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A film ingeniously directed does indeed give the impression of having been laid end to end, but a film ingeniously edited gives the impression of having suppressed all direction.

~Jean-Luc Godard

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Clumsiness attempts to fix simplicity straight in the eye. It is not a mark of incompetence but of reticence.

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More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'

~Jean-Luc Godard

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I write and film history; I don't make it. One can be a good critic and a moral observer, but one remains professionally detached as a writer and a filmmaker.

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The idea is to make the script out of a political analysis and then to convey that - sometimes in poetry, sometimes science, sometimes all it takes is a film. The film itself is less and less spectacular because I think very strongly now the more spectacular you are, the more you are absorbed by the things you are trying to destroy.

~Jean-Luc Godard

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Through most of my career, I've made a decent living making movies no one wants to see.

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We once believed we were auteurs, but we weren't. We had no idea, really. Film is over. It's sad nobody is really exploring it. But what to do? And anyway, with mobile phones and everything, everyone is now an auteur.

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I prefer to work when there are people against whom I have to struggle.

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Spielberg, like many others, wants to convince before he discusses. In that, there is something very totalitarian.

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Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for the crew - and keep the three hours to myself for thought.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Director

Born: December 3rd, 1930

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