Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual. — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
I think there's not a lot of real filmmakers. There are only a few people who make real cinema. I can count… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Your relationship to a film, and to cinema, is very much determined by yourself, so what is relevant is you. — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression. — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
You can't create a movie as you think about it. And what's in the scene is not what's being seen. A shot… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't give a toss about French viewers. I make films for foreigners - it's a bit like Ken Loach, who's… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
I think that the cinema is a physical thing. What I'm looking for is creating a physical shock with the audience. I… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
The people follow what the media say. So if you said that Bruno Dumont is fantastic, it follows that more people would… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
I don't watch my own past films: when I watch them, I find they don't work very well, because I have changed.… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie.… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
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… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
Cinema is my religion. It is a way to make people sensitive, through emotions. To make them feel, experience empathy. People are touched and… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual. — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
There's a longstanding myth about the United States that is still very prevalent in Europe [despite recent developments]. Historically the "America" of this myth… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
The people follow what the media say. So if you said that Bruno Dumont is fantastic, it follows that more people would go to… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie. To have… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
The actor already comes with emotions to the scene: fear, the fear of being in front of the camera. It is this fear that… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
At the root of the Noble Savage myth is this basic truth: the savage is good, but he's also violent. This is why Rousseau… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
I'm not Catholic. I don't believe in God. But at the same time, I'm obsessed by the sacred, by spirituality. The question of redemption… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
I don't watch my own past films: when I watch them, I find they don't work very well, because I have changed. If I… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
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… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless. — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share
