Alejandro Gonzalez
Alejandro Gonzalez
bet emotional honest invest open protect touches
In a world where irony reigns, where you have to separate, protect and laugh at anything that is honest or has an emotional charge, I bet for catharsis. I like to invest emotionally in things. And catharsis, when it touches the emotional vein, can open the doors of even those who protect themselves.
alchemy dislikes entire exercise exposed human life likes matter nobody order people subject successful time
Actors are exposed in a way that nobody else can understand. They are subject to the likes and dislikes of people their entire life, no matter how successful they are. At the same time, in order to be liked, you have to not be yourself. So it's a very complicated human exercise - an alchemy that I have never understood.
art images implies instead movies
Movies become art after editing. Instead of just reproducing reality, they juxtapose images of it. That implies expression; that's art.
funny time tragic upside
When you see things upside down, the ego can be extraordinarily funny; it's absurd. But it's tragic at the same time.
beings brothers defined family human relationships
I think we are defined as human beings through our families, no matter what kind of family - through our relationships with parents, brothers and sisters.
fixated
I think there's nothing wrong with being fixated on superheroes when you are 7 years old, but I think there's a disease in not growing up.
artistic arts class corporate films instead interest kids master pushed successful visual work
You have kids studying master class visual arts who are pushed to make films that will be successful economically; that's what they focus on. So they work for corporate interest instead of artistic expression.
films gets
When I have been exposed to so many films that are so bad, my soul gets crushed. I just feel intoxicated.
breaks narrative vertical
The expected vertical line of Ikiru's narrative breaks when Kurosawa does a flash-forward in the middle of the film.