Jaco Van Dormael

(1957) Film Director

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Jaco Van Dormael is a film director.

Quick Facts About Jaco Van Dormael

Born: February 9, 1957
Profession: Film Director

About Jaco Van Dormael

[Wikidata] Belgian director and writer... | [Wikipedia] Jaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. Regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary European cinema, he is known for his narrative experimentation, blending elements of realism and fantasy while exploring the human condition.

Quotes by Jaco Van Dormael

“You can not go back. That's why it's hard to choose. You have to make the right choice. As long, as you…

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Choice

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An actor can play two or three lines where he says one thing, but plays the opposite. That's the most important moving…

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Actors

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When I fall in love, I don't know why I fall in love, I just know that I am in love.

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Fall

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There is a big difference between storytelling and being alive. Those are the two things that I prefer in life - telling…

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Alive

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Having a big budget, I have no problem with spending the movie. It's fantastic to have a big budget. It gives a…

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Bigs

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A film is like a message dropped in a bottle in the sea that somebody finds. Every time somebody finds it, it's…

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Bottles

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In stories, everything has to have clear consequences and everything has to focus to the end. Everything at the end will give…

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Beautiful

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If you're not compulsively a monomaniac, you'll never make a film. It's like taking the same chewing gum, every morning, and saying,…

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Chewing

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When I write, I speak with ghosts for years, and I see images that are a little bit out of focus. I…

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Bits

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