Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think all my films can be enjoyed. In fact, they've often surprised me with how they're received.
But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.
I want all of my films to belong to me.
I've done quite a few big American films.
There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.'
You can make films in a lot of countries, but they don't have very wide releases.
Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.
As a student in Beijing in 1996, I sometimes marveled at the sheer obscurity of the movies that somehow made it onto pirated discs in China.
I haven't done an international film for a long time.
I don't own copies of my own movies.