The great thing about Europe is that things have not been represented [as much]. If you open the door of a bar in Brooklyn in a film you know exactly who is the mobster, who is the nice guy, who is the drunk, who's the waitress, who's the lonely heart. If you push open the door to a bar in Antwerp or Lisbon or Rotterdam, people will talk five different languages. You don't know who's who. You don't know if that guy is a banker or a mobster.
Things [only] exist once they are represented. - Thomas Bidegain
Things [only] exist once they are represented.
- Thomas Bidegain
It's great to represent things that are not represented. - Thomas Bidegain
It's great to represent things that are not represented.
I wanted to direct when I was very young. I had no idea of cinema, of who's doing what. That was my first instinct: "Okay, I want to be the boss." - Thomas Bidegain
I wanted to direct when I was very young. I had no idea of cinema, of who's doing what. That was my first instinct: "Okay, I want to be the boss."
People who work in distribution will be distributors all their life. - Thomas Bidegain
People who work in distribution will be distributors all their life.
When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questio… - Thomas Bidegain
When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questio…
I think it's great to change - change country, change anything. - Thomas Bidegain
I think it's great to change - change country, change anything.
Directing, you have to put yourself in a certain state, it's all about the energy you have and the energy you transmit to people, to the actors, to t… - Thomas Bidegain
Directing, you have to put yourself in a certain state, it's all about the energy you have and the energy you transmit to people, to the actors, to t…
Editing is a very tough period. You're confronted with yourself. It's a deep, dark, truthful mirror. - Thomas Bidegain
Editing is a very tough period. You're confronted with yourself. It's a deep, dark, truthful mirror.
When you're a screenwriter, it's like being a mechanic. You open the hood of the story, the director is the driver, and he says, "What do you think? … - Thomas Bidegain
When you're a screenwriter, it's like being a mechanic. You open the hood of the story, the director is the driver, and he says, "What do you think? …
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