Well, we still don’t know the answer to that question. But going by his filmography, whatever he smokes, must be out of the world. So here’s Carax on cinema, life, going digital, and more. The quotes are from his conversation with Ian Birnie. Deepanjana Pal tweeted it, and much thanks to her, we are posting all the tweets here.
Carax is entirely contemptuous of digital cinema. "I don't need to watch the dailies. That's basically the only good thing about digital."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
In response to whether his films follow a script: "I always have a script. … Basically, you're not going to get money without a script."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
On working with actor Denis Lavant: "We're the same age and the same size. … I used him like a sculpture."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax and Lavant have worked together, are neighbours at present. It is, however, a purely working relationship. "We're not friends."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Whatever Lavant did in Holy Motors — including playing accordion and the motion capture sequence — Carax also did and learnt.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Caraxism: "That's what cinema is — emotion capture."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax prefers shooting on set rather than locations. "If I had more money, I would shoot everything on sets. I'm not good with real stuff."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax's real name is Alex. He changed his name to Leos Carax at age 13. The reason he picked that particular name is a secret.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax did clarify that his guiding factor wasn't that Leos Carax can be an anagram for 'oral sex'. "I was 13. I'm not sure I knew then."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
There isn't much significance to the names Carax gives his characters. "I don't have much imagination, especially with names."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
At 16, Carax moved to Paris. He knew no one and so he went to the movies. That was when he decided that he wanted to be a filmmaker.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Why Carax became a filmmaker: "It was usually a man filming a woman. And that's what I wanted to do."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
By the time he'd made his second film, Carax decided he'd seen "enough" movies. He doesn't watch any now, including his own.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax makes a new film when he feels he's changed, hence the long gaps. "I have to feel I'm not exactly the same person to make a new film."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Love, usually obsessive, features in most of Carax's work because: "Through love, you can escape gravity."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Caraxism: "Cinema can do anything. We tend to forget that because we're trying to tell a story."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
The only Indian filmmaker that Carax recalled is Guru Dutt. As for French filmmakers, he said the ones that influenced him are all dead.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax spoke with great tenderness and warmth for cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier. They were great friends and collaborators.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax's favourite word (in French) is soeur, which means sister. One reason is that it sounds a lot like coeur, which is French for heart.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
How to get money from a producer according to Carax, part 1: Don't tell producer the film is about how we live life and reinvent ourselves.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
How to get money from a producer according to Carax, part 2: Tell producer the film has limos, beautiful women and so on. #HolyMotors
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Caraxism: "I see it [cinema] as an island. … An island with love, death, everything." And that's the island where Carax wants to live.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Why Carax always wears sunglasses: There's more contrast through the tinted glass, "which is good for me." "Without them, I see nothing."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Caraxism (in answer to why he thought storytelling limited cinematic possibilities): "Everything you make is from your limitation."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax on his intense love for shooting on film: "I'd rather be angry than nostalgic. The essence of cinema is in film, not in digital."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Carax on cinema: "No other art had to be invented. We had to invent it. … Cinema, you have to reinvent it with every generation."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
Why digital is evil, according to Carax: Digital will make your eyes go dry and you will eventually go blind because of that. Ergo, evil.
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
On Carax's agenda, a superhero film. He's stuck because he can't think of a cool superpower. Strength and flying are "so boring."
— Deepanjana Pal (@dpanjana) October 18, 2013
F.i.g.h.t C.l.u.b 
hahaha seems like bombay black must have pissed him off
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