When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation.
From Jean-Jacques Annaud
There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.
The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.
America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture.
The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact.
If you make a movie about Elizabeth I, how much of the dialogue is her real words? Audiences know when they go see a movie that it is fiction.
War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.
I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.
British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.
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