Mainstream films have occupied Hollywood, but you can get bored very easily. It can be very repetitive, and I think now we want something fresh and something inspiring and different, daring. The mainstream film is very expensive to make and it scares people. It's made for the worldwide audience, you have to please so many people, and the business men start running the movies rather than artists. |
Michelle broke a knee ligament. |
No, this might not be the most exciting award that I could win, but it is the most solid. |
On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy. |
So I want to give my first thanks to my fellow filmmakers for strengthening my faith in the power of movies to change the way we're thinking. |
That's just a real-life condition I have to deal with. It has nothing to do with me doing the movie. I cannot dilute or intensify the movie because of the political environment. I cannot wait until the world is perfect to make my movie. If I don't do it, somebody else will -- and I will be very jealous. So I didn't really give it too much thought. |
That's why we make movies. Otherwise, we just have a leader issue an order and we all follow. Why else would there be filmmakers like us? Why else would people lock themselves in a dark room and watch a movie together? |
The movie awards over the years, there's a tide. |
There's no winner. I think we're all winners because we're blessed. We're filmmakers. What a life. |
They deal with issues and they ask questions; they don't really give resolution. That's the mood this year. |
They didn't vote for it. I don't know. You asked me one question, and I don't know the answer. |
They taught all of us who made the movie so much - not just about the gay men and women whose love is denied by society, but the greatness of love itself. |
Things are being simplified a lot for us lately. I think people are hungry for something that shows more respect for the complexity of life, the depth, the grey areas. |
This was supposed to be my homecoming project. I'm really taking to heart how this film is performing in America. |
This year, I'm particularly happy for the movies that were in, that are coming out. I feel very not only honored, but it's just a pleasure to be with those so-called small movies. |