Quotes by Leos Carax

About Leos Carax:

Alex Christophe Dupont is a French film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl (1984), and his notable works include Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) and Holy Motors (2012). His professional name is an anagram of his real name, 'Alex', and 'Oscar'.
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Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk?

Leos Carax

We all get a little tired of being ourselves sometimes. The answer is to reinvent yourself, but how do you do that and what is the cost?

Leos Carax

When I was 16, I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh, how wonderful; I'm ready.'

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My films start with images, a few images and a few feelings, and I try to edit them together to see the correspondence between these images and these feelings.

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I'm not a cineaste. I've made so few films. Sometimes it feels each one is the last one or the first one.

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I'm not only my films, but I'm pretty much my films.

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I've always been interested in invisible worlds, and I like to visit digital worlds, you know, any world that's imposed on us.

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I'm not against the virtual world; it's fascinating, but I don't like the way they try to impose it on us. It's a thing imposed by rich countries.

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The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not.

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I like tragedies, whether they're sci-fi or something else, but I can't say I know much about any genre in particular.

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Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images.

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Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever.

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I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films.

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There's a real cowardice in the movie business. If you don't meet the right crazy people, you can't do it.

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I feel that cinema is my country. But it's not my business.

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When I was 16, I felt very relieved to discover cinema. It was like an island where I could see life and death from another perspective. Every young person should be interested in that island. It's a beautiful place.

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I mostly don't submit to talking about my work because I would like another talk about real life.

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I'm not especially interested in actors or their life, double, triple identities and all that.

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Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession.

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Video is freeing, but also lazier. You have to recreate the love of the moment.

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Author Bio

  • NameLeos Carax
  • DescriptionFrench film director
  • AliasesAlexandre Oscar Dupont; Alex Christophe Dupont
  • BornNovember 22, 1960
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Actor