Those who have the privilege of listening to the director of ‘In a better world’, Susanne Bieryou have the privilege of learning that “The secret to surviving in this industry is not to think about success“. Says the winner of an Oscar in 2011 for said film and who has had Hollywood stars such as Nicole Kidman, Benicio del Toro, Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock under her command.
This Tuesday, the Danish filmmaker receives a honorary award at the closing gala of the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, although it is not the first time he has set foot in Mallorca, since in 2015 he filmed the series ‘The night manager’ there, starring Hugh Laurie and Elizabeth Debicki. She explained that she worked with “an incredibly efficient and wonderful local film crew” and anecdotally she recounted that she was called “crazy” when she insisted on “filming in that fantastic restaurant in Deià.” She was referring to Ca’s Patró March and, despite the fact that they tried to persuade her due to the difficulty of taking so many trailers there, Bier succeeded.
During the colloquium he also addressed his beginnings in cinema through the Dogma movement, with whose norms he felt very in tune. “As a director I am similar. I always establish a series of rules for everything I do, although they are not necessarily explicit,” said the man who filmed the film Open Hearts at that time with his compatriot Mads Mikkelsen, who participated in Evolution on Saturday. “He is a genius and as a human being he is very noble and without any vanity, something remarkable taking into account how handsome he is,” he laughed. He compared the beginnings of his career with his current privileged situation and, regarding the treatment with the actors and the crew, “the only difference is that when you make a small film there is more camaraderie. In my Danish films I always had lunch with the cast, but when you make big American productions, no one eats with anyone,” he stressed.
Director of titles such as ‘Bird box’, ‘After the wedding’, ‘Serena and those mentioned’, among many others from a long and varied career, Susanne Bier said yesterday that “professionally” he has always been confident. “I have believed in my instinct and creative ability and I have gone for it. I have never felt intimidated by big stars and I am completely safe when I work, the opposite of what happens to me in other contexts,” she confessed. The filmmaker transmits her energy to the performers regardless of whether they are well-known, anonymous, adults or children. “I tend to be in love with all the characters and it’s a good driving force because the cast feels comfortable with this energy. I am very direct and sometimes they are not used to it, although then they think it’s funny“, in his words.
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Her first film in the US, Things We Lost in the Fire, came because she was previously nominated for an Oscar for ‘After the Wedding’ and it caught the attention of Sam Mendes’ production company. “It wasn’t in my plans to work there, but I thought it was interesting and I did. SI always move towards projects that attract me, provoke curiosity, fear.… There has to be an element as if it were climbing Everest, I have never been guided by a plan in my career,” said Susanne Bier, giving as examples her foray into the horror genre with ‘In the Blind’ or the spy genre. with the series ‘The night manager’.
They are next project is the series of Netflix ‘The perfect couple’, again with Kidman, as well as Dakota Fanning and other stars. He is missing a month of filming due to the Hollywood strike.
2023-10-24 18:55:23
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