Bernardo Bertolucci

Director

1940-03-16 – 2018-11-26

Bernardo Bertolucci was an Italian film director and screenwriter whose work included The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, and The Last Emperor. He became the first Italian-born filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

Quotes by Bernardo Bertolucci

What always made me proud - almost blushing with pride - is that Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg all told me that 'The Conformist' is their first modern influence.
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Although some people call me anti-feminist, I know I wasn't because Germaine Greer supported me.
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Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
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English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.
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Commuting in a wheelchair is not easy. I live in a very old part of Rome. These cobbles everywhere... terrible! In London, it is the same. Every pavement is uneven.
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What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. 'The Dreamers' was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.
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A dolly move is a moral commitment.
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