Lasse Hallstrom
Lasse Hallstrom
Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallströmis a Swedish film director and screenwriter. He first became known for directing almost all music videos by pop group ABBA, and subsequently became a feature film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dogand later for The Cider House Rules. His other celebrated directorial works include What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Chocolat, The Shipping News, and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 June 1946
CountrySweden
I think it's doing important things like taking care of his baby and being a father. We miss him here, but we don't blame him for taking care of family.
It's getting more and more difficult to define the nationality of a film because the financing and participants come from all over the world.
It's a farce, it's a romp, it's a glass of champagne, ... It's whatever you need for the moment. I enjoyed my half-year working on it, and I hope that joy that we experienced will be reflected a little on the screen.
The cider house rules are the metaphor for those rules that you feel you have to oppose because you feel they don't make sense to you.
I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.
My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
I got to work with my wife, Lena Olin, for the first time, which was great. I thought it might be difficult in some way to talk to one's wife in a different way but it was so not forced.
I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever.
To make a movie charming, you have to be playful on all levels and open to ideas, and you have to have an idea for how to do that within the confines of the shooting schedule and editing and all that.
I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it’s my stuff.
I love mixing amateurs and professionals.
But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who are attracted to this kind of material and accepting the idea of going to Newfoundland and knowing the kind of lack of amenities.