Film

“The creative treatment of actuality.”

“So, montage is conflict.”

“Cinematography is a visual language, and it’s very global.”

“The power of cinema lies in its ability to cut across social barriers.”

“The film is the end of my public life rather than the beginning.”

“I want to play women in all their many facets.”

“I am kino-eye, I am a mechanical eye.”

“Cinema has to reach out to these populations at the periphery.”

“I am a filmmaker, not an author.”

““The problem with film is that you can’t see it through to the end.””

“I want to give my actors a protective, safe haven, a feeling of protection so that they can do silly things and try different things.”

“O cinema novo transborda, vai além de uma estética seminal, é um estado de espírito que continua ecoando.”

“I am firmly convinced that it is along this path that the great international art of cinematography will make its further progress.”

“但，我自己承認是電影的忠僕，不惜為它作任何犧牲。”

“It’s man! One must try to express man adequately.”

“Es que el cine es un elemento colonizador.”

“For me, a real documentary is when you're really listening to somebody; they are the ones that will tell you what the story is, not you.”

“Cinema is a language that should be seen, that should cross borders.”