When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie. To have a story, you need a social problem. Not necessarily a problem, but something to get the… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Cinema is my religion. It is a way to make people sensitive, through emotions. To make them feel, experience empathy. People are touched and… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual. — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
There's a longstanding myth about the United States that is still very prevalent in Europe [despite recent developments]. Historically the "America" of this myth… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
The people follow what the media say. So if you said that Bruno Dumont is fantastic, it follows that more people would go to… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie. To have… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
The actor already comes with emotions to the scene: fear, the fear of being in front of the camera. It is this fear that… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
At the root of the Noble Savage myth is this basic truth: the savage is good, but he's also violent. This is why Rousseau… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
I'm not Catholic. I don't believe in God. But at the same time, I'm obsessed by the sacred, by spirituality. The question of redemption… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
I don't watch my own past films: when I watch them, I find they don't work very well, because I have changed. If I… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
The landscape is a reflection of the inner life. Since I can't shoot the inner life, all I can shoot is the exterior but… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless. — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
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