Bunuel Quotes

Probably my four favorite directors are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Stanley Kubrick and Luis Buñuel, because with all of their work you can think beyond the edges of the film. They`re not films that dictate to you, this is what you must think. They`re all films that have compelling stories, but there are thoughts beyond the films themselves.

I consider my films first and foremost to be dramas about individuals in personal struggles and I consider myself to be a dramatist before I am a political filmmaker. I`m interested in alternative points of view. I think ultimately the problems of the planet are universal and that nationalism is a very destructive force. I also like anarchy in films. My heroes were Buñuel and Godard. Breathless was one of the first pictures I really remember being marked by, because of the speed and energy. They say I`m unsubtle. But we need above all, a theatre that wakes us up: nerves and heart.

My favorite favorites are people like Bunuel, Fellini and Charlie Chaplin.