The most important thing is to find people that you enjoy - friends that you enjoy playing music with. Michael Glawogger More Quotes by Michael Glawogger More Quotes From Michael Glawogger In Bangladesh a prostitute normally wouldn't even undress for a man. He pays, she pulls up her sari, and he's done in 20 seconds. Michael Glawogger sari done men La Zona is such a closed area, a dangerous, outlaw area. My time in the Zona was a time outside of society, almost out of the real world. And the girls there had such a sense of irony and sarcasm. They were also really interested in my film. They'd be like, "Thank God we live in Mexico, because our kind of prostitution has a heart. We wouldn't want to sit behind a glass cage or be sold by our own mothers. We have free will." Michael Glawogger girl real mother Sometimes the presence of a camera is like opening a door. Michael Glawogger cameras doors sometimes In the Bengali language, there's not a real word for blow job. 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In Bangladesh it's different because they live in the brothel, it's sort of a prison, but still there are two sides. When they think of their religion and their upbringing, they can be very moralistic. They're moralistic about giving blow jobs. On the other hand, they have an everyday life where there's no room for shame. Michael Glawogger struggle blow jobs There's always this problem in society where people know they need these places for social peace, but the fundamentalists want to shut them down. Sometimes that's for economic reasons, because they want to build a supermarket there. The imam will hold a prayer and say let's get rid of the girls, but on the other hand they're all going there. Michael Glawogger girl prayer hands I had to first convince them [prostitutes] that I wasn't a journalist who would yet again put out a notion about them they wouldn't necessarily care for or who would victimize them. You know, journalists come and go. If they come twice, it's a lot. 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Michael Glawogger cameras doors people I've made many documentaries, but prostitution was the hardest in terms of gaining the trust of the people being filmed. Michael Glawogger documentaries made people If you connect with someone just once, that's something. But if you can connect twice, that's something else. Michael Glawogger ifs As a filmmaker I cannot make anything beautiful. I'm Platonic in that sense. Michael Glawogger platonic filmmaker beautiful I think beauty is the splendor of truth, so if the people I portray think they're beautiful, they're beautiful. I don't make them that way. Michael Glawogger beautiful people thinking I don't aestheticize anything. I don't even use lights. The working girls do one thing all day: They make themselves pretty. That's their job and their money. In a way, I had the best makeup artists, hairdressers, and art designers in the world. Michael Glawogger girl jobs art Whenever a man enters the realm of prostitutes he's always regarded as a possible customer. If you enter as a woman, you're regarded as somebody who could be in the same place. Being a man brings the perspective of flirtation. Michael Glawogger realms perspective men You can become an alcoholic working in an office in Los Angeles. It's very easy to say because I do this shameful job I take drugs or drink, but the real reason prostitutes take drugs and drink is because prostitution is a party area. It's not about desperation, it's the surroundings. Michael Glawogger party real jobs It's interesting because the Thai king says there's no prostitution in Thailand, it doesn't exist, so the prostitutes don't pay taxes. They can work other jobs if they want and put away money, maybe leave when they're 40. Michael Glawogger kings jobs interesting
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