In art, the obvious is a sin.

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr to something that I absolutely believed was immoral and wrong. It's as simple as that.

I believed that I was being forced to sacrifice my family and my career in defense of the Communist Party, from which I had long been separated and which I had grown to dislike and distrust.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.