“All my films hinge on the fantastic. I'm not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream, and it's absurd to copy life in an attempt to produce an exact recreation of it. Transposition is more or less… — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will never have been more than meaningless. — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
It's the honest point of view of an artist: You have to please.I'd like viewers to come away from my films unsure whether they've… — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
“There is no solitude greater than the samurai's, unless perhaps it be that of a tiger in the jungle.” — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
“There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... Perhaps...” — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
“I like to take risks. My films never follow the current trend.” — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing. — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
“All my films hinge on the fantastic. I'm not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream, and it's absurd to copy… — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own… — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what will be left of me fifty years from now. I suspect that all films will have aged terribly and that… — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
“My love for cinema began with the talkies, around 1929 or '30. The first time I heard a word coming from a screen was… — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
I believe that you must be madly in love with cinema to create films. You also need a huge cinematic baggage. — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
“It was difficult, but I managed. When I had money, I'd buy film and we'd shoot. I think your first film should be made… — Jean-Pierre Melville Copy Share Image
![“It was difficult, but I managed. When I had money, I'd buy film and we'd shoot. I think your first film should be made with your own blood. [On producing his first full length film, Le Silence de la Mer (1949) himself]” quote by Jean-Pierre Melville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/815/jean-pierre-melville-40284_cinema_it-was-difficult-but-i-managed-when-i-ha_2917995.jpg)