My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on what makes you scared in cinema, can be ditched. It's the spectator, finally, who's going to construct the menace and the fear.

My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life

Sex becomes violent when you eliminate all the sentiments... voila, it gets crude.

I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.

Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.