I really think most of what we call cinema is not cinema. It’s really film theatre or, even worse, illustrated literature. The object of the film is the story, and the characters are just technical people representing something. Most cinema is comic books. In my opinion that is not real cinema. Real cinema is much closer to music. Music doesn’t represent anything, it is just something that will convey feeling. It doesn’t mean anything.
Carlos Reygadas, director of Silent Light, my favorite film of last year and basically the past decade.
