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Claude Chabrol
Birthday:
24 June 1930, Paris, France
Height:
168 cm
French film director considered a master in the mystery genre. He is credited with starting the "nouvelle vague" French film movement.
"I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest." (1971 interview with Roger Ebert)
"I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest." (1971 interview with Roger Ebert)
Nous vivons une époque où les pizzas arrivent plus vite que la police. We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.
Nous vivons une époque où les pizzas arrivent plus vite que la police. We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.
There is no new wave, only the sea.
There is no new wave, only the sea.
[on his movie Ophélia (1963)] I saw it recently and it was still execrable.
[on his movie Ophélia (1963)] I saw it recently and it was still execrable.
[on divorcing Stéphane Audran] I found myself becoming more interested in her as an actress than a wife.
[on divorcing Stéphane Audran] I found myself becoming more interested in her as an actress than a wife.
I have always been fascinated by smiling killers.
I have always been fascinated by smiling killers.
I saw 'Snow 'White' at least 10 times between 1937 and 1940 and I think it influenced my work, a little. It was a good horror film. The deat...Show more »
I saw 'Snow 'White' at least 10 times between 1937 and 1940 and I think it influenced my work, a little. It was a good horror film. The death of the witch was the best thing Disney ever did. Show less «
I'm not at all interested in who-done-its. If you conceal a character's guilt, you imply that his guilt is the most important thing about hi...Show more »
I'm not at all interested in who-done-its. If you conceal a character's guilt, you imply that his guilt is the most important thing about him. I want the audience to know who the murderer is, so that we can consider his personality. Show less «