“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
“All people know that they will die, but they don't actually believe it.” PeopleKnowsBelieveDies 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
“As a sensitive filmmaker, I think you have to really be careful in how you explore it. Not that you can't tell any story you want - I'm not calling for censorship or anything. But if you're going to have violence, I think it's important to deal with the consequences of that on a human level, not just to make people laugh.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHumansImportantStoriesLevelsDealsLaughingViolenceCallingConsequenceCarefulSensitiveFilmmakerBe CarefulCensorshipMaking People Laugh Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“When people laugh and applaud as characters are killing each other, and you never see the body that's lying there, or you never see the family that suffers, then it turns into a cool thing to do, like a videogame. Then, when you watch the news and see that 15 soldiers were killed, you start to see them as just numbers, material, information, images. We lose the real weight and real value of one simple human life.” PeopleHumansRealCharacterBodyLyingSufferingValuesTurnsLosesSimpleNumbersWatchesLaughingInformationMaterialsNewsWeightKillingSoldierHuman LifeThings To DoCool ThingsReal ValueKilling Each OtherVideogame 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
“How can [actors] learn their lines and be honest in front of 30 people and all the lights? It makes me cry sometimes. I can't understand how they can be joking with me 30 seconds before, and 40 seconds later they're giving me all this incredible feeling.” PeopleGivingI CanSometimesFeelingsLightActorsLinesHonestFrontsCryIncrediblesBeing HonestSeconds Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
