“Methodologically speaking, the rejection by [John] Boswell of the categorical opposition between homosexual and heterosexual, which plays such a significant role in the way our culture conceives of homosexuality, represents an advance not only in scholarship but in cultural criticism as well.” WayWellsPlayCultureRolesCriticismSignificantRejectionOppositionHomosexualityHomosexualScholarship Author:Michel Foucault
“[John Boswell] introduction of the concept of "gay" (in the way he defines it) provides us both with a useful instrument of research and at the same time a better comprehension of how people actually conceive of themselves and their sexual behavior.” PeopleWayGayBehaviorResearchConceptsInstrumentsIntroductionComprehension Author:Michel Foucault
“On the level of investigative results, John Boswell's methodology has led to the discovery that what has been called the repression of homosexuality does not date back to Christianity properly speaking, but developed within the Christian era at a much later date. In this type of analysis it is important to be aware of the way in which people conceived of their own sexuality.” PeopleWayDoeHas BeensImportantChristianLevelsResultsChristianityTypeDiscoverySexualityErasAnalysisHomosexualityRepressionMethodology Author:Michel Foucault
“Sexual behavior is not, as is too often assumed, a superimposition of, on the one hand, desires which derive from natural instincts, and, on the other hand, of permissive or restrictive laws which tell us what we should or shouldn't do. Sexual behavior is more than that.” ShouldHandsLawDesireNaturalBehaviorInstinctNatural Instinct Author:Michel Foucault
“I work with intuition. With interpreters. I have my own method. I know exactly what I want from actors. Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear.” IfsKnowsWantSometimesActorsMy OwnRolesClearMethodIntuitionInterpreter Author:Sergio Leone
“I don't want to do a war film per se. Nor do I want to do a political film.” WantWarFilmPolitical Author:Sergio Leone
“It's a little hard to avoid putting both war and politics in, in that they both come into the activity, but on their own. My basic idea is to do a great love film set in the hell of 1942. At that moment, hell was Leningrad. Underneath all this, of course, is a film about dissension between the two most important countries in the world, the United States and the Soviet Union. I think it is a must at this point to talk about cooperation instead of the rancor and hatred and competition between nations.” ThinkingWorldLittlesTwoImportantIdeasWarCountryHardStatesMomentsFilmCoursesNationsUnitedUnited StatesHellActivityHatredCompetitionUnionsThat MomentCooperationSovietSoviet UnionGreat LoveFilm SetLove FilmsDissensionRancorLeningrad Author:Sergio Leone
“I've always had the sensation that people in America are always avant-garde. Very attentive to all the new innovations. But it's very specialized.” PeopleAmericaInnovationSensationsAvant Garde Author:Sergio Leone