Just because the movie is about incest does not make it autobiographical. Yes, I have a mother, but that does not make me unique.
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When you are working on a script, the story itself is not difficult. You say this would happen and then this, resulting perhaps in this. And the dialogue you make as true as you can.Louis Malle
Suddenly this idea came to me for a film about incest. It was almost a daydream. I wrote out 60 or 70 pages in a few days. I showed them to friends, got a warm reaction, decided to make the film.
Louis Malle
I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie.
Louis Malle
You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows.
Louis Malle
I think predictability has become the rule and I'm completely the opposite -- I like spectators to be disturbed.
Louis Malle
Well, Fellini... there is always Fellini.
Louis Malle
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