We Are Losing Our Own Capacity Because

To Be Immortal And Then Die

The Cinema Is Not An Art Which Films Life: The Cinema Is Something Between Art And Life. Unlike Painting And Literature, The Cinema Both Gives To Life And Takes From It, And I Try To Render This Concept In My Films. Literature And Painting Both Exist As Art From The Very Start; The Cinema Doesn't.

What Is Your Greatest Ambition In Life?' 'to Become Immortal... And Then Die.

Now At My Age I Understand How Sad It Must Have Been For Some Directors Or Actors At The Time The Talkies Began. Because, Really, A Whole Continent Disappeared.

One Must Confront Vague Ideas With Clear Images.