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I think there is no future whatsoever in 3D. It does nothing to the grammar and syntax or vocabulary of cinema. And you get fed up with it in exactly 3 minutes.

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I think that films or indeed any art work should be made in a way that they are infinitely viewable; so that you could go back to it time and time again, not necessarily immediately but over a space of time, and see new things in it, or new ways of looking at it.

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If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.

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The Sistine Chapel is an extraordinary work of education - it lays out all the early books of the Bible.

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I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them.

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I believe that cinema died on the 31 September 1983 when the zapper, or the remote control, was introduced into the living rooms of the world.

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Cinema ceases to be passive and becomes active: you, the audience, are now, in some senses, in charge of the filmmaking process. You have all got mobile phones, you have all got cam recorders, and you've all got laptops, so you're all filmmakers.

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Most people are visually illiterate. Most people don't understand images: they don't understand how to interpret them or how to manufacture them.

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We have more than enough deodorised, over-the-top, sentimental cinema. Let's try to bring a little human intelligence into things. It can be very rewarding.

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Cinema basically examines a personality first and the body afterward.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: April 5th, 1942

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