“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 made commercials for corporations like Volkswagen and Coca-Cola, but I was always the one to write them, too, which was a very good exercise, because I learned to tell little stories.” WritingLittlesMadeStoriesExerciseVery GoodCorporationsCoca ColaGood ExerciseVolkswagens Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“One of the reasons why I agreed to do commercials is that they gave me complete freedom. I just had to have the car in it and write a story around it. I wanted to do something serious set in a Latin American country, but again, it was an exercise in style for me.” WritingCountryReasonStoriesWantedCarStyleSeriousExerciseReason WhyLatinLatin AmericaLatin AmericanComplete Freedom 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
