Citazioni

When I shoot a film, I'm a 15 year old boy again.

[artistic influences] Certainly the surrealists. Painters like Max Ernst and [Rene] Magritte, and also the surrealist from Belgium, Paul Delvaux. The way he uses female nudity probably influences the eroticism of my films.

[favorite of his films] I have a little something for Requiem for a Vampire because it's a "naive" film. My best script is certainly Levres de Sang, and my best directing, The Two Orphan Vampires.

[why he combines sex and blood in films] For me, it's impossible to make "gore" without emotion. If there is no love, passion, there is no film. For example, in Raisins de la Mort, one of the best parts is the head cutting with an axe. The poor guy has to chop the head, but at the same time he says, "I love you." It's gory, but it's also full of pathos.