2007CELEBRITIES
HRN-1640
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Julian Schnabel
A01. HRN-1640
In: 11.16.41 Out: 11.17.47
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Independent filmmaking and awards
Well I think that one thing that it does is make you feel like there’s some home for the Academy. That there is some hope for uh the American system of filmmaking, that we’ve gotten to a point where we pour so much money into some films, some of which are not very good, some are. But, you know, hundreds of million dollars into movies, and then you think well, you know, can something that’s human compete with the big machine of that, and I think the answer is yes. Uh because you can’t buy that, and um, and that is reassuring and hopefully uh what it does also is um I think it gives people a lot of hope. I think it encourages young people who don’t have that kind of uh support system around them to try to make movies. And uh, maybe the idea is not to just conform and become part of just this larger system, but you can do it your way. For some reason I have been able to do that. I don’t know.
A02. HRN-1640
In: 11.18.00 Out: 11.18.58
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Adapting the book
Well I think when, you know, somebody wants me to do it they, it’s usually something I’ve written in the first place. But in this particular case, it was something that somebody else started and then I worked on it and made it into something that was my version of what they did and went, and really went back to what Jean-Dominique Bouby was doing. I, I found in his words the core. And, um, I also found some of it in a few other places. Um I thought there was a huge similarity between uh Jean-Baptist Grenouille, uh the main character of the book Perfume, who could travel with his olfactory senses, and there were things, I had written a script about Perfume that never was used, but there were things that I thought could be used that I used in this one. And that was very satisfying.
A03. HRN-1640
In: 11.11.19.16 Out: 11.20.30
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Changing the script from English to French
Well I don’t think anybody wanted me to do that. (talks) Except John Killick, who is basically my partner in crime, and who tries to help me uh stay on my path. Uh and even when Jerome Seydoux from Pathe was gonna be the financier and distributor of this film, he wanted me to make the movie in English. And I said, you know, I can’t do that. We’re gonna do this in a French hospital, French nurses, French author, French women. When they say the alphabet in French, it sounds so much more beautiful than in English. We’re not going to have American and English actors come and make-believe they’re French, and then have French people reading French subtitles in France. Doesn’t that seem odd, I said. He said, No. But he’s a great guy, and he uh was extremely supportive after three days of knowing that I basically, when I was already there, and that I was not going to change my mind, uh, whatever I wanted to do was fine.
A04. HRN-1640
In: 11.20.37 Out: 11.21.28
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – How he came upon the book
Oh, almost um, immediately after it was written. Um, my friend Fred Hughes was sick, uh he had MS, I used to read to him his his uh nurse Darren McCormick gave me the book. And years later when my father was sick, I asked Darren to take care of my dad, and December of two thousand and three, the script arrives, father’s in the room and Darren’s there, and uh and I thought okay, the book is, why did… ummuh Martin Luthar King said, you can build your house in the forest, but the world will find its path to your door. So here I am.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Julian Schnabel
A01. HRN-1640
In: 11.16.41 Out: 11.17.47
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Independent filmmaking and awards
Well I think that one thing that it does is make you feel like there’s some home for the Academy. That there is some hope for uh the American system of filmmaking, that we’ve gotten to a point where we pour so much money into some films, some of which are not very good, some are. But, you know, hundreds of million dollars into movies, and then you think well, you know, can something that’s human compete with the big machine of that, and I think the answer is yes. Uh because you can’t buy that, and um, and that is reassuring and hopefully uh what it does also is um I think it gives people a lot of hope. I think it encourages young people who don’t have that kind of uh support system around them to try to make movies. And uh, maybe the idea is not to just conform and become part of just this larger system, but you can do it your way. For some reason I have been able to do that. I don’t know.
A02. HRN-1640
In: 11.18.00 Out: 11.18.58
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Adapting the book
Well I think when, you know, somebody wants me to do it they, it’s usually something I’ve written in the first place. But in this particular case, it was something that somebody else started and then I worked on it and made it into something that was my version of what they did and went, and really went back to what Jean-Dominique Bouby was doing. I, I found in his words the core. And, um, I also found some of it in a few other places. Um I thought there was a huge similarity between uh Jean-Baptist Grenouille, uh the main character of the book Perfume, who could travel with his olfactory senses, and there were things, I had written a script about Perfume that never was used, but there were things that I thought could be used that I used in this one. And that was very satisfying.
