My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on what makes you scared in cinema, can be ditched. It's the spectator, finally, who's going to construct the menace and the fear.
I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that. - Bruno Dumont
I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.
- Bruno Dumont
Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other. - Bruno Dumont
Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other.
An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them. - Bruno Dumont
An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.
Sex becomes violent when you eliminate all the sentiments... voila, it gets crude. - Bruno Dumont
Sex becomes violent when you eliminate all the sentiments... voila, it gets crude.
The landscape is a reflection of the inner life. Since I can't shoot the inner life, all I can shoot is the exterior but I know that when I'm filming… - Bruno Dumont
The landscape is a reflection of the inner life. Since I can't shoot the inner life, all I can shoot is the exterior but I know that when I'm filming…
Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression. - Bruno Dumont
Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.
You can't go further than being naked. - Bruno Dumont
You can't go further than being naked.
There's a longstanding myth about the United States that is still very prevalent in Europe [despite recent developments]. Historically the "America" … - Bruno Dumont
There's a longstanding myth about the United States that is still very prevalent in Europe [despite recent developments]. Historically the "America" …
My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on wha… - Bruno Dumont
My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on wha…
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