It was the characters, the dialogue, the intensity, the amusement — it's constantly funny. we wasn't seeking to have any kind of statement. … He knows most people who have been similar to this character, who have combined this weird burble which they live in. … Speaking of your alternative cinema — Cosmopolis has the small affinities with David's film Crash, in which it takes place inside the car, as good as the automobile is the unequivocally eroticized space. …

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