INTERVIEW – The host presents, for the 10th time, the Cesar ceremony broadcast live from Olympia on Canal +.
“I want to put the cinema back at the heart of the evening”
“I want a joyful, moving ceremony, want to put cinema back at the heart of the evening, to celebrate it as an art and entertainment. This is my ideal cocktail! I don’t know how to convince people who have become accustomed to watching films on platforms and small screens, to go to theaters… Perhaps by taking part in a unique collective experience. Or perhaps simply by making them experience the pleasure of all those who do this job with so much passion.”
“I would not have liked to be in Marina Foïs’ place…”
“Last year, the configuration was so special that I would not have liked to be in Marina Foïs’ place… The films had not been released in theaters, there were no spectators, it was freezing. It was difficult to build something around it. In addition, it was an opportunity for many to step up and complain about the problems of cinema. However, this was badly perceived by a country suffering in all trades. Why does the cinema which, a priori, is a little more protected, more privileged, come to chouiner?
“Corinne Masiero was trashy but almost artistically interesting”
“The intervention of Corinne Masiero was not planned, it was a happening. As a spectator, I found it trashy but it pushed the envelope so far that it almost became interesting from an artistic point of view. I do not intend to write interventions of this nature but we are live, it is part of the pleasure of the exercise. Even if, as master of ceremonies, I do not want this register.
“France considers cinema as an art”
“We cannot compare César and Oscars, they are two different show logics, with different means. In Anglo-Saxon countries, cinema is approached with more fun. France invented cinema and we consider it more of an art than entertainment. The Anglo-Saxons are having a lot of fun… or seem to! I love Ricky Gervais’ humor, his acidity, his irony, but it wouldn’t work here, where it’s too solemn.”
“I am part of Canal+’s DNA”
“I’ve been part of Canal+’s DNA, just as it’s been part of mine since 1984. It’s the only channel where I can continue to do the programs I have in mind, such as ‘La Gaule d’Antoine’, the only who asks me to resume an appointment as “Profession” – we are planning one on the filmmakers on February 21st. I am one of the pieces of the cross. They let me do my merry way there as I see fit. I also really want to return to fiction in the form of a series, and even if it means doing TV, it will be on Canal.
“I owe my greatest emotions to the staging”
“An actor must go back to something very childish: playing at being someone else. And, if possible, that the taste for the “I”, the ego, does not prevail over the taste for acting. A good actor forgets himself in a role and makes you forget his presence. All my activities make me happy, but I owe my greatest emotions to directing. I have memories of moments of grace for Mr N Where Colouche. We decide everything, it’s rewarding, dizzying!
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