“My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on what makes you scared in cinema, can be ditched. It's the spectator, finally, who's going to construct the menace and the fear.” ThinkingWellsTodayFilmLanguageTheoryScaredSuspenseCinemaConstructsSpectatorsMenaceHitchcock Author:Bruno Dumont
“The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator will himself project his own assumptions and sentiments onto the screen.” IfsQuietProjectsScreensNarrativeFilmmakerAssumptionSentimentsShut UpSpectators Author:Bruno Dumont
“There's a longstanding myth about the United States that is still very prevalent in Europe [despite recent developments]. Historically the "America" of this myth is an incredible human adventure and an experiment in political democracy. But at the same time, or so we're told, it's the land of extremes where the worst can happen.” HumansStillsStatesHappensAmericaPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyLandWorstAdventureDevelopmentEuropeIncrediblesExtremesMythExperimentsDespite Author:Bruno Dumont
“Sex becomes violent when you eliminate all the sentiments... voila, it gets crude.” SexViolentSentimentsCrude Author:Bruno Dumont
“If you look closely at some scenes in Diner, my eyes look like Dracula's.” IfsLooksEyeSceneDiners Author:Mickey Rourke
“The United States is such a potent political, cultural, and economic model in the evocation of the contemporary world, that to come here, select some elements from the prototype and rearrange them, that's really interesting artistically.” WorldStatesPoliticalInterestingUnitedUnited StatesEconomicElementsModelsContemporarySelectReally InterestingPrototypeEconomic Models Author:Bruno Dumont
“I knew, starting in 10th grade, I wanted to be in theater and an actor. I went to acting school in Siberia, but there was no future there - and I was consumed with ambition.” WantedSchoolActorsActingAmbitionTheaterStartingGradesConsumedSiberia Author:Andrey Zvyagintsev
“I know I'm part of the changing process of the way we look at things.” KnowsWayLooksProcess Author:Duncan Roy
“As I found out making this last movie ["Method"], if you ever do things in an unusual, different way, you got to fight because there's no way people will let you.” PeopleIfsWayDifferentLastsFightingFoundMethodDifferent WaysUnusual Author:Duncan Roy