i m sure you would love to believe that that film is like a museum piece. like it s no longer relevant. but does it feel that way to you? no. i would love to. ..to think the opposite. i would love to think that each of my movies are relevant forever and will be remembered forever. but i guess what i meant was, wouldn t it be great if some of the issues. were not. yes. ..you had exposed were no longer issues? the problem is that i make political movies. and i did a movie like ten years ago, 15 years ago that s back on the news today because we have a revolt in new caledonia. that s a film called rebellion. rebellion, yeah. so, you know, that s, when you do political movies, either you re totally wrong and you re not relevant or you re right and nobody s listening. so, so that s, erm, that s. that was the case with rebellion, that was the case with la haine. but here we sit talking in paris. you live in paris. does it feel like paris still has a profound problem with, for examp
welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is three decades since you made la haine hate. i m sure you would love to believe that that film is like a museum piece. like its no longer relevant. but does it feel that way to you? no. i would love to. ..to think the opposite. i would love to think that each of my movies are relevant forever and will be remembered forever. but i guess what i meant was, wouldn t it be great if some of the issues. were not. yes. ..you had exposed were no longer issues? the problem is that i make political movies. and i did a movie like ten years ago, 15 years ago that s back on the news today because we have a revolt in new caledonia. that s a film called rebellion. rebellion, yeah. so, you know, that s, when you do political movies, either you re totally wrong and you re not relevant or you re right and nobody s listening. so, so that s, erm, that s. that was the case with rebellion, that was the case with la haine. but here we sit talking
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