Bruno Dumont famous quotes

The landscape is a reflection of the inner life. Since I can't shoot the inner life, all I can shoot is the exterior but I know that when I'm filming outside, I'm filming inside. I can only really touch the inside through the mise-en-scene. So through the mise-en-scene of the outside we can explore the inside
-- Bruno Dumont

#Reflection #Landscape #Scene

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me. I use direct sound, mono not stereo. Just direct sound, so for every shot there are only two sources. Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Depressing #Two #Space

Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Light #Shadow #Cinema

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Character #Actors #Matching

Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Liberty #Want #Sound

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Country #Artist #Dignity

The battle between two men over a girl is the same as the fight for two men over a piece of land. It is all about desire. There is no difference between a love triangle and the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Girl #Fighting #Men

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Depressing #Space #Use

There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Atheist #People #Saint

My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life
-- Bruno Dumont

#Cinema #Life Is

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.
-- Bruno Dumont

#Needs #Actors #Instruments