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• I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.
• I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.
• When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films. I…
• I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a…
• There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.
• It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.
• So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.
• When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I…
• For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the…
• My films seem to be better understood and better received by the monthly publications. On television the first reactions are usually unfavorable.
• 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.
• A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style.

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