A03. HRN-1640
In: 11.11.19.16 Out: 11.20.30
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Changing the script from English to French
Well I don’t think anybody wanted me to do that. (talks) Except John Killick, who is basically my partner in crime, and who tries to help me uh stay on my path. Uh and even when Jerome Seydoux from Pathe was gonna be the financier and distributor of this film, he wanted me to make the movie in English. And I said, you know, I can’t do that. We’re gonna do this in a French hospital, French nurses, French author, French women. When they say the alphabet in French, it sounds so much more beautiful than in English. We’re not going to have American and English actors come and make-believe they’re French, and then have French people reading French subtitles in France. Doesn’t that seem odd, I said. He said, No. But he’s a great guy, and he uh was extremely supportive after three days of knowing that I basically, when I was already there, and that I was not going to change my mind, uh, whatever I wanted to do was fine.
A04. HRN-1640
In: 11.20.37 Out: 11.21.28
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – How he came upon the book
Oh, almost um, immediately after it was written. Um, my friend Fred Hughes was sick, uh he had MS, I used to read to him his his uh nurse Darren McCormick gave me the book. And years later when my father was sick, I asked Darren to take care of my dad, and December of two thousand and three, the script arrives, father’s in the room and Darren’s there, and uh and I thought okay, the book is, why did… ummuh Martin Luthar King said, you can build your house in the forest, but the world will find its path to your door. So here I am.
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| 11:16:40 78.7 |
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Independent filmmaking and awards
Well I think that one thing that it does is make you feel like there’s some home for the Academy. That there is some hope for uh the American system of filmmaking, that we’ve gotten to a point where we pour so much money into some films, some of which are not very good, some are. But, you know, hundreds of million dollars into movies, and then you think well, you know, can something that’s human compete with the big machine of that, and I think the answer is yes. Uh because you can’t buy that, and um, and that is reassuring and hopefully uh what it does also is um I think it gives people a lot of hope. I think it encourages young people who don’t have that kind of uh support system around them to try to make movies. And uh, maybe the idea is not to just conform and become part of just this larger system, but you can do it your way. For some reason I have been able to do that. I don’t know. |
| 11:17:59 157.7 |
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Adapting the book
Well I think when, you know, somebody wants me to do it they, it’s usually something I’ve written in the first place. But in this particular case, it was something that somebody else started and then I worked on it and made it into something that was my version of what they did and went, and really went back to what Jean-Dominique Bouby was doing. I, I found in his words the core. And, um, I also found some of it in a few other places. Um I thought there was a huge similarity between uh Jean-Baptist Grenouille, uh the main character of the book Perfume, who could travel with his olfactory senses, and there were things, I had written a script about Perfume that never was used, but there were things that I thought could be used that I used in this one. And that was very satisfying. |
| 11:19:15 233.7 |
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – Changing the script from English to French
Well I don’t think anybody wanted me to do that. (talks) Except John Killick, who is basically my partner in crime, and who tries to help me uh stay on my path. Uh and even when Jerome Seydoux from Pathe was gonna be the financier and distributor of this film, he wanted me to make the movie in English. And I said, you know, I can’t do that. We’re gonna do this in a French hospital, French nurses, French author, French women. When they say the alphabet in French, it sounds so much more beautiful than in English. We’re not going to have American and English actors come and make-believe they’re French, and then have French people reading French subtitles in France. Doesn’t that seem odd, I said. He said, No. But he’s a great guy, and he uh was extremely supportive after three days of knowing that I basically, when I was already there, and that I was not going to change my mind, uh, whatever I wanted to do was fine. |
| 11:20:36 314.7 |
Sound Bite: Julian Schnabel – How he came upon the book
Oh, almost um, immediately after it was written. Um, my friend Fred Hughes was sick, uh he had MS, I used to read to him his his uh nurse Darren McCormick gave me the book. And years later when my father was sick, I asked Darren to take care of my dad, and December of two thousand and three, the script arrives, father’s in the room and Darren’s there, and uh and I thought okay, the book is, why did… ummuh Martin Luthar King said, you can build your house in the forest, but the world will find its path to your door. So here I am. |
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