{"id":19013,"date":"2016-08-03T21:31:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T19:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.plukdenacht.nl\/en\/?p=19013"},"modified":"2016-08-04T17:38:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T15:38:53","slug":"film-isnt-gender-metaphysical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.plukdenacht.nl\/en\/2016\/08\/film-isnt-gender-metaphysical\/","title":{"rendered":"“This film isn\u2019t about gender, but about the metaphysical”"},"content":{"rendered":"

People let themselves be defined by their jobs. Train operator, fireman, journalist or filmmaker: that\u2019s what you do, so that\u2019s who you are. In the opening scenes of Baden Baden<\/em>, Ana (a recurring character in the films of Rachel Lang, always played by Salom\u00e9 Richard) is a driver for a film production. She\u2019s chauffeuring the lead actress to the set. Sounds nice, but Ana seems stressed. Traffic is slow, she looks like she\u2019s lost. When she arrives on set the producer yells at her that she\u2019s thirty minutes late, and she’d better return the car to the rental company and never come back to work. So who is Ana now?<\/p>\n

Most people have had some terrible jobs in their youth. At the beginning of Baden Baden<\/em> Ana has one as a driver for a film production. Did you take inspiration from your own work experience? <\/strong>
\n\u201cI\u2019ve had every possible job you could think of between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four: picking apricots, museum guard, housekeeper, babysitter, waitress, doing cinema workshops for children, a model in art school, supervisor of examinations – and, yes, also a personal assistant and driver on a film shoot. I choose that one out of all those jobs for the film because I wanted to make the failure of my protagonist understandable to the audience. The film world isn\u2019t necessarily more cruel than others, but a small mistake can lead to a catastrophe for a whole production. That\u2019s something else compared to picking apricots.\u201d<\/p>\n

What job did you despise the most? <\/strong>
\n\u201cBeing a museum guard. I wasn\u2019t allowed to read, I was paid to do nothing. I had to wait all day and stare at art I knew too well, that nobody wanted to steal anyway…\u201d<\/p>\n

Installing a shower might be the most monumental event in Baden Baden<\/em>. How did approach a screenplay with so few conventional plot points?<\/strong>
\n\u201cI wanted to make a physical and organic film. This is a film that is more concerned with state of being and feelings than with history and story. Characters are of the biggest importance to me. They draw Ana in. She becomes who she is, and grows, through them. This is the story of an individual who becomes singular and active through her encounters. That’s life!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ana tries to find her place in the adult world. How do you perceive your generation, which is trying to do the same thing? <\/strong>
\n\u201cI started telling Ana\u2019s story seven years ago. I decided to make a trilogy with Pour toi je ferai bataille<\/em>, Les navets blancs emp\u00eachent de dormir<\/em> and Baden Baden<\/em>, about becoming an adult. It\u2019s difficult for our generation to find a place in the world. To know who we are, why we\u2019re here and where we\u2019re going. To me, this existential aspect is closely connected with the political. Our generation has trouble projecting itself onto an old Europe, where it is hard to dream of a story we can create together.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a rebel Ana fights against predominant notions big and small: she eats peas and carrots with ketchup, she DIY\u2019s a bathroom herself, sleeps with her ex, steals a car, speeds on the freeway while singing along with a female punk band about wanting to be unisex. How do you think Ana relates to the rest of society?<\/strong>
\n\u201cIt was my intention to remove the gender aspect out of my character. I want to talk about something universal, not just about a boy or a girl. I wanted a \u201cunisex\u201d character because I want Ana to be more than just a representation of the female sex. I didn\u2019t want her to be a fantasy or an object of desire. I wanted her active, not subjected to the gaze of others. So I removed these codes of sexual attraction out of her. This film isn\u2019t about gender, but about the metaphysical: what does it mean to grow up, to have important encounters that shape who you are and to experience things that give you joy?”<\/p>\n

Photo: S\u00e9bastien Bonin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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