You really create a film in the editing room, in the silence and night… For me paradise consists in writing the script all alone at home and then in editing it. But I hate the shoot. All this time wasted … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 20, 1917
I don’t want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. At this time of the year you think about awards and if you want to win one you think you should … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 20
So do we have to stick forever to the rules, followed a thousand times, which, year in year out, produce five good films? Can we not try something new? Can we not learn from the lessons of the past and … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, March 11, 2013
I’m not interested in realism. All my films hinge on the fantastic. I’m not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream, and it’s absurd to copy life in an attempt to produce an exact re-creation of it. … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, October 21, 2012
Michael J. Cinema 