Alejandro Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez
borders flags
Cinema is universal, beyond flags and borders and passports.
bothering express liberating time
When you have something that is bothering you, and then you articulate, take the time to really express it and see it clearly, to recognize. To acknowledge that is already a liberating energy.
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The cavemen, when they saw the antelopes, they had to scratch them on to the caves because they needed to express the immediacy of what they were being affected by - and I love that. That is why I do what I do. I need to express myself.
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In a world where irony reigns, where you have to separate, protect and laugh at anything that is honest or has an emotional charge, I bet for catharsis. I like to invest emotionally in things. And catharsis, when it touches the emotional vein, can open the doors of even those who protect themselves.
question
To question your own process is a necessity. If you don't question yourself, it's impossible to improve.
call high higher might
I have a lot of what you might call creative self-loathing - I have pretty high expectations, and they seem to consistently be higher than what I'm able to accomplish.
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For me, the most important thing that I have to accomplish is to be a good father. That's the most difficult challenge of my life. That's the most important thing for me, more than films.
bit love satisfy
When we are looking for validation, that will never satisfy us. When we are looking for affection, for love, a little bit of that will be enough to be complete.
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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.
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When I have been exposed to so many films that are so bad, my soul gets crushed. I just feel intoxicated.
dramatic responsibility
My responsibility is to make a film and find my dramatic language; I don't have any political or social responsibility.
bad good superhero
Look, I'm no purist - there are good superhero films, and there are bad ones.
above deal great tool work
Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work.