Jean-Luc Godard.

I don't know that one must actually study the The Battle of Thermopylae to have a better appreciation of cinema but delving into history--any history--would go a long way towards giving one a greater understanding of things regardless of the subject. My son was having a discussion with a friend about who was the best film actor and said friend uttered the unthinkable--Matt Damon (or words to that effect). My son was (properly) aghast and, in an effort to grasp the reasoning and to clarify the situation, asked his friend if he had ever seen a Steve McQueen movie. "Who?" came the reply. This resolved the problem as my son realized his friend didn't know what he was talking about. I went to France because I wanted to make 'French' films to the extent that I could as a Californian. Caroline de Maigret makes the point that any woman can be a Parisienne pointing to, perhaps the most Parisian woman ever, Jane Birkin, and it thus is clear that filmmakers from around the world could became 'French' filmmakers in their fashion--Roman Polanski, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Andrzej Żuławski, Bob Swaim, Gaspar Noé, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Alexandre Alexeieff, Anatole Litvak, Michael Haneke, Géla Babluani and Otar Iosseliani most notably. I thought I'd take a shot. (continued in comments) #film #featurefilm #filmmaking #fenchcinema #frenchactors #linoventura #philippeleotard #filmmakerslife https://www.instagram.com/p/B1qSHnnlOsg/?igshid=c2mrwu96obav