I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem. Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. ‘The Dreamers’ was a total homage to cinema and that love for it. Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
I remember being young in the 1960s… we had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world. Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
I am still against any kind of censorship. It’s a subject in my life that has been very important. Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy. Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
I think that I used to love Hollywood movies. I remember great phases and moments. But, unfortunately, now is not the moment. Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
To explore technology for me is something that I have to do. Otherwise, I feel completely left in the back… abandoned. Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
After many, many years, I fell out of love with politics. It’s not something I like but it’s the truth. Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say – in one place. It’s something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it! Bernardo Bertolucci Read Quote
