Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeau
Philippe Falardeauis a Canadian film director and screenwriter...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionDirector
CountryCanada
artist political relation
I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.
writing scratches creation
If youre writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.
space land people
In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people.
fun book want
I teach myself archaeology, I teach myself Spanish, and that's because it can be fun, it can be useful. So I keep studying. I read books because I still want to study. I don't want to stop.
play work-play
I work, play and do everything in French.
firsts film realizing
The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.
political becoming film
I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.
cannot direct love main script
I would love to write a script where the main character is a woman. I know I can direct a film where the main character is a woman. I cannot write that film.
Once you're on the set and shooting, it's all just cinema. You have actors and cameras.
thinking winning want
Even if I knew that Separation would probably win, when they announced the film, I was thinking to myself "Oh! I want this! I want this!" And so, when we didn't win, I got depressed for about 20 minutes, and then I snapped out of it and enjoyed the rest of the evening.
country art memories
That's grossing money for other people that has a multiplying factor, but the government doesn't see that. It doesn't see that making a film or culture or art is part of our economy. But the main reason is this, it's part of our identity. I think cinema is the memory and the imagination of the country. Take the memory and imagination out of an individual and he's stops being an individual.
country mean thinking
I think it's the same thing for a country. We are lucky then that we can get some financing from the government, because it means when I get the money, when I get the grant to do the film, of course it's based on the script, but I have total artistic control and I can do personal stuff.
When you're younger, and you do your first or second film, you want to show everyone what you can do.
real names long
There is some humor in Monsieur Lazhar and in all my other films, but this one I'll try to make a real comedy from start to finish. It's called Prescott Etc. because the name of the constituency is so long that everybody in the constituency just says Prescott Etc. I don't know if that's what it will be. It's a working title.