The only movie I wanted to make that's close to that kind of movie is 'Pulp Fiction.' The French New Wave. 'Breathless.' 'Band of Outsiders.' The idea of the cool criminals. That's a French New Wave thing.
He taught me that you don't need a huge budget, you just need ideas and energy, and you can break all the rules.
— Wong Kar-wai · John Powers, 'The Wong Way: A Master of Mood Discusses the State of World Cinema,' Vogue
He was part of that first generation after World War II who'd grown up with cinema, who understood that movies were a language... Their influences came from everywhere—Hollywood B-pictures, Italian neorealism.
— Jean-Luc Godard (as the director whose work was influenced) · Martin Scorsese, quoted in 'Still the Enfant Terrible: A Godard Moment', The New York Times, May 14, 2010
They understood that movies were a language... Their influences came from everywhere—Hollywood B-pictures, Italian neorealism.
— Jean-Luc Godard (as the director whose work was influenced) · Martin Scorsese, quoted in 'Still the Enfant Terrible: A Godard Moment', The New York Times, May 14, 2010