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'Biutiful' is a tough film. It doesn't make concessions to the vulgarity of light entertainment. It's not the kind of film that you see every day in the Cineplex. But as an artist, it's the thing that I needed to do.

I do think that the emotional weight of 'Biutiful' has blinded some viewers to the beauty and complexity of the film.

You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.

There is certainly a part of my filmmaking that harkens to a more simpler commercial kind of taste, but then with this there's certainly a kind of avant-garde, abstract, existential element to it.

I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual.

Film gives us the luxury of deciding where the viewpoint of the audience is, and by knowing that, we can very effectively design around what is actually seen on camera.

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.

The kinds of films that I'm used to doing are independent films. They're very small character-driven pieces, and there isn't as much spectacle involved.

I began to realise that film sees the world differently than the human eye, and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.

Film is so immersive.