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Jean-Jacques Annaud quotes

French Director October 1, 1943

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Jean-Jacques Annaud quote: "War scenes are less difficult than love scenes."
War scenes are less difficult than love scenes. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Today's cinema is a global art form, it is impossible to make movies for a market the size of France, representing no more than 4% of the world's total. Jean-Jacques Annaud
When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies. Jean-Jacques Annaud
My way of remaining French was the financing scheme I used for Quest for Fire, with Fox funds, since it started as a 100% American production. The film was not in French and yet was French in style, reflecting my personality. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud quote: "To do the writing, I have to have time to do research."
To do the writing, I have to have time to do research. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud quote: "I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can."
I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud quote: "The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a..."
The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second. 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
Jean-Jacques Annaud quote: "I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its..."
I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature. 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 These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.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
Jean-Jacques Annaud quote: "When you create a movie, you create something in your image."
When you create a movie, you create something in your image. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud quote: "The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter...."
The world distribution of French movies is a laughing matter. That is a fact. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud quote: "When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet...."
When Americans shoot movies they aim at the entire planet. When the French make movies, they aim at Paris. Jean-Jacques Annaud
If you make a movie about Elizabeth I, how much of the dialogue is her real words? Audiences know when they go see a movie that it is fiction. Jean-Jacques Annaud
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. Jean-Jacques Annaud

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