Aesthetics

“La comedia, no sé por qué, es un género denostado. Y es el más difícil.”

“For me the power of film is not just to hypnotize. It’s a kind of magic for living as well.”

“Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.”

“At the end of the day it doesn't matter how much money people are being paid or how many trucks you have on the sidelines. What'd you get inside the frame? That's all I care about.”

“Hoy en día un cine perfecto —técnica y artísticamente logrado— es casi siempre un cine reaccionario.”

“I hear so much music which is Brecht. When you really listen, it’s blues.”

“Only by wonderful technique do you disguise technique.”

“I am scared to write non-comedic material because I fear it will come across as melodramatic.”

“I think it’s about making good films.”

“Cinema has a language of its own.”

“She is, in fact, an enchanting actress.”

“The editing has got to be in the writing.”

“To me, sword is a kind of locus on which thoughts are projected. It's a projection of a person's spirit.”

“I'm a very literary person, not so much a cinematographic person. I don't really like cinema very much.”

““Magnificent, Magnificent! Magnificent ancient people, magnificent Chinese cinema, and magnificent new views of Chinese ancient costume films!””

“The length of a movie all depends on what you want to say. I don’t care what is acceptable.”

“The very best computer programs rise to the level of art. They are beautiful.”

“I admire anyone who has their own style.”