Highlights
- Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez was asked about Bollywood recently
- He said he finds the lack of onscreen kisses surprising
- Fede, however, enjoys Hindi films for their maturity
"For god's sake, kiss." That's how director Fede Alvarez, whose new film
Don't Breathe is releasing in India on Friday,
reacted when he chanced upon a Bollywood film.
Fede, who had helmed the
Evil Dead reboot from 2013, said he still loves Bollywood, however, for its maturity. "What I love the most (about Bollywood) is the maturity of the story. The more you believe in your imagination and
its beautiful stream, the better it is."
Talking about his perception of Indian cinema, Fede told IANS in an email interview: "Yes, I love it. I wish I could remember the title (of the Hindi film I've seen)! But it's difficult to remember their titles."
"But there was one in particular I loved. I saw it when I was studying films and getting my Master's degree in screenwriting in Ottawa back in 2004 - 2005. I can't remember the title, but it was sort of, it was like the
Titanic of Bollywood."
"The big Bollywood love stories fascinate me - that even after three whole hours of romance, they
don't even kiss. I am like for god's sake, kiss!"
Perhaps Fede saw an old movie, but of what he remembers of his first viewing of Bollywood, he says, "I couldn't believe it."
"Of course I understood it. I was like, 'Oh my god, they're so powerful and so interesting. Right? They leave the audience wanting more. It's always the audience who wants it more."
A Uruguayan filmmaker, Fede tells a tale of a group of friends who break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they will get away with the perfect heist, through
Don't Breathe.
The film stars Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto and Stephen Lang.
There's nothing in particular that the director feels would appeal to Indian audiences, but he says his movie is "universal" in its theme and treatment.
"That's one of the beauties of Hollywood movies, it's one of those things like when I'm sitting down and I'm going to write a story, I always have to have in mind that I'm not talking to just my friends and the movie is not just for me. I know that I'm making a movie and that I have to make a movie for the world and that means in this case that the scenes and the ideas that we are talking about are just universal.
Everything you see in this movie is nothing of the American culture or the Uruguay culture. It's going to be something that's universal." He stressed how movies must always be about themes that are about humanity in general.
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