You cannot build a cultural identity without the images and sounds of your culture. Most countries in the third world - poor… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Cambodia is not only a country of war, but also a country of culture. It's in our DNA. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
There is no book-learning culture in Cambodia. People do not read. The children do not read in school. Educators must come up… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Totalitarians always want to kill culture. But imagine life without football, Faulkner, or Bob Dylan. It's not life. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
If you cannot make moving pictures about yourself, your country and your culture, it's as if you do not exist anymore in… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
What I like to do with every film is to bring a form, like a cinematographic proposal. If you watch 'S21,' it's a form;… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
It's better to live a world where you can hear different languages and sensibilities. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
I didn't survive because I was stronger than others. I survived because my family and friends helped me to survive. They took my place.… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water and clay,… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic approach. You… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
If you can keep something very personal, like a song, like a color, like a story, deep in your heart, then nobody can destroy… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
The most beautiful thing in Cambodia isn't the country - it's the Cambodian people. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
Evil has always been there; it's always a part of us. Evil is no big surprise. But what about the people who gave freely,… — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
As children, we did not have toys. We invented characters and animals; we invented stories. — Rithy Panh Copy Share Image
