Magazine Numéro 44
44 Issue. No Translation yet. Will post it as soon as we have one
44 Issue. No Translation yet. Will post it as soon as we have one
Numéro d'Octobre 2017. Rien de nouveau. Ce sont des questions et des réponses que nous avons déjà lu dans d'autres interview.October 2017 issue. Nothing new. Its features questions and answers we already read in other interviews.
The original idea of 'High Life' comes from the day when Claire joked about Vincent Gallo: "You're such a pain in the ass that I'm going to make a movie where you'll be alone in space." The filmmaker has been carrying the film for 5 years and thought she would have to abandon it given the financial issues. We can imagine that the meeting with Robert Pattinson, infinitely more bankable than Gallo, was decisive. Claire remembers: "He wanted to meet me at a time when I was lost about this project. I was seduced by him since Twilight." An American critic wrote: 'Go and see Pattinson, who is an actor who hides an other actor inside.' That's exactly it! I think Robert doesn't want to endure a career that he can't control." She was won over by Pattinson, his knowledge, his intelligence and his liveliness. "One day, in London, I wanted to see 'Phedre' by Warlikowski, and I invited Robert. He asked me how long it lasted, and I said, four hours. I felt him hesitate. He came, most likely to please me, and he came out totally crazy about it! Now he wants to work with Warlikowski." He is an "open" guy.
It will not be a blockbuster of course. The set is small, the scenery is simple, there will be very few special effects. We will be outside the solar system so there will be a lot of black on screen.
A happiness never comes alone, the young 31 Londoner turns out to be a friendly guy.
Sitting down on the terrace of a palace of Cannes, with a tired face and disheveled hair, he has the smile of a rascal who went over the wall the night before. "I didn't need to do it, the club is on the roof of the hotel," he said, very casual. "I chatted until 4 am with great people, more interested in cinema than by selfies." This sentence alone is enough to break all the prejudices.
Robert Pattinson is a diehard cinephile, whose star status doesn't matter "Being famous is not unpleasant, because it allows projects like Good Time to be brought to light. But it stops there. My job is not to be star, but to be an actor."
"Success offers freedom, for example, the freedom to refuse blockbusters."
His filmography is composed mostly of films d'auteur worthy of interest: 'Life' by Anton Corbijn, 'TLCOZ' by James Gray, ... the facts speak for him. As a result, we reconsider him very seriously when he declares his admiration for 'My King' by Maïwenn, his desire to work with Olivier Assayas, or his passion for Michel Houellebecq.
He quotes an excerpt from a poem by Michel Houellebecq. (from 'The Meaning of the Fight') with a thick French accent but in the text: "We went through fatigues and desires without remembering the taste of the childhood's dreams." [In French: Nous avons traversé fatigues et désirs sans retrouver le goût des rêves de l'enfance]. If he doesn't quote the next part "There is not much in the depths of our smiles, we are prisoners of our transparency", it's because he doesn't relate to it. And he's right.
Connie's look in the last shot, where he appears with dishevelled hair, his goat and his crazy eyes looking into the lens, remeind us a well-known photo of the criminal Charles Manson. Is it intentional?
Josh: Actually, I have always been really interested about Charles Manson .... I'm not going to tell you how much, but let's just say that I corresponded with his fiancée and his best friend. I always wanted to meet him, I think he's an extremely interesting character. Basically, he's just a failed musician ... I talked a little about Charly to Rob when we were preparing for the film, but really it wasn't at the center of our conversations. I think it's just a strange metaphysical coincidence.