Alejandro Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez
country latin writing
One of the reasons why I agreed to do commercials is that they gave me complete freedom. I just had to have the car in it and write a story around it. I wanted to do something serious set in a Latin American country, but again, it was an exercise in style for me.
thinking bmw support
I respect BMW for not interfering in these projects. They're just trying to support short films with their brand, which I think is great.
country reality thinking
You hear about bombings in other countries, or numbers like "10,000 people died" - you hear that number and you think, "Well, I saw that yesterday in a film, and that didn't look so bad." Younger viewers, in particular, lose perspective on reality.
light giving people
How can [actors] learn their lines and be honest in front of 30 people and all the lights? It makes me cry sometimes. I can't understand how they can be joking with me 30 seconds before, and 40 seconds later they're giving me all this incredible feeling.
cities saws mexico
I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films.
class cities different
Mexico City is very different now than when I grew up, but I was in the streets all the time - though I was born to a middle-class neighborhood where there weren't a lot of gangs and things. I was always comfortable.
country art thinking
I think the arts should get big support, but my country has a lot of needs more important than film. Medication, education, food... The poverty is overwhelming. There are simply more important things to be attended to.
art government support
I understand when there's no money for the arts in the government, but it should maybe pressure private companies to support more filmmakers. These exhibition and distribution companies are huge, and there might be incentives for them to invest more in Mexican cinema.
bmw
I don't have anything against commercials, and I really like BMWs.
musician film reason
I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.
song mean stories
I've listened to music all my life. I've always felt that music tells more stories sometimes than films, with more possibilities. Every time you listen to them, songs bring different images and moods - depending on where you are in your life, you can listen to a song and it means something different.
strong impact film
When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt those films had a lot of things to say that weren't getting expressed in the films I was used to seeing.
believe people knows
All people know that they will die, but they don't actually believe it.
thinking ego actors
I always think politicians and even my dentist have more egos than actors.