Its being translated into English.
Well be going everywhere for the casting… As their iPhones and iPads start charging out, theyre doomed to analogue boredom, recapped Ostlund.
I dont want to limit myself to working in small sections…
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I want to be able to do long tracking shots.
Its a very strong moment…
Three-quarters of men pushed the button and one-third of all women.
One guy pushed the button 190 times, says the director.
Not worried about spoilers, Ostlund reveals that the aircraft will go down and everyone on board will die.
Its the best poster.
I really want to buy the rights and use it forThe Entertainment System Is Down.
The director, who is also a professor at Gothenburg University, says teaching fits with his filmmaking style.
Im open about my process.
When Im working on the film, I have no problem talking about it.
I never feel like Im wasting energy by meeting people.
For me, part of why I enjoy filmmaking is because its a social process.
When I meet people, and they tell me about their project, I learn something myself.
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Theres so such competition, your project really needs to pop out.
When someone says this, it makes the listener sit up, he said.
Ostlund has a strong relationship with the Les Arcs ski domain, having shotForce Majeurethere.
Ostlund recalls how he was immediately struck by the modernist architecture of the Arc 1600 and Arc 1800 stations.
He was the connection, even if I already knew about it.
I looked at other places with similar architecture like Avoriaz, but decided Arc 1800 was most interesting.
European art house distributors have been a part of building my connection to the audience.
I like that way of of slowly progressing and slowly building, he said.
I want to continue that path, which means it will be a European co-production.
