I can easily go to America, or I can easily escape to some places in Europe with friends. But the place for me is the Philippines. The struggle is there. I cannot turn my back on it. It's a responsibility. — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
I'm not hoping to see that day but I know that my cinema will reach Filipinos. I know that they will embrace it one… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
I make films, and festivals, museums, and academia are embracing the work. It will be heard. It's bound to happen because cinema is universal.… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
There is no border in my films. You can see yourself in these stories. This is the greatest thing about the power of cinema.… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
"Filipino" is the Spanish side of our history. The islands were named after King Felipe, so we became known as Filipinos. It's a brand,… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
I'm very fatalistic about life. Whatever happens, happens. The imperative for me is that I do my contribution for my people, for my culture.… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the cultural thing - music, then eventually cinema. I think it's part of my struggle as a cultural worker. I'm not… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
When I was trying to create this so-called Lav Diaz verité, it just happened. At some point, I became very comfortable with the one… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
Even if I made pornography, the trauma would show, though. It will always be there because it's my verité. It's my kind of narrative,… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
The novelistic attribute of my work is very much like the Russian way of creating novels. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky - their work has so many… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
There is no border. I'm branding my films as Malay cinema, but it's just about cinema. Everything that I make is about humanity's struggle,… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
Cinema is the greatest mirror of humanity's struggle. You see this alternative world, but you're part of it. Everybody is part of it. This… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
I can easily go to America, or I can easily escape to some places in Europe with friends. But the place for me is… — Lav Diaz Copy Share Image
