Bruno Dumont - Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much d

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 Dumont

source: "French Director Bruno Dumont on Outside Satan: 'No God but Cinema'". Interview with Karin Badt, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2011.