"I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film…" — Lars von Trier
"I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology."
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43 Quotes by Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier has 43 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has…
- I come from a family of communist nudists. I was allowed to do or not do what I liked. My…
- I am a man of very many anxieties but doing strange things with the camera is not one of them.
- I'm not a woman! Let's make that very clear! Oh I don't know, maybe I am. I am an American…
- Everything is going to hell, but we should smile all the way.
- I am the best film director in the world.
- True values entail suffering. That’s the way we think. All in all, we tend to view melancholia as more true.…
- If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.
- I encouraged the cast to make up their own lines.
- It is more difficult to manipulate with film than, for instance, video. The problem with video is that it gives…
- When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself.…
- I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.