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"I was attemting to portray this peculiar atmosphere by way of the contac between prisoners: Three words are spoken, and a life is suddenly changed."

"Prisoners are very sensetive to this peculiar atmosphere,which is not,by the way,a dramatic atmosphere at all:it exist on a much higher plane.There's no apparent drama in å prison:you hear
people being shot,but you don't react visibly to it.All the drama is interior."

"That's because poetry and truth are sisters. Contrary to what we seem to believe, poetry on-screen is not born from an ensemble of poetic images or from a poetic text, but from an ensemble- or, more accurately, a combination-of details that are true."

"I make a film as I would write a poem. I look for the tone."