Catch Instants. Spontaneity, Freshness.

Two Types Of Films: Those That Employ The Resources Of The Theater (actors, Direction, Etc...) And Use The Camera In Order To Reproduce; Those That Employ The Resources Of Cinematography And Use The Camera To Create

The Ear Is Profound, Whereas The Eye Is Frivolous, Too Easily Satisfied. The Ear Is Active, Imaginative, Whereas The Eye Is Passive. When You Hear A Noise At Night, Instantly You Imagine Its Cause. The Sound Of A Train Whistle Conjures Up The Whole Station. The Eye Can Perceive Only What Is Presented To It.

For Me, Film-making Is Combining Images And Sounds Of Real Things In An Order That Makes Them Effective. What I Disapprove Of Is Photographing Things That Are Not Real. Sets And Actors Are Not Real.

Ideally, Nothing Should Be Shown, But That’s Impossible.

The Point Is Not To Direct Someone, But To Direct Oneself.