Marcel Carne
Marcel Carne
Marcel Carnéwas a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include Port of Shadows, Le Jour Se Lève, The Devil's Envoysand Children of Paradise, the last of which is often cited as one of the greatest films of all time...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 August 1906
CountryFrance
years two understanding
When I last went to Italy, over two years ago, I had a lot more trouble understanding the language than I used to when I lived there for a year. I used to speak very little but I could understand very well.
two film should
If you do two versions of a film, they should be identical. With the same frames and settings.
french producers
The problem is that to be a producer, one must be a gambler, and the greatest French producers were gamblers.
bury indulgent public sure toward whether
Let's say the film isn't all that great, I'm not sure whether the public will be indulgent toward it or whether they'll bury the nail.
nice people appreciate
It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.
sister father order
My father's sister never married in order to raise me.
mother absence stills
But I still always felt the absence of a mother.
people upset disgrace
A lot of people are upset that I'm not working. They say it's a disgrace.
nervous hotel
I was very nervous at the beginning of Hotel du Nord.
hands people speak
For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.
giving cry damn
I don't know what they'll say when I die. I don't give a damn, but they'll probably cry.
thinking childhood unhappy
I think you never forget your childhood, whether it was happy or unhappy.
art japan important
I also won one from the emperor of Japan, with a prize for the arts. That's important.
looks wells knows
Well, you know, I'm much older than I look.