Alejandro Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez
defeated order
I think that in order to be a film director, one has to be a warrior who shouldn't be defeated by the daily onslaught of problems.
began change geniuses
I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films.
feature rehearsals saw tv
I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film.
cynical
I really try, at least consciously, not to be cynical or ironic.
time
Time is what allows stories to spread into people's consciousness.
art
If art doesn't move people, then art has failed.
kids mexicans millions painful
Millions of Mexicans leave their kids in order to take care of other kids. That's a very painful thing.
Now that we're poisoned with the culture of superheroes, I think it's important to laugh about it.
directed experience scary studied vulnerable
I have never directed anything for the stage. I studied for three years in the theater, and it was a very, very scary experience to direct live, being so vulnerable without the possibility to control things, to be so exposed.
critics filing leaves time
When you have critics filing on Twitter, it leaves no time for thought and perspective.
die funny people
When you live in a city, as I do, where violence is really in the streets, and people die every day, there's nothing funny about it.
bad letting means putting
To shoot a conventional film means that you are always covering yourself. You are putting nets and, in a way, letting bad decisions take over.
Ultimately, with every film I'd done before, there was a reference. They have their own uniqueness, but there was always a precedent.
beauty blinded complexity viewers
I do think that the emotional weight of 'Biutiful' has blinded some viewers to the beauty and complexity of the film.