:57:01
Funny thing is, he probably thought
the same thing about you.
:57:08
You wouldn't believe
how many things I saw back then
:57:12
that drove me away.
:57:15
That time in Flins, for example.
:57:18
Or the week I spent
in Issy-les-Moulins
:57:21
with a guy who called himself
a Marxist-Leninist
:57:24
and who knew
the factory guys, the CSF.
:57:31
And Susan and I...
:57:34
that was right at the beginning.
:57:40
We lived through
the month of May together.
:57:45
It sounds silly and romantic,
:57:49
but it was great.
:57:53
When everything returned to normal
:57:55
and they asked me to direct
an adaptation
:58:00
of an American detective novel
by David Goodis,
:58:04
I gave it all up.
:58:06
It seemed a ridiculous waste of time.
:58:10
I figured it was more honest
to make commercials
:58:15
than to make such a stupid film.
:58:19
I gave it some thought.
:58:23
I still think about what I could do,
:58:26
what the system would let me do.
:58:31
What kinds of films
I could try to make.
:58:36
I've been planning a political film
about France for three years.
:58:44
It's not that easy.
:58:47
I'm only now starting
to understand things
:58:51
that Brecht pointed out
over 40 years ago.
:58:55
Do you know his preface to Mahogany?.
:58:59
Isn't it brilliant?