And not just any film. Big commercial films with stars are not what I want to do. I want to make lots of films. If I work too long on a script, I lose my desire. It is hard in France now because French film is not like it was in the '70s and '80s.
American movies are everywhere.
Ozon says German audiences are surprised that a French director has adapted and embraced Fassbinder, a filmmaker that often touched nerves too raw for most Germans. After Water Drops on Burning Rocks screened in Germany, Ozon says a group of Fassbinder's friends came up to him and thanked him for it. They told me that when Fassbinder was younger, he was Franz. When he got older. He is a genius but it is not easy to be a genius.