“Filmmaking is just a very luxurious and efficient way of expressing yourself.” WayEfficientFilmmakingExpress YourselfLuxurious Author:Gaspar Noe
“In life, some people just know that they have the power of their money. They can sign checks, contracts, and things like that. And they think they are bright just because they can sign these things because someone gave them the possibility to have this economic power over you. And they behave as censors.” PeopleThinkingKnowsEconomicPossibilityChecksBehaveOver YouContractsEconomic Power Author:Gaspar Noe
“In France now, there's no problem with official censorship. Once your movie is finished, you always are R-rated. My movie is just R-rated in France. But when you meet French producers with a script like mine, they behave like the most fragile chickens in the world. They just tell you "Oh, no. You should cut this. You should cut that." And at the end you have been totally censored on the synopsis, and then on the script.” WorldShouldHas BeensEndsProblemCuttingMinesScriptsFinishedProducersFranceBehaveOfficialsChickensFragileCensorshipNo ProblemCensoredSynopsis Author:Gaspar Noe
“If I had to go through a tunnel ten years without making any movies like Bunuel, I don't mind, as long as I did one good movie.” IfsYearsMindLongTenTunnelsGood Movie Author:Gaspar Noe
“Scope movies shown on TV letter-boxed are always the big budget movies.” BigsTvsLettersBudgetsScope Author:Gaspar Noe
“People sometimes, they just stop because they see this scope movie. They say "oh, this is a real movie, this is not a TV movie."” PeopleRealSometimesTvsScope Author:Gaspar Noe
“The negative has to be done on an A and B [roll] so you don't see the cuts, the splices on the frameline.” DoneCuttingNegative Author:Gaspar Noe
“Sometimes you have the chance to do one movie, make it the best you can, put everything in it.” SometimesChance Author:Gaspar Noe
“When you start a movie... when it's a short, people don't care... but when it's a feature they want money.” PeopleWantCareDon't CareFeaturesShort People Author:Gaspar Noe