“That's a huge subject - a writer refusing to do publicity but writing about publicity.” Quote by Ann Goldstein
“One naturally identifies to some extent with an "I" female narrator going through something that you recognize whether you've gone through it or not.” GoneFemaleNarrators Author:Ann Goldstein
“It's one of the hardest things to translate anything that's not standard.” StandardsHardestTranslateHardest Thing Author:Ann Goldstein
“I think that being an editor, someone who works with words, is very good training for being a translator because it trains you to be attentive to words in a very specific, very concrete, very literal way.” ThinkingWayTrainingTrainVery GoodEditorsConcreteLiteralTranslators Author:Ann Goldstein
“I think that physical actions are always hard to describe, to translate.” ThinkingHardActionTranslate Author:Ann Goldstein
“The truth is, just to hear other people speaking Italian is really worth it. It keeps the sound in your ear.” PeopleSoundTruth IsEarsItalianWorth It Author:Ann Goldstein
“I'm very fatalistic about life. Whatever happens, happens. The imperative for me is that I do my contribution for my people, for my culture. I still want to make films for them. I still want to make films that confront our struggles.” PeopleWantStillsHappensFilmCultureStruggleContributionImperativesWhatever HappensWhatever Happens Happens Author:Lav Diaz
“I can easily go to America, or I can easily escape to some places in Europe with friends. But the place for me is the Philippines. The struggle is there. I cannot turn my back on it. It's a responsibility.” I CanAmericaTurnsResponsibilityStruggleEuropePhilippines Author:Lav Diaz
“"Filipino" is the Spanish side of our history. The islands were named after King Felipe, so we became known as Filipinos. It's a brand, it's a name. But we're Malays. Before colonizers came to our shores, we were Malays. My praxis is about being Malay - the struggle of the Malays before we became Filipinos.” NamesSidesKnownStruggleKingsBrandsIslandsShoreFilipinoPraxis Author:Lav Diaz
“The novelistic attribute of my work is very much like the Russian way of creating novels. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky - their work has so many gaps. But for the reader, you cannot erase those gaps because they are important. They contextualize the whole struggle. My cinema is like that.” WayImportantWholeNovelStruggleReaderCreatingCinemaGapsAttributesEraseDostoyevsky Author:Lav Diaz
“When I was trying to create this so-called Lav Diaz verité, it just happened. At some point, I became very comfortable with the one frame, with the single take. It just happened. I didn't plan it. I was looking for my own aesthetic, my own perspective, my own voice, and it happened.” TryingVoiceMy OwnPlansHappenedPerspectiveComfortableAesthetic Author:Lav Diaz