I believe in laughter and tears as antidotes to hatred and terror. Good films constitute an international language, responding to humanity’s need for joy, compassion, and understanding. They are a means of dissipating the wave of anguish and fear that pervades the world today… If we could at least exchange films between nations, in large quantities, films that do not constitute aggressive propaganda, but that speak the simple language of ordinary men and women… this could contribute to saving the world from disaster.