Bille August

From the beginning, we were prepared, we know how we would shoot and cut the two versions.

— Bille August

The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics.

— Bille August

He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really…

— Bille August

It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, and I hadn't even…

— Bille August

I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't…

— Bille August

I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get all the…

— Bille August

She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that…

— Bille August

I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest,…

— Bille August

The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy.…

— Bille August

We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits…

— Bille August

It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people…

— Bille August