Film is fundamentally the choice of a viewpoint in space, toward that space. Film is recording and therefore fundamentally contemporary (one cannot record that which is gone, the past). The spectator always watches contemporary images (even when they have aged, they remain contemporary through their model). This disposition sees to it that those who love films become ‘contemporary’ with every film.

Can it be simply by chance that most films created by women give as much importance to sound, to music, to the timbre of voices recorded or captured unawares, as they do to the image itself? It is as though the screen had to be approached cautiously and be peopled, if need be, with images seen through a look, even a short-sighted, hazy look, but borne on a full, commanding voice, hard as stone but fragile and rich as the human heart.

Elke andere kunstvorm viert het leven, het schone, het ideaal, en heeft een progressief effect – behalve de Amerikaanse cinema. De situatie is van die aard dat je steeds gevraagd wordt om je integriteit aan te tasten, en als de sociaal georiënteerde film eindelijk gemaakt wordt, zullen de vertoningen doorgaans beperkt zijn en zullen zij voor wie de film gemaakt is en over wie hij gaat, hem waarschijnlijk nooit zien. Om filmmaken levensvatbaar te maken, heb je de steun van de gemeenschap nodig; je moet deel worden van haar agenda, een aspect van haar voortbestaan.

Film is fundamentally the choice of a viewpoint in space, toward that space. Film is recording and therefore fundamentally contemporary (one cannot record that which is gone, the past). The spectator always watches contemporary images (even when they have aged, they remain contemporary through their model). This disposition sees to it that those who love films become ‘contemporary’ with every film.