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'Hereditary' is unabashedly a horror film, whereas 'It Comes at Night' was a lot of things: it was a thriller; it was a postapocalyptic drama. It was a slow-building, very dark movie about relationships. 'Hereditary' is also about relationships, and I hope it functions as a vivid family drama, but it is also very much a horror film. Ari Aster

I know a lot of people who hate the ending of 'Rosemary's Baby' and wish that it was left ambiguous. Ari Aster

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You get so lost in the making of a film, and you get so fixed on just, like, every tiny detail. If something doesn't hit the bullseye in the way you wanted, you become obsessed with that, and you get so just lost in that maze of neurotic thinking. Ari Aster

I'm an absolute fan of Angela Bassett. I think she's a great, great actress. In the biopics, she is so moving. She's very rare. It's something that doesn't happen that much, to see an actress inventing a new way of showing 'woman' onscreen, and a new way of being beautiful. Arnaud Desplechin

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I love some films with very silent characters, people who don't speak, but I wouldn't be able to do that. Arnaud Desplechin

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I'm a great fan of Woody Allen's movies. Arnaud Desplechin

Great Allen Fan Woody Movies

I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful. The film was pure depiction of the American poverty of the '90s. Arnaud Desplechin

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I guess that in this process of trying to incorporate or to be faithful to the films I admire so much, that's how I start to find my own voice. The admiration I have for filmmakers, this gratitude, perhaps that's my only way to become specific. Arnaud Desplechin

The conceptual artist Ai WeiWei illustrates the schizoid society that rapid change has produced - sometimes by reassembling Ming-style furniture into absurd and useless arrangements, or by carefully painting and antiquing a Coca-Cola logo on an ancient Chinese pot. Arne Glimcher

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There is more to representing art than selling art. The life of the gallery is dependent on the renewal and refreshment of its artists and dealers. When that stops happening, it's the end. Arne Glimcher

Life Art More Renewal Dealers End Selling Than Refreshment Artists Dependent Representing Stops Happening Gallery

Art is a tool by which society extends its perception. Arne Glimcher

Art Perception Society Tool Which

Draw what you see. Arne Glimcher

You Draw See

The '80s market was only a Japanese market. It was the Japanese outbidding each other for the most expensive works of art. When the Japanese economy went down the tubes, there was no one left to pay the prices that have been recorded for all of those works. Arne Glimcher

Art Pay Down Other Market Those Recorded Only Prices No-One Economy Most Been Left Tubes Expensive Japanese Works Each

I would begin by collecting lithographs and etchings. It's a way of coming in and benefiting from real quality art. Even younger artists make wonderful prints. Prints can become very valuable. That's how I began collecting. Arne Glimcher

I've always been in love with the movies. They're the dreams of the 20th Century. Arne Glimcher

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I think very often the price paid for a work is the trophy itself. Arne Glimcher

Work Think Trophy Price Itself Very Often Paid

In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social Realist style. Zhang Xiaogang, Huang Yong Ping, Ai WeiWei, Yue Minjun, and Wang Guangyi were among the first group of artists to establish a movement that became known as Cynical Realism. Arne Glimcher

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When Nixon opened the door to China in the early 1970s, Chinese artists got their first view of the West. Suddenly five centuries of Western art lay before them as a stylistic smorgasbord. Chinese artists could reinterpret it out of admiration or try to replace it. They choose the former. Arne Glimcher

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No one's ever called me anything but 'Arne.' Arne Glimcher

Me Anything Ever

I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really interested me in Dian Fossey was that she made a difference - she saved the gorillas. Arne Glimcher

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Money embarrasses me. Arne Glimcher

Me Money

I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager. Arne Glimcher

Good Been Manager

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