专访姜文:戏如其人

"When a director sees a story or a script he`s crazy about, he does not have any towering figures in front of him. He must feel he himself is the greatest. It is nonsense when people say they are paying respect to this or that predecessor." Jiang says.
姜文说：“当导演看到一个让他为之疯狂的故事或剧本时，他的前面不会有任何前辈导师。他必须要感觉到自己就是最棒的。有的导演说要像哪位前辈致敬，这简直是无稽之谈”。
What Jiang says
看看姜文都说了些什么

On political analogies
关于政治隐喻

No matter how you shoot it or cut it, you will bring something of yourself into your movies, just as the old saying goes about everything being imprinted with ideology. You do not necessarily intend it. I never meant to make In the Heat of the Sun or Devils at the Doorstep autobiographical. I`m an avid reader of history, but I don`t think history should be approached only in the way we were taught in school. Artists have their own interpretations. So, we make art with our worldviews, but by no means do we create everything in our own self-image.
不管你怎么拍怎么剪，你都会把你自己的一些东西带到影片中去。正如俗话所说，每件事情都会打上意识的烙印。绝非刻意。我从没想过要把《阳光灿烂的日子》和《鬼子来了》拍成自传电影。我很喜欢读历史，但我认为，历史不能只按照学校教的那样解读。艺术家们有自己的理解。我们依据自己的世界观来搞艺术，但是这并不表明我们都按照自己的形象创作。

On film critics
关于影评

Why should Chinese film critics be obsessed with box-office revenue? That`s the job of the investors and producers. What do you lose when you praise a good movie that does not sell? You should write what you believe in. Critics who are guided by money are pathetic.
为什么中国的影评人总要关注票房呢？票房是投资方和发行方的事。夸奖一部票房惨淡的好片子你又有什么损失呢？你应该写些自己坚信的东西。被钱牵着鼻子走的影评人真是悲哀。