It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them. Godfrey Reggio Read Quote
In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is teaching the poor gratuitously. As a young person I was seized by this idea of social justice and I wanted very much to follow my vow of teaching the poor gratuitously. Godfrey Reggio Read Quote
What I’m trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding light of technology. Godfrey Reggio Read Quote
I think it’s the tragedy of our time that we’re not aware of the affect of the manner in which we’ve adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are. Godfrey Reggio Read Quote
But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I’m trying to get to is the positive value of negation. Godfrey Reggio Read Quote
So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words. Godfrey Reggio Read Quote
Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car. Godfrey Reggio Read Quote
