“I think that in the American film industry - or even in the European cinema - movies are made not to disturb any kind of class or any kind of minority.” ThinkingKindMadeFilmClassIndustryCinemaMinoritiesFilm IndustryAmerican Film Author:Gaspar Noe
“In French you say, "I'm alone against the world" and that means "I hate everybody and everybody's against me."” WorldMeanHateI Hate Author:Gaspar Noe
“That's why workers in France like horsemeat, because it's like a male thing that makes you strong. Cow meat is a much more female meat.” StrongFemaleWorkersMalesFranceMeatCows Author:Gaspar Noe
“The French movies that are promoted abroad are the ones that give a trendy, cultural, petit bourgeois, upper class image of France, but it's true that people who are poor in France are the same in New York or in India.” PeopleGivingPoorClassNew YorkIndiaFranceBourgeoisUpper ClassTrendyFrench Movies Author:Gaspar Noe
“People who are poor, they suffer a lot. And people drink a lot and people take a lot of downers and there's a lot of unemployment.” PeopleSufferingPoorDrinkUnemploymentDowners Author:Gaspar Noe
“I think British people for example can handle better their own poorness. The image of their poorness. But in France, people don't handle it very well. Either you are normal or ... if you are poor you better not show it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsShowsPoorExampleNormalBritishHandleFrance Author:Gaspar Noe
“Movies dealing with social subjects in France become very paternalist. They want to teach lessons. They don't show poorness like a normal situation.” WantShowsSocialSituationTeachSubjectsLessonsNormalFrance Author:Gaspar Noe
“In France, like in most countries, the respect you receive depends on your class.” CountryClassDependsFrance Author:Gaspar Noe