Bruno Dumont quotes
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“The landscape is a reflection of the inner life. Since I can't shoot the inner life, all I can shoot is the exterior but I know that when I'm filming outside, I'm filming inside. I can only really touch the inside through the mise-en-scene. So through the mise-en-scene of the outside we can explore the inside”
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“Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me. I use direct sound, mono not stereo. Just direct sound, so for every shot there are only two sources. Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.”
-- Bruno DumontSource : "French Director Bruno Dumont on Outside Satan: 'No God but Cinema'". Interview with Karin Badt, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2011.
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“Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.”
-- Bruno DumontSource : "Juliette Binoche Honored at the Marrakesh International Film Festival" by Karin Badt, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2013.
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“Matching character and actor is what a good director does.”
-- Bruno DumontSource : "Marrakech Film Festival Masterclass: Bruno Dumont Gives Tips on Editing, Directing Actors and More" by Eric Hynes, www.indiewire.com. December 4, 2013.
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“Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.”
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“To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.”
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“The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It is all about desire. There is no difference between a love triangle and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.”
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“Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.”
-- Bruno Dumont -
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“There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.”
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“My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life”
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“An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.”
-- Bruno DumontSource : "Juliette Binoche Honored at the Marrakesh International Film Festival". Interview with Karin Badt, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 4, 2013.
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