Claire Denis Quotes
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When you have countries that have a lot of minerals and diamonds and oil and are in business with companies from all over the world - but these companies don't share, really, their profits - this is called post-post-colonial.
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Marguerite Duras was a very good friend of mine and an intellectual hero. She was also a sort of mother figure. Of course she was an influence.
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I hate family pressures and family responsibilities. I'm more comfortable as a stranger. I always imagined I could just live in a hotel. I'm afraid of family.
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I reproach so many things about my family, but on the other hand, I kept asking them to be my family.
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I was never very interested in my own experience, I think, in fact, if my films have a common link, maybe it's being a foreigner - it's common for people who are born abroad - they don't know so well where they belong.
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Inside the family, you can go from hate to passivity to extreme love within the same hour.
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My grandfather died when I was 12, but I remember the sorrow of my mother. Even now, she's an old lady, but when she speaks about her father, she looks young. A love like that is undefeated, you know?
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I can't imagine a society with absolutely no solidarity. For me, it's a nightmare. And I don't want to live in a place like that.
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I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'
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Often, women as little girls are sent off on a track for them to live a perfect life and be a perfect woman. Not for boys, who can be themselves with their mood and their temper.
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In a way, I feel obliged to respect Jean Rouch because I am told he is very important.
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I'm not a tacky person, I think.
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It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words.
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I hate the victimization of women, always.
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I always thought of Djibouti as a place where human history hasn't really begun yet - or perhaps it's already over. There's something in the landscape that's stronger than human civilisation. There's no agriculture, for example, and there are live volcanoes.
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Africa is no more this poor continent. It's on the march.
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I'm a very sinister person.
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I didn't foresee my career. Things happen.
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I think you cannot make films without choosing everything.
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What I don't like so much is to give explanations about people's behaviour... I'm not interested in making conclusions. I would never think about myself or anyone else, 'Well, this happened, this happened, this happened, so this must be the result.' It doesn't work like that with me.
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I've heard it said many times, 'Let's work on the look of the film,' but that doesn't work with me.
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The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It belongs to the film.
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I hate the idea of growing accustomed to someone and being faithful.
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I don't remember being afraid of anything in making films.