FILM

“Making a fi lm is a love story. You must be happy to make the fi lm with the director, the actors,

and the team. You must learn to communicate
and delegate, and to promote cohesion.

Cinematography is not the technique, but the eye. It’s a way of looking at things. A frame is like a photograph, a moment, but with cinema that moment has a before and an after. The time of viewing is limited, imposed by the director.

A succession of these moments gives birth to emotion for the spectator. No one wants to see a fi lm for the beauty of the photography only.

For a fi lm to be an artistic success, the vision must be a whole. A good film is when you come out of the theater totally stunned. You have no idea what hit you. You don’t remember if you had dinner or where you parked your car. You want to be alone to think about it.”

Raoul Coutard