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Bruno Dumont is a French film director known for his distinctive style and profound exploration of themes. His films often have a realistic base and delve into issues of humanity and society.

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Famous Bruno Dumont Quotes

“My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life”

Life Is Cinema

Author:Bruno Dumont

“There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.”

People Needs Atheist Saint There Is No God

Author:Bruno Dumont

“Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.”

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“The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It is all about desire. There is no difference between a love triangle and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.”

Men Two Desire Girl Fighting Differences Pieces Land Battle Conflict Israel Palestine Triangles Love Triangle

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“To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.”

Ifs Country Artist Dignity Critical Opposition Worthless

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“Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.”

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“Matching character and actor is what a good director does.”

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“Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.”

Light Shadow Cinema Back And Forth Transgression

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“An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.”

Needs Actors Instruments

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“I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.”

Important Ideas Challenges Hollywood Turf

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“Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other.”

Evil Concepts Good And Evil

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“My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on what makes you scared in cinema, can be ditched. It's the spectator, finally, who's going to construct the menace and the fear.”

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“The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator will himself project his own assumptions and sentiments onto the screen.”

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“There's a longstanding myth about the United States that is still very prevalent in Europe [despite recent developments]. Historically the "America" of this myth is an incredible human adventure and an experiment in political democracy. But at the same time, or so we're told, it's the land of extremes where the worst can happen.”

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“You can't go further than being naked.”

Naked

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“Sex becomes violent when you eliminate all the sentiments... voila, it gets crude.”

Sex Violent Sentiments Crude

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“The United States is such a potent political, cultural, and economic model in the evocation of the contemporary world, that to come here, select some elements from the prototype and rearrange them, that's really interesting artistically.”

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“Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me. I use direct sound, mono not stereo. Just direct sound, so for every shot there are only two sources. Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.”

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“The landscape is a reflection of the inner life. Since I can't shoot the inner life, all I can shoot is the exterior but I know that when I'm filming outside, I'm filming inside. I can only really touch the inside through the mise-en-scene. So through the mise-en-scene of the outside we can explore the inside”

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About the Author

Born: March 14, 1958
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 19

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