As Buddhists, statues are more than simply pieces of stone to us. We believe the statue of the Buddha has a kind… — Rithy Panh Art Copy Share Image
Cambodia is not only a country of war, but also a country of culture. It's in our DNA. — Rithy Panh Country Copy Share Image
There is no book-learning culture in Cambodia. People do not read. The children do not read in school. Educators must come up… — Rithy Panh Books Copy Share Image
To me, form is not something that you can plan beforehand, especially for a documentary. You can't write it or sketch it.… — Rithy Panh Ethics Copy Share Image
'The Missing Picture' is about my story and my parents. Before this film, I never said 'I' in a film, so it… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
I left Cambodia when I was 12 or 13. I didn't really escape, but I needed to go away. — Rithy Panh Cambodia Copy Share Image
Film is subjective, and we must be careful with that. The kinds of films I love are those that observe, and I… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
I love when you get the feeling of some social reality with a fictional film. — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
People of my generation did not like very much to tell what we lived through during the Khmer Rouge regime. — Rithy Panh Generation Copy Share Image
Of course, when you're making a documentary, you don't have actors, but nonetheless, there is a writing process that does take place… — Rithy Panh Editing Copy Share Image
When I do feature films, I usually have a very strong sense of what I want to do. I have topics and… — Rithy Panh Case Copy Share Image
Totalitarians always want to kill culture. But imagine life without football, Faulkner, or Bob Dylan. It's not life. — Rithy Panh Always Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who has to make a film at any cost. I have to find the right way to make it… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
The Khmer Rouge tried to delete everything. They tried to erase our past, our personality, our land, our sentiment. What we tried… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
When the Khmer Rouge reached Phnom Penh, the first thing they did was to evacuate the population. Then they took over. The… — Rithy Panh Even Copy Share Image
I love archival films very much. I spent thousands of hours watching archive footage. Every time I see it, I see something.… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
Clay is a very interesting and fundamental material: it's earth, it's water, and - with fire - it takes on form and… — Rithy Panh Clay Copy Share Image
When you screen a film like 'The Missing Picture,' it is not like watching TV. Watching TV is very solitary. When you… — Rithy Panh Cinema Copy Share Image
It is only by reflecting on the past that one can create a better future. — Rithy Panh Better Copy Share Image
The Khmer Rouge can't destroy me. I still have my imagination and am capable of making films. I am not locked up. — Rithy Panh Capable Copy Share Image
With 'The Missing Picture,' we'd shot for a year and a half already when this idea of the clay figurine, the life… — Rithy Panh Clay Copy Share Image
I think that, as a filmmaker, you're always making the same film, regardless of how many different stories you tell. This is… — Rithy Panh Always Copy Share Image
I like people who have the capacity to forget. I think that to forget is a good thing. Forgetting is good. But… — Rithy Panh Forget Copy Share Image
