“It's said that if two documentary filmmakers meet they talk about the world, if two fiction filmmakers meet they talk about the million that they don't have to make their film.” IfsWorldSaidTwoFilmFictionMillionsFilmmakerDocumentaries Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“I went to film school when I was 17, and of course when you are very young you think that there is nothing else in the world except film. At some point I started getting hungry to see something else. For five years I didn't make any films, I was traveling around the world, writing for newspapers, working in theater, working in opera, I thought I would never return to film.” ThinkingWorldWritingYearsSchoolFilmYoungCoursesFiveReturnTheaterNewspapersHungryAround The WorldFive YearsOperaFilm School Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“I think that too often we, film directors, think that a big epic novel and feature film are the same. It's a lie. A feature film is much closer to a short story actually.” ThinkingStoriesBigsFilmLyingNovelDirectorsFeaturesShort StoryEpicFilm Directors Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“If you take a big epic novel and you shoot it, when you get to the editing room you notice that it has 2 million climaxes, which fill the whole 90 or 100 minutes. Then you realize you can't cut them out because if somebody is dying and you cut that out it seems like they just disappear from the film.” IfsWholeBigsSeemsFilmRealizingRoomsMillionsNovelCuttingMinutesDyingDisappearEpicEditingClimax Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on the actors. You can't wash away your life's history, which is written on your face, unless you get a facelift.” ThinkingFilmFacesActorsDifferencesLevelsFictionWrittenYour FaceDocumentariesFacelifts Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“You give your film away to the audience once it's done. I never look at my films after the premier. The film needs to start its own history.” NeedsGivingLooksDoneFilmAudience Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“There is one thing where people are always right. It is when they are describing what they have been feeling when watching your film. You cannot say: No, you did not feel like that!” PeopleFeelsHas BeensFeelingsFilmOne ThingDescribing Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“As my films are born at the moment when they are reflected into another person's mind and memories, there are no misconceptions. I totally accept that different people have seen a different film.” PeopleMindPersonsDifferentMomentsFilmBornMemoriesAcceptingDifferent PeoplesMisconception Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
