There's a literal track: who says what to whom, what are people wearing, etcetera. And there's the abstract track: what ideas are suggested by the literal. And the real movie takes place in the relationship between the literal and the abstract.

A lot of the issues of rhythm in film are found in the editing because it's very rare that any sequence is the sequence that is shot.

Unfortunately, I never played an instrument. I can't blame my parents, but I wish I had had music lessons. It's odd because I think I have a good sense of rhythm, as they say in some fields. But I don't know anything about music.

Making movies is an effort is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence.

It is always a problem to know what an image means.

I'm very careful of not being critical of other people's movies, which work in different styles. I think some of my movies can be interpreted as critical of their subjects.

My job as a film editor is to construct a dramatic narrative because otherwise it's just a chaotic arrangement of sequences.