THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Narrative cinema is just an imitation of life.  Why would you prevent yourself and the audience of the same images, of the same that happened in real life?  They all know that the woman that is gonna be cut in two by a magician onstage is not cut into pieces.  That the rabbit that came out from the hat was already there.  People that have never been to the movies or never watched TV can probably get disturbed by images.  But now, with the new digital effects, you can create the goriest images in the world with no one being hurt on the set.  It’s so very hard to provoke.  Documentaries can provoke much more than narrative movies.

Gaspar Noé in Pack/Interview