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" War is war. Vietnam is no different from the Crusades. "
Michael Cimino
Crusades
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" I have no interest in making a 'Vietnam' film, no interest in making a direct political statement. "
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" I would never suggest that the geography or visual environment of the film is more important than what's going on with the people, but it's a major factor in getting the right tone. Certainly, it influences the actors tremendously. "
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" I've published a couple of short novels in France that I didn't want to publish in English because I loved the characters too much to subject them to American critics who were not exactly favorable toward my work. "
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" I wouldn't have had the life I've had without movies. "
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" All one has to do is look at old footage of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and think of the people beneath those bombs. It's horrific. "
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" We all want to experience that in our lives - a moment when we're two feet off the ground - and making movies gives you that opportunity. It comes and it goes so fast that it's unreal, but it does happen. "
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" What we forget is that the Academy is a star-maker, or it reinforces the stardom of people. "
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" Hollywood has always been crazy. It's controlled anarchy. But how can you loathe something that has given you so much? "
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" Being infamous is not fun. It becomes a weird occupation in and of itself. "
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" Every good war film, if you want to use that phrase - I don't think it's a good phrase, but if you want to use that phrase - every good film, a first-rate film about war, is an anti-war movie. "
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" Even the details of a rifle, which are nothing but mechanical, if they are made carefully, with attention, become beautiful, satisfying. "
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" The Indians believe all things have spirit - even the hail that comes from the sky is spirit. If you believe that, which I implicitly do, everything is alive. "
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" I don't make movies to make a point; I make movies to tell stories about people. "
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