There’s Nothing More International Than a Pack of Pimps: A Conversation between Pierre Clémenti, Miklos Janscó, Glauber Rocha and Jean-Marie Straub convened by Simon Hartog in Rome, February 1970.
Simon Hartog: Well, as a way of beginning, Rossellini once said that the cinema is dead. What do you think, Glauber Rocha? (laughs)
Glauber Rocha: I don’t agree. For me … I don’t know what Straub thinks. (laughs)
Miklos Jancsó: You’re right, it’s a personal question. Maybe the cinema is dead for Rossellini … unfortunately. Because he did some wonderful things.
Rocha: Really there is a lot of discussion on this problem. In terms of the cinema, and the theatre too. Pierre Clémenti was telling me last week about his idea of dropping the cinema for some other activity … but it’s a problem.
Hartog: Well, in your opinion, what function does the cinema fulfil?
Jean-Marie Straub: I think the cinema will only begin when the film industry is dead. I’m waiting for it to go all the time, but it’s going to hang on for at least another twenty years. And in this sense I agree with Rossellini…(read more)