This film [ Blue is the Warmest Color] actually is the result of me talking with my producer Vincent [Maraval]. I gave him a bunch of ideas and then Vincent helped guide me and develop this particular film. I enjoy that rapport to have somebody else help guide me in my choices for the next film. The poetic way of looking at it is which project is going to choose me as a director.
Abdellatif Kechiche
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My film (Black Venus)
My film (Black Venus) had been very emotionally draining and difficult because I had identified so much with the lead character, Saartjie Baartman.
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The writing of the
The writing of the script is a continual process. There’s the first draft and then many, many re-writes here and there.
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When it comes time
When it comes time to make the scenes concrete and shoot them, I want the freedom for it to exist which means adding, subtracting or modifying.
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I grew up in
I grew up in and identify with and that she works and exists in.
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I didn’t really think
I didn’t really think in terms of clichés or non-clichés.
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To use an image,
To use an image, making a film is like climbing a mountain or crossing an ocean. Every day has its challenges.
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The importance is getting
The importance is getting to something truthful and in that moment can only be in that moment. I don’t like to use the word improvise, but it’s a continual writing of the film.
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What really enthralls me
What really enthralls me is working with the actor and seeing where you can go with that. It’s in that exchange and that relationship.
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Every day, there’s that
Every day, there’s that tension and the pressure. Each scene that you shoot is like getting to that next step, but there’s still that mountain to climb. So it’s not like one day is harder or one scene is harder. They are all equally challenging.
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