First there was Greek civilization. Then there was the Renaissance. Now we’re entering the Age of the Ass.

Cinema is capitalism in its purest form.... There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.

If direction is a look, montage is a heartbeat. To foresee is the characteristic of both; but what one seeks to foresee in space, the other seeks in time.

I think laughter comes because things are hardly working.

The projector will soon disappear. The camera, not really. OK, it depends... it depends on change.

Hollywood was invented by hoodlums from central Europe. And today a Hollywood lawyer is not a hoodlum. He's a bureaucrat.

Mirrors should reflect before sending an image.