I'm little drunk as I'm writing this note so please bear with my writing. This is the second time that I saw this film and I really liked it this time. It really felt like I was watching a dance piece. http://www.time.com/time/m
"If you want to make a film with an actor or actress, there must be something that attracts you. I'm trying to exploit that quality, which they might not even be aware of. So I normally don't ask actresses to play other people. It's just: 'Be you.' [...] They (actors) don't know the whole story, but they know their story. Zhang Ziyi, because she knows she's going to play a ballroom dancer in the '60s, has to be given a lot of homework. I have to give her all of these films from the period, so she can understand the gestures, the actions. And also I give her all the costumes, because she has to get those manners down. Gong Li's character is a gambler, so Li headed down to Macau incognito to watch gamblers at work. She's very serious. She needs to have a lot of preparation. Faye Wong, she doesn't need to do that because we've worked [together] before, and she always tries to make herself very relaxed."
We all wear human bodies as our costume in this life. It's amazing to see how each person moves differently, and how the movements tell you so much about who they are. I filmed AXIS, a mixability dance company, for three week. It was a wonderful experience to be able to see their process. When they stood on stage, I felt like I was witnessing "life" more than a "dance" because the boundary between the living space and stage for them is less than for normal dancers. Anyway, it is essential to have good techniques for any artists but I don't want to surrender to it. I want to talk about "life" and see who the artist is through his or her art work. The AXIS will be coming back to FSU in next Februrary for Seven day of opening night. So, pleaes go and see their performance if you're interested. Thank you.
I hope the sentences make sense... Thanks again.
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