/View.data/ We reside in a society that’s destroying itself, that’s going in direction of its personal finish. The one factor that issues to most individuals in the present day is being cool and wealthy, nothing extra. Sure, that is the start of the top. I do not need to be a foul prophet, however it’s. Some say it is simply the top of an age, not humanity in any respect, {that a} new world is coming, however I am a skeptic. As a result of I am right here and now and I see all that power flip into one thing terrifying.
That is what the director Aleksandar Morfov says in an interview with the Latvian publication nra.lv shortly earlier than the premiere of the efficiency “The Celebration” primarily based on the play by Thomas Vinterberg on the Dailes Theater in Riga, which was on September 20. The interview in Bulgarian is printed on the positioning morfov.com. We publish the complete textual content of the dialog with the well-known Bulgarian director.
“Earlier than each premiere, there all the time comes the disaster, after I suppose that nothing works, nothing will occur, I really feel confronted with an abyss and I can not discover the correct answer… And instantly a thought, an concept, an explosion seems. .. You might have the sensation that somebody helps you. After all, you must have completed your work beforehand, thought it by way of, constructed the idea. However the performances should not born from the idea. Earlier than the premiere, I do know {that a} miracle awaits me… When I’m in search of my guardian angel.”
On the one hand, the connection between youngsters and fogeys is a common matter that’s all the time related, however alternatively, in the present day it appears extra essential and even modern to speak about something however sexual exploitation of kids within the household. Why did you select this materials?
AM: What this textual content is about is a specific metaphor for the fashionable political elite and for contemporary society. If we take a look at a bigger scale, so much might be mentioned. Everyone knows – there are secrets and techniques which can be saved below wraps, even when they’re public secrets and techniques, concerning the connections between companies and the mafia. Nonetheless, they by no means admit these relationships as a result of the entire neighborhood will learn about it. I imagine that in the present day there’s a horrible sport being performed between the general public and the ruling elite – everybody is aware of that one thing monstrous is occurring, however most likely by inertia we proceed to reside as earlier than. It is unusual, folks typically consolation themselves by saying – effectively, it might have been worse. That is why they proceed to elect the identical jerks, idiots, even criminals. Sadly, it is a meat grinder – nobody made it out alive as a result of the machine floor them right into a rotten pile. Those that are afraid to talk the reality are both destroyed or deliver it upon themselves by closing in on their very own shell. I’ve many sincere pals who entered politics, however rapidly left that surroundings and by no means confirmed their noses once more. As a result of this course of has humiliated them, even destroyed them.
– In our interview two years in the past, you mentioned that in each play there may be one character with whom you establish. Who do you establish with on this play?
AM: I am unable to establish with one in all them, one way or the other on this present I’m all of them. This spectacle weighs on the soul. You get right into a form of artistic schizophrenia, which is beginning to scare me, as a result of the artistic course of ends, however the schizophrenia stays. I’m able to perceive every character’s motivations and experiences by letting their feelings move by way of me. I used to have the ability to simply establish with the great or the dangerous, however right here there may be quite a lot of all the things, as a result of every of them is twisted in its personal method. On this play, everyone seems to be sick, a leper. This play is an allegory for contemporary society – a sick society that’s run by sick folks. A hopeless state of affairs, no method out. But there have to be a method out. Should. And he’s romantic, naive and pathetic – the secret is love. And that is not dangerous in any respect, proper?
– Within the play, the one sister in a household with 4 youngsters died lately. You additionally misplaced a sister and a brother in your teenage years.
AM: Sure, and I keep in mind that feeling effectively – misunderstanding, blaming dad and mom, society. I’m satisfied that if an individual carries a bunch of inside flaws, he’ll present them, falling right into a society with sick morals or no morals in any respect. And morality evaporates as quickly as one begins to be thought of extra essential than one other, as quickly as it’s permissible to make use of the “decrease” than you, to control him, to “pressure” him in quite a lot of methods, with impunity. If one does this and realizes that there aren’t any penalties, all types of needs and delusions come up in him. That is the start of dictatorship, of fascism. That is the second when all of the prohibitions which have supported society for millennia, which even Christianity reminds us, pressure man to worry and obey God’s commandments, fall away. Trendy democracy permits and tolerates all the things, doesn’t condemn something, no matter. I have no idea the place the reality lies, however I admit that the opposition between fashionable democracy and Islam, and now the conflict between the 2, relies on morality. Right now’s western society has utterly misplaced its morality, it has exchanged it for revenue and limitless freedoms – all the things is allowed, there aren’t any moral or human limits. We reside in a self-destructive society that’s headed for its personal finish. The one factor that issues to most individuals in the present day is being cool and wealthy, nothing extra. Sure, that is the start of the top. I do not need to be a foul prophet, however it’s. Some say it is simply the top of an age, not humanity in any respect, {that a} new world is coming, however I am a skeptic. As a result of I am right here and now and I see all that power flip into one thing terrifying. There are two choices – an individual both carries this essence by nature or is programmed. Man is an imperfect creature, after all. There’s a fundamental rule – human effort all the time follows the trail of least resistance. The individual chooses the trail that’s quickest, best and most worthwhile. In our society, that is thought of regular, and it shouldn’t. Individuals have forgotten qualities like honesty, respect and the like, now they’re thought of “hole”, though our ancestors discovered them essential. All of the European literature of the earlier centuries… Okay, I am speaking nonsense now…
You understand, typically I’ve apocalyptic visions of what might occur tomorrow, it very effectively might. One thing small and banal might deliver down this complete enormous system of profiteering. For instance, what would occur if all of the ATMs failed? The place do you get cash from? How a lot does an individual carry of their pockets in comparison with what they’ve within the financial institution? What occurs if the banking system collapses? In a number of days, folks will begin killing one another within the streets, as a result of with a view to protect and shield his personal life and the lives of his family members, an individual turns right into a beast. Simply think about an apocalyptic situation the place this complete enormous and delightful system with all its built-in expertise will get blown up by some accident or hack or no matter. Many individuals will begin studying from scratch – how one can begin a hearth, how one can discover meals.
