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“So I’m starting here with Lost Highway by David Lynch. Lynch, a very influential filmmaker. I love him.”
“The Leopard, one the best socialist films, by Visconti, of course.”
“Le Samouraï. What a great film. What a great film. That’s all I can say. The bird in the film is something. The silences, the spaces in the film, they’re great.”
“I have the Bergman collection, but Persona, for all who want to understand, again, the psyche, the issue of turmoil in an individual, this film.”
“I Am Cuba. Beautiful film from the Cuban Revolution.”
“Béla Tarr is a good friend. I love his works.”
“Naked, Mike Leigh. Wow. This is something. The drama, the… the acting, and Mike Leigh, how he understands The Human Condition. Fantastic.”
“Ugetsu… Wow. Kenji Mizoguchi, one of the greatest Japanese filmmakers. Again, he dissects The Human Condition in a very, very clinical way. You watch him and you understand humanity.”
“Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray. It’s a whole universe about poverty, about struggle, about oppression. All those things.”
“There’s a box set here by Fellini. Oh my God, Fellini. How can you miss Fellini? Once in your lifetime, you should watch at least one Fellini and there’s cinema already.”
“Bergman. Bergman. Come on, come on. It’s all about humanity’s condition. It’s all about being in a psychiatric ward.”
“Pedro is a very dear friend. We have the same birthday, the same year, everything, but, besides that, he’s a really, really true, great filmmaker. Pedro Costa.”
