What I don't like in movies dealing with the illustration of altered states of consciousness is that usually you see the guy from the outside.
Gaspar NoeI think that in the American film industry - or even in the European cinema - movies are made not to disturb any kind of class or any kind of minority.
Gaspar NoeThe power that a president has in France is like the power of a king. In America, you know that his power is limited. Maybe because there used to be a king for centuries and now they're still behaving like they need a king.
Gaspar NoeSometimes you have the chance to do one movie, make it the best you can, put everything in it.
Gaspar NoePeople who are poor, they suffer a lot. And people drink a lot and people take a lot of downers and there's a lot of unemployment.
Gaspar NoeI think it's more normal to make a movie dealing with love, sexual or not, than to make movies about bank robberies, which very rarely happen in real life. So I would say the problem is not what some people feel is normal, I would say the problem is why this whole industry is far more obsessed with filming scenes of dominance, guns, invasion.
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