Bruno Dumont

Bruno Dumont was born on March 14, 1958 in Bailleul, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. He is a writer and director, known for La vie de Jésus (1997), Camille Claudel 1915 (2013) and Ma Loute (2016).

[on Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)] In my tradition, one can heroize any individual. That's a revolutio...Show more »

[on Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)] In my tradition, one can heroize any individual. That's a revolution that isn't so much pictorial, as it is philosophical. All my films are about this path. Like in the paintings by Hugo van der Goes [1440-1482] or Pieter Brughel [1525-1569] one can take any individuals and make heroes out of them.[2014] Show less «

Cinemascope is a format I like a lot because it is very hard to handle. Because there's too much. Th...Show more »

Cinemascope is a format I like a lot because it is very hard to handle. Because there's too much. There's too much on the sides, it's hard to do a close-up, for example, because you pick up the sides, but I find it's quite correct in the balance we were talking about. I mean that it's possible to do 'thinking shots'. Because it's no longer in the geometry of our thinking. So it's a constraint, but the constraint is quite fair since it brings in the outside, the sides, all the organic material of things and it relativizes the character. I think characters need to be relativized. The 'Scope shot does it naturally.[2014] Show less «

I'm not a naturalistic filmmaker at all. My work is all about transfiguration. It's an entirely poet...Show more »

I'm not a naturalistic filmmaker at all. My work is all about transfiguration. It's an entirely poetic world. It's totally surrealist. But the only way to strive for reality is to go through reality. That's the paradox.[2014] Show less «

You see, I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films tha...Show more »

You see, I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to see. So if the people want to see Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise, then it is really my job to incorporate them into my films. Show less «

The people follow what the media say. So if you said that Bruno Dumont is fantastic, it follows that...Show more »

The people follow what the media say. So if you said that Bruno Dumont is fantastic, it follows that more people would go to see my films. I have no wish to remain on the sidelines. I have no wish to make films that are only seen by bohemians in London and Paris. Show less «

Bruno Dumont

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