For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become. — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious. — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator. — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films. I don't think… — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
We should all die with a sharp, brusque heart attack. My father was lucky like that. One day he went hunting. He had a… — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally. — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working… — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea. — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
“They say that a director always makes the same film. I try to make, as François Truffaut said, the next film in opposition to… — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to… — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable. — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being… — Alain Resnais Copy Share Image
