Bresson, Diary of a Country Priest


"Keep order all day long, knowing full well disorder will win out tomorrow."


Bergman, Persona


"Do you think i don't understand you? You chase a hopeless dream. This is your torment. You want to be, not to appear to be. To be in every instant conscious of yourself and watchful. And at the same time you realize the abyss that separates what you are for yourself from what you are for the others, and this makes you dizzy, scared to be discovered, scared to be left naked, to be unmasked, to be put again into your limits. Because every word is a lie, every smile a grimace. Which is the hardest role? To commit suicide? No, it's indecorous. It is better to find shelter in immobility, in mutism, so one avoids to lie; or one can hide from life, so one doesn't have to act, to show a fake face, or make unwanted gestures. Don't you think? This is what one thinks, but to hide it's not enough because, you know, life shows itself in a thousand different ways, and it's impossible not to react. Nobody cares if your reactions are true or false. Only in theatre that is important, and maybe not even there. I understand you, Elisabet.. and i almost admire you. For me, you have to keep on acting this role until the end, until you lose interest in it, and then you can leave it for another role, like you are used to do."