Walter Salles
Walter Salles
Walter Moreira Salles, Jr.is a Brazilian filmmaker and film producer of international prominence...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth12 April 1956
CountryBrazil
foreign land pages shooting written
So I had this idea for the film but I was shooting Foreign Land and I had written 10 pages on it about what the story should be.
books faithful inspired original screenplay spirit
First of all, we wanted to be faithful to the two books that inspired Jose Rivera's screenplay and to the spirit of the original journey.
accept book books-and-reading capturing decades four gave generation hunger imposed modern status today truths voice
On the Road' is a seminal book that gave voice to a whole generation -- capturing its hunger for experience, unwillingness to accept imposed truths and dissatisfaction with the status quo. It is as modern today as it was four decades ago.
basically central identity
With Central Station, the story was basically about the recuperation of one's identity and also, an investigation into the country's identity.
persons
There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
country diplomat life
My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
believer
On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
brazil influenced
And my generation in Brazil was influenced by Cinema Novo. So we're echoing what's been done way in the past.
portuguese
I come from Brazil, which is a Portuguese speaking part of the continent.
station
So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.
allow defining early freedom necessity
The necessity to conceptualise has to come very early on, and defining a vector of development for that film also at the beginning of the process will allow you much more freedom as you go along.
vital
The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
constant gotten robert
It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
diaries experience knew motorcycle
Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didn't want to do anything that could reflect it.