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> [You can't create a movie as you think about it. And what's in the scene is not what's being seen. A shot always means something other than what it is. All are vehicles. A landscape is just a vehicle. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/you-can-t-create-a-movie-as-you-think-about-it-and-what-s-in-the/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

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## More by Bruno Dumont

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/my-thinking-was-that-today-s-spectator-is-so-well-versed-in-film/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [Cinema is my religion. It is a way to make people sensitive, through emotions. To make them feel, experience empathy. People are touched and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/cinema-is-my-religion-it-is-a-way-to-make-people-sensitive-through/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/cinema-is-made-to-film-material-the-body-by-filming-the-material-the/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/there-s-a-longstanding-myth-about-the-united-states-that-is-still/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [The people follow what the media say. So if you said that Bruno Dumont is fantastic, it follows that more people would go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/the-people-follow-what-the-media-say-so-if-you-said-that-bruno-dumont/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie. To have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/when-you-make-movies-you-have-to-be-preoccupied-with-the-social/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [The actor already comes with emotions to the scene: fear, the fear of being in front of the camera. It is this fear that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/the-actor-already-comes-with-emotions-to-the-scene-fear-the-fear-of/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/at-the-root-of-the-noble-savage-myth-is-this-basic-truth-the-savage/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/i-m-not-catholic-i-don-t-believe-in-god-but-at-the-same-time-i-m/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [Matching character and actor is what a good director does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/matching-character-and-actor-is-what-a-good-director-does/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/i-don-t-watch-my-own-past-films-when-i-watch-them-i-find-they-don-t/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/the-landscape-is-a-reflection-of-the-inner-life-since-i-can-t-shoot/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/hollywood-films-are-alienating-to-the-spectator-because-they-use-too/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/to-retain-his-dignity-an-artist-must-live-in-opposition-he-must-be/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

> [I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-dumont/i-feel-i-have-a-political-duty-to-reach-out-to-the-general-public-i/)

[Bruno Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-dumont/)

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