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I decided that one day I had ...

I decided that one day I had to make a film where the viewer couldn't possibly guess the end.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

The constant in my films is l...

The constant in my films is love stories. I consider love the chief business of humanity.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

Hollwood creates useful enter...

Hollwood creates useful entertainment. There are millions of people on earth who need distraction and American cinema fulfills that function.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

I see a film as a puzzle, wit...

I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

If you want to kill someone, ...

If you want to kill someone, you'd better pull off a perfect crime. Our security lies in the fact that that's damnably hard to do.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

The perfect crime is when you...

The perfect crime is when you push someone to suicide. I once read a study that said everyone in the course of their life has thought of killing someone.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

Shame is very painful to endu...

Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

You have to strike hard from ...

You have to strike hard from the beginning and create a depressurizing zone between the viewer's own life and the one onscreen. The creators of James Bond got it right: the attention-grabbing scene of each Bond movie is the very first one, before the opening credits.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

I've seen many films and read...

I've seen many films and read lots of thrillers - and I'm always disappointed that I can guess the story before the other viewers.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

It's funny: half my films wer...

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

Each time I hit a low point I ...

Each time I hit a low point I learn the most. Failure is the best university.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

The real loser of our times is...

The real loser of our times is the one who is expected to win.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

People are too pretentious in ...

People are too pretentious in France to like Sarkozy. But he'd be a fabulous president for America.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

Hollwood creates useful entert...

Hollwood creates useful entertainment. There are millions of people on earth who need distraction and American cinema fulfills that function.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

Film-making is like spermatozo...

Film-making is like spermatozoa: only one in a million makes it.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

It's funny: half my films were...

It's funny: half my films were flops, half did well. It would be terrible if I'd had only success.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

Appearance is valued too much ...

Appearance is valued too much in our society.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

Cinema is dominated by stars y...

Cinema is dominated by stars you like from the get go.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

You have to strike hard from t...

You have to strike hard from the beginning and create a depressurizing zone between the viewer's own life and the one onscreen. The creators of James Bond got it right: the attention-grabbing scene of each Bond movie is the very first one, before the opening credits.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

I see a film as a puzzle, with...

I see a film as a puzzle, with a beginning, middle, and end, but I like to start at the end sometimes.

Claude Lelouch 17 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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