Languagehat has an entry about a New Yorker article on Quentin Tarantino that sparked off some strong commentary. Reminded me of something Jean-Luc Godard once said:
I have no "style," I just want to make films. If I have influenced young filmmakers, who are a little bit like my children or my brothers or who may have been my parents before I started, the only influence that I cared for was to show them that to make a film was a possible thing. It is not true that only if you have a great deal of money can you make a film. If you have a lot of money it is just a different kind of film that you will make. If you have no money, you can still make a film.
[My position as a filmmaker] is a position in the margin. But that is normal. No book can exist without a margin, and whether I watch a tennis or a football match, I am always in the margin, in relation to the players, that is, I am in the place of the public, of the onlookers. In fact, to be in the margin, that is the real position of the public. It is a necessary position. That which is seen cannot be seen without those who see it.
["The Carrots Are Cooked: A Conversation With Jean-Luc Godard" in Film Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3, 1984; reprinted in David Sterritt (ed.) 1998 Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews, p.135.]
Me, I always figured that Tarantino's incredible luck at writing his first scripts with Roger Avary had worn off.
Posted by jim at October 27, 2003 07:46 AM | TrackBack