Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnaiswas a French film director whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Night and Fog, an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth3 June 1922
CountryFrance
The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback.
new-york singing detectives
I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.
movie special film
I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.
beautiful thinking reason-why
I can't see any reason why a film shouldn't be stylized and visually beautiful. I don't think a beautiful set is pretentious.
communication emotion form
There cannot be any communication except through form. If there is no form, you cannot create emotion in the spectator.
father heart good-day
We should all die with a sharp, brusque heart attack. My father was lucky like that. One day he went hunting. He had a good day, he killed a lot of game, he was with his best friends. He said, "Ah, I'm still a good hunter." Then he said, "I don't feel well," and in 30 seconds it was all over.
film driven made
I am never driven. Every film Ive made has been an assignment.
book thinking silent-films
When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films. I don't think that there is any such thing as an old film; you don't say, 'I read an old book by Flaubert,' or 'I saw an old play by Moliere.'
talking way communicate
It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.
technique film formal
So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.
littles remember film
When I was 12 I made some little films with my friends. I tried to make gangster films, like Fantomas, but I remember being very disappointed with them. They weren't frightening at all. I'm sure they'd be very funny now.
film reason reactions
For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.