December 14, 2009

I hate real boats

Donald Sutherland on Fellini in I’m a Born Liar:

I love sets. I love plastic oceans. I hate locations. I hate real boats. It was perfect for me. And — to be a mannequin. To be a puppet. To be a — and my heart also is a mannequin. My mind. My brain. My voice. Is a mannequin. It isn’t — it becomes a cut out piece of cloth. It becomes something quite magical. And it is Fellini that is the catalyst for that. And in that sense he’s the medium.

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  1. Sheila Ryan on December 14th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    That is such a wonderful film.

  2. Sheila Ryan on December 14th, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    And that very statement from Donald Sutherland is just the thing I need right this very now.

  3. Sheila Ryan on December 14th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    Also: “My films are based on fragile, half-digested ideas propped up with contradictory information and infused with nonexistent memories. If I’m lucky, I manage to get a few laughs.”

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