The Films in My Life
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“Purely cinematic film ... actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea.”
“I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.”
“Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.”
“What switched me to films was the flood of American pictures into Paris after the Liberation.”
“There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors”
“When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film.”
“Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.”
“We often forgive those who bore us, but never those whom we bore.”
“During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema.”
“I had thought of writing, actually, and that later on I'd be a novelist.”
“I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.”