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Film Quotes by Jean Renoir

8 Film quotes by Jean Renoir

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Jean Renoir’s film quotes, though brief, echo the timeless elegance of his cinematic philosophy. These eight lines give a taste of his reverence for humanism and the poetic rhythm of his storytelling.

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There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

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“A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again.”

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A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

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To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can…

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A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he…

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I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

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All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and…

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I believe that perfection handicaps cinema.

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The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is…

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“Among seekers of truth, painters perhaps come closest to discovering the secret of the balance of forces of the universe, and hence of man's…

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Wilshire Boulevard... It has no smell to it.

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“The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons.”

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The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

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Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.

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I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

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“All great art is abstract.”

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The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

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“His nudes and his roses declared to men of this century, already deep in their task of destruction, the stability of the eternal balance…

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