Well, a special screening was set up for government officials, so they didn't have to see the experience of going to see the film. They certainly aren't going to the projects to see for themselves the situation. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
In France they spend six months training policemen, then they give them a gun and put them on the streets, and I don't know that that's enough. The film's not against the police - although I think that if someone wants to be a cop there's got to be a problem. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share
HATE, even if it's making money. is an underground movie, that's how it was made. It's a film about police brutality in the largest… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
We made it known that we were trying to show the reality of France. People think of Paris as the city of love or… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
I don't know if its really important, or intelligent even, when people say to me I'm a white Spike Lee, because they said to… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
It's good that they've seen it, but how can I be satisfied after working for two years making a film which I hope will… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
Well, a special screening was set up for government officials, so they didn't have to see the experience of going to see the film.… — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
