The Jews Have Never Been Ashamed Of

For All Of Us It’s The Things That Won’t Work That Keep Our Interest.

People Often Criticize My Films For Being Pessimistic; There Are Certainly Many Reasons For Being Pessimistic But I Don’t See My Films That Way. They’re Founded In The Belief That Revolution Doesn’t Belong On The Cinema Screen But Outside In The World. Never Mind If A Film Ends Pessimistically But Exposes Certain Mechanisms Clearly Enough To Show People How They Work And The Ultimate Effect Is Not Pessimistic. My Goal Is To Reveal Such Mechanisms In A Way That Makes People Realize The Necessity Of Changing Their Own Reality.

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.

So Certainly, If We Can Tell Evil Stories To Make People Sick, We Can Also Tell Good Myths That Make Them Well.

Everyone Must Decide For Himself Whether It Is Better To Have A Brief But More Intensely Felt Existence Or To Live A Long And Ordinary Life.