Mathieu Kassovitz Quotes

Mathieu Kassovitz — French Director born on August 03, 1967,

Mathieu Kassovitz is a French director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and actor probably best known in Anglophone countries for his role as Nino Quincampoix in Amélie. Kassovitz is also the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company... (wikipedia)

We made it known that we were trying to show the reality of France. People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you got light you got darkness.

Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent.

Well, a special screening was set up for government officials, so they didn't have to see the experience of going to see the film. They certainly aren't going to the projects to see for themselves the situation.

I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.

Like anywhere, we had to make people understand that we were there with good intentions, and that we were there with respect. We started making contacts with the people in the neighborhood three months before shooting began, so that everyone involved was comfortable.

Mathieu Kassovitz Quotes

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