(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 27 - Cinema for me is still "the mother of all battles, and being in a room with an audience to share their emotions, tensions, breathing is something irreplaceable".
Cinema as a place, "will not die, it will regain its public space. The room is something magical. We must act to get that magic back".
Word of Werner Herzog, protagonist of a meeting in streaming with Andrea Romeo, founder of the Biografilm Festival and of I WonderPictures, to introduce the arrival on the Iwonderfulle platform on the virtual screens of the #iorestoinSALA circuit, of 'FamilyRomance Llc', a year and a half after world debut of the out-of-competition film at Cannes.
During the chat, the great German filmmaker also touched on topical issues such as the pandemic ("I wouldn't talk about it in a film, it's not a subject that fascinates me") or the political situation in the US (Herzog has lived in Los Angeles for years, ed): "Trump continues to want to show that he is still in office and doing very irrational things, such as not having signed the provision to financially support those left without work - he explains -. However, I think that the new administration has already taken, at least in spirit, the leadership of the Country, we'll see what happens. At the moment (Biden) has a lot of support. "
'Family Romance, Llc', which combines fiction and documentary, was made by Herzog self-financing it and also acting as operator and director of photography.
It is inspired by the real existence in Japan of agencies that offer fake relatives and companions for hire for the most diverse occasions.
Among the themes could not miss the role, which made Herzog's name known even to many very young people, played by him in the series The Mandalorian: "I was invited with great intensity by Jon Favreau who is the mind, and the spirit behind The Mandalorian. my films and I think he wanted to get my face to a wider audience and was looking for someone credible in the role, "he explains.
His role, the Client, "is a character with a secret, hostile, unreliable, dysfunctional - he stresses with a smile - and I'm always good in those parts".
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