The Exterminating Angel

“Exterminating Angel, great film. People are stuck in one building in one room, they don't leave. And all I remember from this movie—I saw it a long time ago—so there's one character who keeps saying like, 'And suddenly I lost all my hair.' And so for some reason I remember that. And it's very funny, so I think that's a great movie.”

“I’m going to start with Exterminating Angel. I guess this is one of those films that is both, like, I can’t touch it, but I’m inspired by it. I’m not trying to ever make a film that’s this perfect, because it says everything so simply and so clearly. And perfectly. But a lot of my movies go into a place which can’t really happen, but hopefully speaks to something that’s very… even more truthful about the situation, and that’s Exterminating Angel for me.”

“Ouais, et Buñuel, L'Ange exterminateur. Il me fallait... Non, Buñuel quand même, c'est avec Buñuel que j'ai commencé à aimer un cinéma différent de ce que j'avais l'habitude de voir. J'ai découvert ça au lycée quand j'avais 16 ou 17 ans. C'est mes premiers films un ciné-club où j'ai découvert tout un autre monde cinématographique qui s'est ouvert à moi quoi. Entre réalisme et surréalisme.”

“The Exterminating Angel. I'm a huge Buñuel fan. I don't have this one. I love his films, especially these films that are the very kind of absurdist, kind of surrealist ones, because they feel as if you're kind of like watching a Dalí painting come to life. They're just totally wild.”

“Well, I know Buñuel is from Spain, but for us in Mexico, he’s one of the greatest Mexican directors. The Exterminating Angel.”