I don't think men were meant to be interviewed. Leos Carax More Quotes by Leos Carax More Quotes From Leos Carax I thank Henry James for the scene in the hotel room, that I stole from Portrait Of A Lady… This particular scene is the most beautiful scene ever written. Leos Carax portraits beautiful rooms I don't work with people who ask me questions. Leos Carax ask-me asks people I'm not a cineaste. I've made so few films. Sometimes it feels each one is the last one or the first one. Leos Carax lasts sometimes firsts It's incredible how much cinema can do. We forget. Leos Carax incredibles cinema forget Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images. Leos Carax three trying two When I was 16 I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh how wonderful, I'm ready. Leos Carax cinema islands wonderful I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films. Leos Carax cinema film care Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession. Leos Carax territory cinema way Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk? Leos Carax should men art I feel that cinema is my country. But it's not my business. Leos Carax cinema feels country The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. Leos Carax pioneers believe enemy I'm not only my films, but I'm pretty much my films. Leos Carax film We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost? Leos Carax tired cost answers My films start with images, a few images and a few feelings, and I try to edit them together to see the correspondence between these images and these feelings. Leos Carax together feelings trying Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever. Leos Carax editing forever fiction The film is therefore a form of science fiction, in which humans, beasts and machines are on the verge of extinction - 'sacred motors' linked together by a common fate and solidarity, slaves to an increasingly virtual world. A world from which visible machines, real experiences and actions are gradually disappearing. Leos Carax fate real together I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island. Leos Carax camera know country travel When I was 16, I felt very relieved to discover cinema. It was like an island where I could see life and death from another perspective. Every young person should be interested in that island. It's a beautiful place. Leos Carax perspective beautiful life death I mostly don't submit to talking about my work because I would like another talk about real life. Leos Carax real work talking life There's a real cowardice in the movie business. If you don't meet the right crazy people, you can't do it. Leos Carax you crazy business people
