Quotes by Mathieu Kassovitz - Page 1

Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Film
Hood
Made
Reality
Studios
Represent
Supposedly
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I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Able
Film
Lucky
Express
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People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you got light you got darkness.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Hate
Love You
Thinking
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I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Enough Time
Roles
Talking
Time Myself Enough
Pretend
No Interest
Speaking
Spokesman
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I don't know if it's really important, or intelligent even, when people say to me I'm a white Spike Lee, because they said to Spike Lee you're a black Woody Allen.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Intelligent
People
White
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It's good that they've seen it, but how can I be satisfied after working for two years making a film which I hope will make a difference, when the government sees the film and does nothing about it?
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Satisfied
Make A Difference
Sees
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HATE, even if it's making money. is an underground movie, that's how it was made. It's a film about police brutality in the largest sense, it's about the whole of society and not just about the hood.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Brutality
Hate
Hood
Making Money
Police
Largest
Underground
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We made it known that we were trying to show the reality of France. People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you got light you got darkness.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
France
Love You
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Well, a special screening was set up for government officials, so they didn't have to see the experience of going to see the film. They certainly aren't going to the projects to see for themselves the situation.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Government Officials
Officials
Screening
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In France they spend six months training policemen, then they give them a gun and put them on the streets, and I don't know that that's enough. The film's not against the police - although I think that if someone wants to be a cop there's got to be a problem.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Cop
Film
France
Gun
Months
Policemen
Six
Streets
Training
Although
Spend
Wants
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Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started making contacts with the people in the neighborhood three months before shooting began, so that everyone involved was comfortable.
Mathieu Kassovitz / Film Director
Good Intentions
Neighborhood
Shooting
Anywhere
Good Respect People
Began
Contacts
Intentions
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