“Realism: not a pervasive element in today's modern American cinematic vision.”

“Cinema is a mirror of reality and it is a filter.”
Marco Sgrosso - Nico - Art Historian

“At one point, a journalist called. Fellini says to him: Cinema's not good for anything, but it's a distraction. The journalist must've asked him: A distraction from what? And Fellini says: From reality, reality is lousy.”
Marlon Joubert - Marchino Schisa

“Now that my family has disintegrated, I don't like life anymore. I don't like it anymore. I want an imaginary life, just like the one I had before. I don't like reality anymore. Reality is lousy. That's why I want to make films, even though I've only seen three or four.”
Filippo Scotti - Fabietto Schisa

“It's no joke, pal. People die in fairy tales all the time.”
Craig Bierko - Max Baer