“I was a street kid, basically. But really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and needs, and I've always found my way through it in different ways.” WayNeedsDifferentRealProblemBigsKidsFoundCitiesStreetsComplexesMonstersMy WayDifferent WaysMexicoReal ProblemsMexico City Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“My country has been wracked with violence for a long time. Just to see all the violence on the news makes you sick. It's true that violence is in our nature, but I try to explore deeply where it comes from and where it goes and what it creates. Not in a moralistic or preachy way, but just to observe the real consequences of violence in a human being or in a society.” WayTryingHumansLongHas BeensRealCountryHuman BeingsViolenceNewsLong TimeConsequenceSickConsequences Of Violence 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
“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
