I Consider All My Films

Mainstream Cinema Raises Questions Only To Immediately Provide An Answer To Them, So They Can Send The Spectator Home Reassured. If We Actually Had Those Answers, Then Society Would Appear Very Different From What It Is.

I’ve Been Accused Of ‘raping’ The Audience In My Films, And I Admit To That Freely — All Movies Assault The Viewer In One Way Or Another.

I Think Watching A Movie That Simply Confirms My Feelings Is A Waste Of Time. That Applies Not Only To Movies, But Also To Books And Every Form Of Art.

It's Impossible To Consider Living Without Ideals. However, When Ideas Lead To Ideology, That's A Very Dangerous Thing. Ideology Then Leads To Creating The Image Of An Enemy, And It Leads To The Murder And Massacre That We've Seen Since The Beginning Of Time.

If You Do An Original Film And You Want To Cut A Scene Out You Do It. But When You Do A Shot By Shot Remake You Don't Have That Option And Every Scene Has To Work Again.