Italian Director Quotations

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.

It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.

Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.

These scenes deal with what happened before Hannibal Lecter was captured for the first time.

But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.

A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.

Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies.

So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time.

Goblin was a new band and this was their first major work. The oldest of them was only 18. They were very talented and I wanted to give them a break.

Italian industry was so poor we had no money for studio, to create the set, to go anyplace. We had to shoot everything in the street.

But now we have bought the film back and it will be shown in Paris in the original version for the first time in the next couple of months.

I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.

This is in contrast with some of my other movies where I used Ennio Morricone for his ability to create an epic feel through his music.

I have the rights to all the books where the character of Hannibal Lecter appears, I acquired these by buying the rights to Red Dragon.

I can never understand how we have been able to follow these worn-out tracks, which have been laid down by panic in the face of nature.