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I'd like to be for cinema what Shakespeare was for theatre, Marx for politics and Freud for psychology: someone after whom nothing is as it used to be.

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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.

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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.

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It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.

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The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality.

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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.

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The more real things get, the more like myths they become.

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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Director

Born: May 31st, 1945

Died: June 10th, 1982

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