All Alain Resnais Quotes
- I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here. Detective
- I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment. Assignment
- 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 that… Any
- I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in… Any
- There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator. Any
- It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate. Communicate
- So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally. Emotionally
- When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being very… All
- 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… Elapses
- My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable. Better
- 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. Any
- A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style. Comfortable
- We should all die with a sharp, brusque heart attack. My father was lucky like that. One day he went hunting. He had a good… Ah
- I never thought of becoming a director. When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me -… Becoming
- Luck, I never looked to make difficult movies on purpose. You make the films you can make. Difficult
- Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer. Film
- Since we had little money and few documents, we had nothing. Documents
- There was a darkness, a melancholy, that people had trouble accepting. Maybe now, it would work better. Accepting
- I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea. Even Say
- 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 earn… Answer
- The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback. Coexist