I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.
“If you lived in a provincial town like Torre Annunziata, where there was nothing to do in the evening but go to the movies with your friends, the cinema was a world of fantasy. I had always been in love with it.”
“A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.”