- Director | April 18, 1964 -
For the young generation, when they see that there is a film director from Cambodia to go on to be nominated, for them, a lot can change. I don't know another way to restore our identity if it's not art.
Rithy Panh
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Pain is handed down from one generation to the next.
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When we pray to Buddha, we are not praying to a piece of stone, an image of Buddha, but we pray to the soul of Buddha behind the piece of stone. The souls of the people who are dead now are still with us.
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People of my generation did not like very much to tell what we lived through during the Khmer Rouge regime.
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'The Missing Picture' is about my story and my parents. Before this film, I never said 'I' in a film, so it is very personal.
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Film is subjective, and we must be careful with that. The kinds of films I love are those that observe, and I give possibility for people to talk. No need for me to tell people what to think - even when I make a film like 'S-21.' It's only one point of view. It's still a film; it's not a tribunal.
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Cannes or Oscars is not only to bring happiness and recognition - they protect people like me. The world knows who you are. You can work. You can express. You can help other people. It's not only the star system. It's a symbol of freedom.
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Art is freedom. If you defend art, you defend freedom.
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When you screen a film like 'The Missing Picture,' it is not like watching TV. Watching TV is very solitary. When you watch cinema, you watch it together, and you talk about it after the screening.
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I never want to be a film director - I want to be a teacher.
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Art is giving to what you create a soul.
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Filming, for me, is a way of approaching, little by little - of getting closer and closer to my subject. And that subject itself can transform, or it can remain the same.
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