Really, Mexico City has always been this big, complex monster of a city that has always had real problems and needs, and I've always found my way through it in different ways.
From Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
When I think about growing up, I feel most affected by two travels that I made working in cargo boats when I was 16 and 18. One of them crossed through the Mississippi and Baton Rouge and Mobile, Alabama, and another went all the way to Europe.
I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.
Look, I'm no purist - there are good superhero films, and there are bad ones.
Movies started out as an extension of a magic trick, so making a spectacle is part of the game.
Cannes or any other major festival is basically an animal in its own nature, creating very specific perceptions of films in a moment.
When you have critics filing on Twitter, it leaves no time for thought and perspective.
What good is making a jewel if nobody see it? But cost depends on the story. To get those performances in 'Biutiful,' you need that time. You need 60 takes in a scene and a year to edit. It's not realistic to do it any other way.
You have kids studying master class visual arts who are pushed to make films that will be successful economically; that's what they focus on. So they work for corporate interest instead of artistic expression.
It's more enjoyable for me to know that life is finite. Knowing that, I would like to go to a party. When you get to the holidays, if you think that the holidays will be forever, you just take it for granted. But, if you know that you have just three days at the beach, you will be so happy to be there every day.
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