"That's like saying Americans are gangsters because they like Michael Corleone in The Godfather."

2008-07-31 20:00:01

Quotes from the interview circuit: "That's basically ridiculous. That's like saying Americans are gangsters because they like Michael Corleone in The Godfather. We don't take ourselves that seriously."          --José Padilha, director of "Elite Squad" (I'm filled with urge to follow that title up with sound effects -- "Elite Squad: BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!") on why the success of his film doesn't indicate a nation-wide endorsement of vigilante justice, at the London Times. "I've been noticing that a lot of young people today don't want to grow up. Why is that? It's because, in their eyes, society has stopped advancing."          --"Ghost in the Shell"'s Mamoru Oshii on his new, bleakish film "The Sky Crawlers," which will screen in competition at Venice this year, at the Daily Yomiuri. "It's more demanding for the viewer, but I'd become frustrated at sitting in a cinema and being able to predict the cuts back and forth...

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