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Very Quotes by Peter Greenaway
- I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself.
- My heroes among filmmakers would be people like Buñuel and Pasolini, who were of very high cinematic intelligence, but tread on a lot of toes.
- I have a very, very secret drive to become a dilettante, without the pejorative overtones or the obligation to produce myself. There's so much to…
- As you probably know, I'm often accused of intellectual exhibitionism and all forms of elitism. Although I can understand this point of view, it's a…
- Americans don't understand what metaphor in cinema is about. They're extremely good at making straightforward, linear narrative movies, which entertain superbly. But they very rarely…
- I think my films are very English. That certain emotional distance, interest in the world, interest in irony. These are all deeply English propositions.
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