There is no new wave, only the sea. Claude Chabrol More Quotes by Claude Chabrol More Quotes From Claude Chabrol I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things. Claude Chabrol surface mirrors love A woman is subject matter enough. Claude Chabrol subject-matter enough matter You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue. Claude Chabrol pigeons sometimes facts We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police. Claude Chabrol eras police faster You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were. Claude Chabrol littles people thinking Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating that intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none. Claude Chabrol intelligence stupidity limits I'm not wild about hand-held shots. Claude Chabrol shots hands To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them. Claude Chabrol individual stupid should I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live. Claude Chabrol pessimistic people way I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest. Claude Chabrol wheat film mean My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed in medicine; so he became a pharmacist, but he believed in that hardly more. Claude Chabrol doctors medicine father A woman confronting men is a proper subject, it is inexhaustible. Claude Chabrol confronting subjects men I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control. Claude Chabrol shooting black-and-white color I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said that now the Wall was down, there could be no more class war. Only someone with money could ever say such a thing. Claude Chabrol wall war fall Films with a message just make me laugh. Claude Chabrol film messages laughing Laying tracks gives you freedom without being too obvious. Claude Chabrol laying-down track giving Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen. Claude Chabrol difficult color want On their own, each [character] is a victim of no importance. But when you bring them together, they become a dangerous weapon. Jeanne is the vowel and Sophie the consonant. Psychologists know this phenomenon well. Each individual is harmless, but together they create an explosive chemical reaction. It's like Bonnie and Clyde, like Thelma and Louise. Claude Chabrol sophie together character First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law. Claude Chabrol study law firsts I like to have the screen full of color, twenty colors on the screen at once, fifty colors. There are no dominants despite what people have said. Claude Chabrol color fifty people
