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Article: Melancholy is pleasant to live with
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 17, 1994
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BR: I saw it at the right moment. It didn't change me as much as
confirm me. Which I think is just as important. I'd already started
writing and making documentary films. My main concern was the
inability of people to communicate with each other.
Federico Fellini's La Strada confirmed all that in me and all my
fears of not being able to communicate. I'm pretty articulate but I
use language as a cover and as a protection against real
confrontation. The real confrontation is to do with silence, no t
with words, and this film articulated the most beautiful and
poignant silence that confirmed in me the longing to talk to
someone silently. The feelings are so poignant, so deep, so
painfully ...