Adam Driver about singing, surrealism and ‘Annette’
WarningSemented by Jake Coyleassociated Press |Aug 17, 2021at11: 43 am
Cannes, France - in “Annette” by Leos Carax, a charmingly insane rock opera, Adam Driver sings in some strange places.On a motorbike.At sea.In the midst of making love.
As expected, "Annette" caused a stir in the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, where its opening night caused a wide range of reactions.And they predictably differ the opinions about this absurd but sincere musical of 140 minutes of elaborate melodrama, composed of Sparks (the pop duo Ron and Russell Mael) and co -starring a glowing baby (Annette) represented in the form of puppet.
AdvertisementBut if someone can match something about "Annette", is that Driver is really good in her.Extraordinary, even.For an actor prone to launch himself into the filmmaker's vision, it may be a new rigorous commitment pinnacle.Even in the most extravagant scenes of "Annette", Driver is fiercely dedicated and intensely physical.And those most unusual places to sing, as in oral sex?Another new experience.
"It feels very unique," said Driver.“As: I will not do this again...Most likely, ”he adds laughing.
AdvertisementDriver was in Cannes very little time.Immediately after smoking a cigarette with Carax during the applause of "Annette", he flew to Ohio to return to the filming of "White Noise" with Noah Baumbach.But a few hours before the premiere, he gave an interview with The Associated Press on the balcony of a hotel in front of the Croisette de Cannes.He had his head completely submerged in "White Noise," he said.
But "Annette" is something different even for the eclectic driver.He promised to do it seven years ago after Carax, the French filmmaker of the crazy "Holy Motors", contacted him after having seen him alone in the series "Girls".
"I've been talking about this movie for seven years," said Driver.“So it also gives me a feeling of relief that someone can see it, somewhere.I feel relieved that it will come out ".
"Annette" will premiere in cinemas on August 6 and August 20 will arrive at Amazon Prime.In the tape, Driver plays a famous comedian named Henry Mchenry who performs a sinister physical show, nicknamed "The monkey of God", while he is dressed in a boxing robe.(Driver modeled his movements based on those of a gorilla).His wife is Ann Defrasnoux (Marion Cotillard), an equally famous opera singer.Every night, Henry "kills" her audience as she saves them by dying at the end of each performance.
The mixture of the sensitivities of Carax and Sparks is difficult to describe, but everything in "Annette" is enhanced, surreal, self -conscious - except for the actions."Even if you feel surreal, I can't act surreally," said Driver.
Ron Mael told the press in Cannes that the discussions with Carax on the tone of the film began very early."We were glad to listen, because it is a kind of shared belief, that the characters must be sincere in what they say, that they should not distance themselves," said Mael."That is really important and different from so many other modern musicals".
The tape opens with Sparks leading Carax and company in a march outside a recording studio while singing "So May We Start?"But from that moment on, the performances do not make winks.When the romance becomes dark after the birth of the puppet Annette, who is endowed with a beautiful voice, the film slides towards the tragedy and, perhaps, towards the heart of artistic creation.
Justin Chang wrote for The Los Angeles Times that the tape "belongs to Driver", who "has rarely appeared more imposing in her physique, more unfathomable in her ability to anger and deception".Eric Kohn, from Indiewire, called Driver "a deranged force of nature".
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“When someone like that wants you to make a movie, how not to do it?It is so obvious.I just try to do things that are obvious in my mind, ”said Driver.“I have not always followed my own advice, but it has to be very obvious.Do you want to work with the Coen brothers?Yes, obviously.Or with Scorsese in Japan?Sure, of course.So it was easy to maintain the commitment ".
Driver was particularly in love with the famous 2012 Carax fantasy "Holy Motors", which, like "Annette" about the imagination and nature of the interpretation.
"In all his films his actors seem to be very free, and that turned out to be true," he said."He also knows how to balance that with incredible choreography.He likes to choose impulse details and then, suddenly, chore a dance.When I see their movies, they look like freedom ".
AdvertisementDriver tends to feel more comfortable talking about the directors with whom he works than his own performance.Describe Carax's indications as "almost whispers".After a scene, he sometimes realizes that Carax had acted with him and is now breath.But what do Driver cling personally in "Annette"?
"I don't know me.I miss completely in the targets of cinema, in the technical aspects, ”he said."I do not usually analyze what the movie means for me".
Driver sings almost all the time in "Annette", an interpretation that follows in the footsteps nominated for the Oscar in "Marriage Story" ("History of a marriage") by Baumbach, which reached an impressive climax with Driver's character singing"Being Alive" by "Company" by Steven Sondheim.Before that, Driver's musical debut was more ironic, as part of the recording session of “Please Mr.Kennedy "in" Inside Llewyn Davis "by the Coen brothers.
Hijo de Robin Williams rinde homenaje a su padre en séptimo aniversario de su muerte »“I have no interest or interest in singing again in a movie.I always love the movies, ”said Driver."People sings in real life...But we don't communicate through the song.In a way, it feels more appropriate.There is something more vulnerable in that ".
But Driver, who was a Marina before devoting himself to acting, does not ignore the craziest dimensions of "Annette".How have your friends and family described it?
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