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I'm Still Very Grateful To Digital Cameras In General, But I Didn't Have This Feeling With The Red One.

There Were Years When Hitchcock Was Like A Master To Me, But Now I Think He's So Artificial. I Can Watch Films And Say How Technically Beautiful They Are, But I'm Not Impressed By Any Technicality.

I Had Intended To Make Another Film, Called Pocket Money, Which Was To Be About Children At A School. I Was Very Much Intrigued By The Story [of Close Up] - It Came Into My Dreams And I Was Very Much Influenced By It. So I Called My Producer And Asked That We Put Aside Pocket Money And Start Something Else, And He Agreed.

If We're Not Going To Take Full Advantage Of Digital, Then 35mm Is A Better Medium. Especially For Shooting Dramas - I Have No Problem With 35mm.

What I Am Trying To Say Is That It Is Not Without Any Value. The Value Of Copies Is That They Can Direct Us Towards The Original. I Was Recently At The Louvre Museum And I Was Filming People Who Were Viewing The Mona Lisa. I Noticed The Number Of Ordinary People, Astonished, Mouths Agape, Standing Still For Long Stretches Looking At The Work, And I Wondered, "where Does This Come From? Are These People All Art Connoisseurs?" They Are Like Me; Through The Years, We've Seen This Work In Our Schoolbooks Or Art History Books, But When We Stand Before The Original, We Hold Our Breath.