairy tales like a fish feels in water. I am totally free. - Michel Ocelot
Fairy tales are my natural language. I feel at ease telling fairy tales like a fish feels in water. I am totally free.
My inspiration is my life, what I see happening around me. It can be history and, quite often, plain traditional fairy tales. But I never adapt; I no… - Michel Ocelot
My inspiration is my life, what I see happening around me. It can be history and, quite often, plain traditional fairy tales. But I never adapt; I no…
I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means. - Michel Ocelot
I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.
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