The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.
More Quotes from Jean-Jacques Annaud:
There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.Jean-Jacques Annaud
When you create a movie, you create something in your image.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact.
Jean-Jacques Annaud
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