Nonetheless, the city man can not survive with out expertise, with out electrical energy… Currently I’ve been haunted by such “black” fantasies. And that is harmful, as a result of the system might be blown up within the not too distant future, I’d even say, within the close to future. Historical past, after all, has taught us this – the top of a civilization begins when it’s in its prime.
– Does this imply that one can not reside in prosperity?
AM: It is getting tougher and tougher. I believe that at such a second the brand new individual seems, with new pondering, with new understandings. It’s mentioned that there’s hope within the new generations, the indigo technology, that may lead humanity on the trail to its survival. There’s some logic on this, as all the things in the present day appears to be headed for the abyss. Each try is doomed to failure. I’m not saying that there’s a aware and purposeful type of resistance, it’s extra on a unconscious degree. Nobody can inform what lies forward. Most individuals do not give it some thought. Within the morning they go to work, within the evenings they spend in entrance of the TV, on the weekends they’ve enjoyable. Ought to we give it some thought?
Should. If one doesn’t notice what is occurring, one turns one’s life into another person’s invented and programmed perform, as a substitute of deciding and dwelling it oneself. Individuals must know what and the way it’s occurring in order that they will make their very own selections and never be depending on another person’s will, in different phrases – vulnerable and simple to control. What “capabilities” do an individual want?
Getting paid, having his children wholesome, having enjoyable exhibits on TV and all of that places him within the meat grinder day in and time out. The result’s an individual who has develop into a perform. Bread on the desk, a roof over the top, TV collection, youngsters in school… What extra does he want? Nothing. It’s greater than clear that this can be a lie, that it’s a manipulation that turns us right into a mass. Flock of sheep. I’ve all the time maintained that the herd is made into mincemeat. I dread this course of. The companies that rule the world have one purpose – to show all nations, all peoples, all nations into herds in order that they are often dominated extra simply. After all, there may be nonetheless hope once we can interact in such phantasms because the theater. It provides us a chance to remind folks that they need to suppose and that they do not all the time need to imagine all the things and settle for all the things that’s provided to them. Not each fact is a pure coin, there are additionally many lies amongst cash. Theater, after all, can not change an individual or flip him right into a warrior of fact, however it may make him suppose. So long as one can purpose, there may be nonetheless hope for change. Individuals have an obligation to ask questions and, once they can not discover a affordable, significant and ethical reply, to oppose or, on the very least, categorical their opinion. When an individual is afraid to specific his opinion, he finds like-minded folks, unites with them and turns into extra answerable for his personal future. Thus he doesn’t enable himself to be become a sheep of the flock. However is there any level in talking your thoughts? Even in case you are proper, you’ll nonetheless be on the shedding facet. It is sensible to have an opinion. In any other case, you’re a sheep within the flock. Much more – that is really the very last thing we now have left – to protect our dignity.
– Not like different productions, this time Bulgaria will not be in brackets after your identify. Why?
AM: I do not know if it is essential. Most likely as a result of I’ve suffered so much recently from “the state”, this nice energy. These are my private relations with the federal government, with society, and I’d not prefer to establish myself with Bulgaria. I’m the son of my mom and my father, that is all. Do you reside in Bulgaria? Sometimes. My spouse and two daughters are there. What does it matter in case you are Bulgarian, Russian, German?.. In the mean time I work in Latvia, then I’m going to Russia, Romania, Israel, Sweden… The essential factor is what you permit behind, folks choose you and choose you primarily based on that. Whenever you do effectively, folks do not care about your nationality, however should you do flawed, they justify it along with your origin. I’d not need to comply with my ancestors.
-Proper?
AM: Sure, I do not need to. I favor to be unbiased and free, with out the great or dangerous that nationality would possibly add. An individual is critical with what he’s.
– Did you handle to create your personal staff on the “Dailes” theater, the place you might be already working for the third time?
AM: Sure, it appears to me that within the Dailes Theater I have already got “my” actors with whom I work effectively and with whom we now have constructed belief. On the similar time, I am slightly scared that they belief me a lot as a result of I may not reside as much as their expectations. The connection between a director and an actor is tough to construct, and it shouldn’t be overdone. Earlier than each premiere, there all the time comes the disaster, after I suppose that nothing works, nothing will occur, I really feel confronted with an abyss and I can not discover the correct answer…
I am so afraid that nothing will work out, however alternatively, these states are comparable earlier than each premiere, and that calms me down slightly. Typically my spouse, who’s an actress, asks me if I even had different premieres as a result of I do not keep in mind any of it. She calms me by reminding me of what it was like at different premieres after I even cried as a toddler.
– How does the choice come about?
AM: Who is aware of! Abruptly a thought seems, an concept, an explosion… You might have the sensation that somebody helps you. After all, you must have completed your work beforehand, thought it by way of, constructed the idea. However the performances should not born from the idea. Earlier than the premiere, I do know {that a} miracle awaits me… After I’m in search of my guardian angel.
-Does the guardian angel all the time come?
AM: To date he has been coming. Earlier than the premiere, I really feel like he is even scolding me: what would you do with out me, huh?
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