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Quote by Robert Bresson
Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear

Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are. – Robert Bresson

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One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life. – Robert Bresson

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The making of a picture ought surely to be a rather fascinating adventure. It is not; it is an endless contention of tawdry egos, some of them powerful, almost all of them vociferous, and almost none of them capable of anything much more creative than credit-stealing and self-promotion. – Raymond Chandler

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Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you cant teach old fleas new dogs. – Federico Fellini

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If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that. – Kim Cattrall

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Curiosity doesnt matter any more. These days people dont want to be transported to emotional territories where they dont know how to react. – Hector Babenko

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