“There's nothing better than being in a film that translates to audiences and makes people think and feel good and walk away with great revelations in their own life of some kind. But when the process and the experience and the fun of that matches, it's a good feeling.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindFeelingsFilmFunProcessWalksAudienceFeel GoodRevelationsTranslateGood Feeling Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“All my films have always been released in the autumn, maybe because they're more melancholy to people.” PeopleFilmAutumnMelancholy Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“In the United States there's not a lot of people interested in foreign language films. Every time, it's more difficult for foreign language films to survive here.” PeopleStatesFilmLanguageDifficultUnitedUnited StatesForeign Language Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I've listened to music all my life. I've always felt that music tells more stories sometimes than films, with more possibilities. Every time you listen to them, songs bring different images and moods - depending on where you are in your life, you can listen to a song and it means something different.” MeanDifferentSometimesStoriesFilmSongFeltPossibilityMoodWhere You Are Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.” ReasonFilmMusician Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films.” BigsFilmCitiesSawsMexicoMainstreamAmerican FilmMexico City Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“Of course, there's always one theater that shows some kind of European film. Now, fortunately, you have DVDs, so it's possible to get anything you want within a few hours. In those days, it was virtually impossible to get Italian films, or German films, or whatever. So I grew up with very standard, mainstream films.” WantKindShowsFilmCoursesHoursImpossibleGrewGrew UpStandardsTheaterItalianMainstreamDvds Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt those films had a lot of things to say that weren't getting expressed in the films I was used to seeing.” FilmUsedStrongFeltSeeingImpactUniversityExposed Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I remember, the first time I saw a [Andrei] Tarkovsky film, I was shocked by it. I didn't know what to do. I was fascinated, because suddenly I realized that film could have so many more layers to it than what I had imagined before. Then others, like Kurosawa and Fellini, were like a new discovery for me, another country.” KnowsFirstsCountryRememberFilmSawsDiscoveryFirst TimeI RealizedFascinatedLayersShockedNew DiscoveriesKurosawa Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I think the arts should get big support, but my country has a lot of needs more important than film. Medication, education, food... The poverty is overwhelming. There are simply more important things to be attended to.” ThinkingNeedsShouldArtImportantCountryBigsFilmPovertySupportImportant ThingsOverwhelmingMedication Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I respect BMW for not interfering in these projects. They're just trying to support short films with their brand, which I think is great.” ThinkingTryingFilmSupportProjectsBrandsInterfereShort FilmsBmw Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I think movies in general should have more respect for the audience than they do. Too many films are afraid to confuse people, so all the information is given to them right away, and there's nothing left for the film to do. It ruins many stories, because everything becomes obvious and predictable. I want my films to engage people more and make them more actively involved in the story.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldStoriesFilmLeftGivenAudienceInformationInvolvedShould HaveObviousRuinsPredictableMovies In General Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“You hear about bombings in other countries, or numbers like "10,000 people died" - you hear that number and you think, "Well, I saw that yesterday in a film, and that didn't look so bad." Younger viewers, in particular, lose perspective on reality.” PeopleThinkingWellsLooksCountryRealityFilmLosesNumbersSawsParticularPerspectiveDiedYesterdayOther CountriesViewersBombing Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“The actors make the film. They're the ones that take this theoretical movie that's in your head and make it real. The success of a film is entirely on their shoulders. I admire them, because acting is such a difficult thing to do, and I personally can't understand it.” RealFilmActorsDifficultActingShouldersAdmireThings To DoTheoreticalDifficult Things Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“Every time that I'm challenged with a film I think that I haven't learned anything, that every film is different and that every thing that I have learned is useless in this new adventure.” ThinkingDifferentFilmAdventureI Have LearnedNew Adventure Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
