Holy Motors
Films that shaped it
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I saw Harold and Maude in the early seventies, and it meant a lot to me. The film showed me that you could make a very romantic and very strange film, very unique characters and a strong emotional core. It stayed with me.
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the motion capture the scene when Denis is running, which was close to a scene I had done in Mauvais sang
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My true family is the history of cinema...I like Cocteau.
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My true family is the history of cinema...I like the dream aspect of film; I like the collage aspect of film, like Marker.
Films it shaped
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Barry Jenkins has cited Claire Denis's Beau Travail as a foundational influence, the film that showed him how to use the body, light, and music as primary storytelling tools rather than dialogue. Moonlight's fragmented structure, its use of color as emotion, its willingness to let silence carry meaning, these are lessons from Denis and Wong Kar-wai. Beau Travail is streaming on Criterion Channel and is one of the most beautiful films ever made.
