DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
"What appealed to me about WSTL is the catchy style of the website and the
ammount of awards that allow you to not be too restrictive as some
festivals are and promote many new filmakers in different categories."
THE EVE is a story that echoes the style of the great American thriller
writer Robert Bloch (whose novel "Psycho" was filmed by Hitchcock) in its
macabre irony, of Dino Buzzati, the most important Italian fantasy writer
in its longing for the transcendent and the desperate waiting for an
opportunity of redemption from a tragic life, and of the great American
fantasy fiction writer Henry James in its interior monologues and in the
psychological narration of the leading characters. Instead, it distances
itself from a certain Italian film genre that was exploited until the end
of the 19th century and whose formulas now appear repetitive.
The film gives the opportunity to explore in an international film language
the purity and fantasy of a child's world violated by the cynicism of the
world of adults, and to narrate it through the dilated times of dream and
imagination in the setting of a Christmas that has nothing joyful and
mystical and where the waiting for another future, symbolized by the bell
tower, is the leading character of the story.
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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
"I took care of
the awards submissions. i applied to some big festivals
recommended by
our distributor. our film being so short yet very original
in its
concept and the approach of image/music, any festivals would not
accept
it but some give importance to small films that are different in
some
ways. i first applied to DOFFIF, and since we won best of show,
when
you invited us to apply to the WSTL, i decided to give it a chance.
luckily, since we won again, and this time there is cash! :) which is
the
first time we win money for our film, because i don't consider the
tiny
box office earned with our week theatre release (because of lack
of
publicity, compare to our other Oscar contenders peers) money. so,
thank you very much!!
i had a lot of great feedbacks
from the Academy. the only problem was
that it was really short compare
to the other films of this year's competition.
we needed more time to
conclude the end with the music, too, everyone
told us this and i
always felt this way, ever since i scored that last part.
progressive
color changes on sounds need to be at least 2-4 times
longer than on
visuals! interestingly, members (as we saw with the
awards we had for
concept, and shared wins on the film for both
animation and music),
thought of the music as a narration, a sort
of music voice acting. some
members thought that the animation was
created on the music, given its
perfect synchronization and storytelling.
we were talking about
developing this concept on a feature-lengh film,
when we were working
on it. i didn't tell my director Dominique yet, but i
have some
opportunities with producing the film. i hope all will work out,
and
that we will be back on a new adventure together!"
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