I think the actors take a great responsibility for the characters in the movie. — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character is probably the sex object. I think those stereotypes have been reproduced over and over again. It also… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
I think the actors take a great responsibility for the characters in the movie. — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
I'm not a genre film filmmaker. I'd rather look for a topic that I think we need to bring up and discuss because there's… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
Actually men are closer to having the ability to act egoistic when it comes to a crisis situation. — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
I want my film to be possible to use as a reference when we are trying to live our lives. — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
Why I'm interested in filmmaking is because a moving image is very, very powerful when it comes to changing human behavior. — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
The frequency of divorce is extremely high after airplane hijackings. They're like crisis situations where suddenly you see a side of your partner that… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
I don't like that we repeat a certain expression over and over again because I think it narrows the way that we look on… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
I was very interested in highlighting group behaviour and I wanted to show that I think this is very fundamental about being a human… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
Just look at the history of cinema. The most reproduced male character is probably the hero and the most reproduced female character is probably… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
So many times after a catastrophe like 9/11, Estonia in Sweden, the Holocaust or whatever, we are so fond of lifting up the hero… — Ruben Ostlund Copy Share Image
