Actually, I met a lot of directors and most of them have that fantasy to make a silent movie because for directors it's the purest way to tell a story. It's about creating images that tell a story and you don't need dialogue for that.
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MICHEL FABER Isn't Heaven reward enough, without needing to see the damned punished? MICHEL FABER History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women. MICHEL FABER Why are there such long words in the world, Miss?’ enquires Sophie, when the mineralogy lesson is ... MICHEL FABER Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it. MICHEL FABER People who get to express their voice are paid by the people who make profit from it. So they're... MICHEL GONDRY Anything can happen in life, especially nothing. MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ Knowledge doesn't really form part of human nature. Conflict, combat, the outcome of the combat,... MICHEL FOUCAULT I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's ... MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ It is not pretentious. It just gives you the feeling you could do it yourself. MICHEL GONDRY Eternal Sunshine MICHEL GONDRY When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream. MICHEL GONDRY Block Party MICHEL GONDRY I always had disturbing dreams from when I was a child. Seeing that they disturb me, I might as well... MICHEL GONDRY We were hoping to define an era and a community without being too lecturing - to show people having ... MICHEL GONDRY We made some bad decisions. When you don't win, you're tense. You probably don't think the same way.... MICHEL THERRIEN It's nice to get a reward, seeing your team like we have been seeing here. They have been playing pr... MICHEL THERRIEN We're a team that our work ethic has to be 100 percent, our concentration has to be 100 percent and ... MICHEL THERRIEN I'm not afraid to play him back to back. We'll see how it goes (tonight) and then make a decision fo... MICHEL THERRIEN I liked the way he played; that's why we called him up. He played with confidence. We wish him the b... MICHEL THERRIEN It's so great just to get to the Super Bowl and so great for the city. Pittsburgh is just a great ci... MICHEL THERRIEN It was measured about 10 times and half the measures seemed to show it was okay while the other half... MICHEL VION That history is still playing a role in Germany. Population policy was long a taboo topic. HARALD MICHEL Since last Tuesday, the government was looking for a solution out of the crisis. It was obvious that... MICHEL BRUNACHE Really good books need a chaos element: something weird or inexplicable. MICHEL FABER Our government is concerned about the future. Everything we do today is not aimed at tomorrow but ra... MICHEL TEMER The problem of Islam as a political force is an essential one for our time and for the years to come... MICHEL FOUCAULT