Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies.
But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.
My life and career is my own adventure.
In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul.
I'm very interested in portraying homosexual man and woman in my films because I'm interested in their lives and their problems.
So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time.
The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.
The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience.
Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will.
There's nothing gratuitous about my films.
Paradise is too perfect for humanity.
If you don't like my movies, don't watch them.