Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film.

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.

Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that.

The relationship between the films and the individual Commandments [is] a tentative one. The films should be influenced by the individual Commandments to the same degree that the Commandments influence our daily lives.

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

I wanted to describe the world at the same time, through image, express what I felt. It was the time of the great documentary filmmakers: Richard Leacock, Joris Ivens. Today, television has put an end to this type of filmmaking.