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Yes, Actually Ever Since I Saw His Films And Tried To Write About Them, Sirk's Been In Everything I've Done. Not Sirk Himself, But What I've Learned From His Work.

As Long As Movies Are Depressing, Life Isn't.

Since I'm Not A Second Marx Or Freud Who Can Offer People Alternatives, I Have To Let Them Keep Their Own Wrong Feelings. And I Don't Believe That Melodramatic Feelings Are Laughable-they Should Be Taken Absolutely Seriously.

The More Real Things Get, The More Like Myths They Become. There Have Always Been Myths, But The Myths Of Earlier Times Were, Im Convinced, Bad Ones, Because They Made People Sick. So Certainly, If We Can Tell Evil Stories To Make People Sick, We Can Also Tell Good Myths That Make Them Well.

The Best Thing I Can Think Of Would Be To Create A Union Between Something As Beautiful And Powerful And Wonderful As Hollywood Films And A Criticism Of The Status Quo. That's My Dream, To Make Such A German Film.