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Douglas Sirk

Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; April 26, 1897 – January 14, 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s.

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.

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Douglas Sirk

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.

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Douglas Sirk

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.

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Douglas Sirk

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley.

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Douglas Sirk

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