Bruno Dumont

You can't go further than being naked.

— Bruno Dumont

The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator…

— Bruno Dumont

Personally, I don't give a toss about French viewers. I make films for foreigners - it's a bit like Ken Loach, who's…

— Bruno Dumont

My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life

— Bruno Dumont

The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land.…

— Bruno Dumont

Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A…

— Bruno Dumont

Your relationship to a film, and to cinema, is very much determined by yourself, so what is relevant is you.

— Bruno Dumont

For working with non-professional actors, you have to have this particular desire to work with people who are reluctant to play in…

— Bruno Dumont

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…

— Bruno Dumont

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

— Bruno Dumont

Each role demands the right actor. To play an artist, one must be an artist.

— Bruno Dumont

I think there's not a lot of real filmmakers. There are only a few people who make real cinema. I can count…

— Bruno Dumont

Women exist in my imagination. So they are necessarily a type of abstraction. Many women criticise me for this vision, but I…

— Bruno Dumont

I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.

— Bruno Dumont