"I hope I can say easily like others:'I don't care about Oscars!' But I have watched every Oscar award on TV since I was a kid. Ceremony, it accompanied me to grow up, this thing does have an unspeakable magic for me."
"I'm really afraid of not getting it (referring to the Oscars)."
"If anyone said that Xicosese's "New York Gangs" was performed It's going to be smooth sailing. It's obviously not true."
"Maybe I am old and have become indifferent to too many things. This is terrible."
"This movie (referring to "New York Gangs") does not discuss violence, it discusses Some other questions, including what is the United States? Do immigrants count as Americans? And how to accept the waves of immigrants as Americans? I don’t want to use movies to prove or suggest, but this film happens to fall into this category. Because at this stage Americans are considering this issue."
"New York was chosen as the historical background because it can represent the United States to some extent. This seaport is the first stop for immigrants to the United States. New immigrants who have just got off the ship can do it. What? They have to find a job, but they are not welcomed by old immigrants. Part of the reason is that the parties in the American society are the same. This film is about this situation."
"I like Freud. The scene is straightforward. From Dostoevsky’s "The Diary of a Slave", he said I wanted to kiss your feet, so she immediately retracted her leg. (Talking about a scene in "New York Gangs")"
"Sometimes I am really afraid of changing the cinema Became a church and turned my film into a sermon."
"Perhaps due to the continuous development of science and technology, this society seems to be repeating the era of the industrial revolution forever. We all feel a little lost, and even forget that we are Who. I’m almost out of touch with this world now, as if I’m destined to be separated from it. In a sense, the movies I’ve been shooting are all about a world that no longer exists.”
"Movie though is about New York, but just use the name of the city, in fact, this is part story about the rejected mainstream underground gangs and the underlying poor people own small community, these groups can not enter the power structure of society."
"The movie The end of the fight is mainly the duel between Bill (Daniel Day Lewis) and Amsterdam (played by Leonardo DiCaprio). The main line of the film tells that Amsterdam must face and challenge its predecessors. In a certain sense The latter can be seen as the role of his father. From an emotional point of view, the bad guys should be eradicated by heroes. This is the routine of traditional American epic films. The bad guys in my film are absolutely dirty, and heroes are just good. The bad guy of the point. The latter kills the former. This ending implies the transformation of the entire society, and the new trend replaces the old tradition. After 1865, the United States has taken on a new look and has become a country in the true sense. This is also the end of the focus of change. . " "
splice, then shoot, because there will always encounter many problems, are directors during naturally occurring. it's like doing a giant statue, you always worn a number, and then wear off some of. "(Xi Kese Si talks about his favorite movie identity)
"Basically I'm making an American epic film (talking about the theme of "New York Gangs")"
"I think "New York Gangs" is a western movie , I don’t know if it’s appropriate, I think it’s A Western movie can be called "Eastern Western" (Eastern Western), to some extent it is a Western movie plus a gangster movie."
"I have always only liked making movies that I am interested in . I have never pursued life controversies, because I don’t want to make any trouble at all. My purpose is just that the audience likes my movie and hope people can watch it and think about it. The other thing is to make a little money so that I can make a film, nothing else a. " " a
few years ago, I suddenly realized that the film made, the historical themes easier access to commercial success. " "
need contrast between good and evil, love story these hot spots at the box office, I hope that the results are meaningful for me personally. The more money you have, the more responsibilities you have. This is a different aspect of filming in the 1970s."
"In the past I would say that I did not pay attention to contemporary movies, but now I will not say that. In recent years I have watched a lot of contemporary movies, a lot of Italian movies, and the young American director Wes Anderson's movies. I like both, Christopher Nolan's "Memento" (Memento), Paul Thomas Anderson (Paul Thomas Anderson). I don't want to name all the people I like To list them, I just watched their films and learned how to use visual narratives. On the other hand, I couldn't make a work like them. I am a person of the past."
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