"I've had people tell me that films I've made have changed their lives. It's a very frightening idea and I do not think it can be true. Perhaps a film can catalyze something that has been waiting for expression. I make films to tell stories. If I believed film could change lives, I would be afraid to make them."
"Le Couperet is interesting in several ways," says Costa-Gavras. "First of all, there is no historical remoteness for the audience to use as a distancing tool. Only the satire mediates the intimacy of this tale. I'm frequently surprised by how people react to the film. People leave glad that Davert's plan has not been uncovered even though it goes against every possible system of morality and ethics. It is perhaps a sign of how far down certain roads we have travelled as a culture."
"What interested me in the book was to realize that liberalism, without brakes, and almost without laws, has become common. Fifteen years ago, it concerned only the United States; but today, it concerns the Europeans as well. To put it simply, I would say that we make economy surge ahead, to the detriment of humans."
"Le Couperet is interesting in several ways," says Costa-Gavras. "First of all, there is no historical remoteness for the audience to use as a distancing tool. Only the satire mediates the intimacy of this tale. I'm frequently surprised by how people react to the film. People leave glad that Davert's plan has not been uncovered even though it goes against every possible system of morality and ethics. It is perhaps a sign of how far down certain roads we have travelled as a culture."
"What interested me in the book was to realize that liberalism, without brakes, and almost without laws, has become common. Fifteen years ago, it concerned only the United States; but today, it concerns the Europeans as well. To put it simply, I would say that we make economy surge ahead, to the detriment of humans."
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