Catch up with all the live-tweets from our November 22 screening of Cold War, followed by a Q&A with director Paweł Pawlikowski.
Paweł spoke to director James Marsh (The Theory of Everything, Man On Wire) about his writing process, his use of aspect ratio, how the film was received in Poland and much more. Catch up with the tweets below!
We’re excited for tonight’s screening of Cold War - followed by a Q&A with Paweł Pawlikowski, moderated by James Marsh. Follow #DUKColdWar for our live tweets after the film! pic.twitter.com/KpepvdlL8G
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
Wow, what a gorgeous film! Some technical issues meant we couldn’t tweet everything live, so here’s our thread of nearly-live-tweets from the Q&A with Paweł Pawlikowski and James Marsh! #DUKColdWar pic.twitter.com/DmSQQcqhtN
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
James asks Paweł about his use very particular use of aspect ratio. “It’s mostly intuitive - and I like to control what you see, you can add some mystery to what’s going on outside the shot” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
“It felt like a black and white film immediately. Poland at that time didn’t have much colour, though we played with the idea of a soviet technicolour - but that felt too contrived” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
“It felt like a black and white film immediately. Poland at that time didn’t have much colour, though we played with the idea of a soviet technicolour - but that felt too contrived” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
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— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
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— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
“We rarely had to shoot 360 degrees, so we could be much more precise about lighting and getting the right contrasts” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
James points out that Paweł’s camera moves a lot more here than it does in Ida. Paweł: “Our lead hear has so much more energy, it would be absurd to not have the camera join that here” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
On the use (or lack of use) of music, Paweł tells us “even without music or score, there is still a kind of music to editing”. #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
There are no specific films I watched to prepare for this film - but I did watch good films to cheer me up! I watched 8 1/2 even though it has nothing to do with this film”. #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
Paweł says his background in documentary-making helped him to think on his feet. “Some of the best moments arrive from that improvising” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
James asks Paweł about whether his upbringing (born in Poland but mainly living in Britain) informed his point of view making Cold War. #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
Paweł: “It gave me an outsider point of view more than a British one. It helped me look for what about the film and the space in time is universal - what’s the fairytale element.” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
“The characters in Cold War remind me of my parents - their aura is there. Also that polish folk music, which I used to hear all the time, sounds good to me now. I used to hate it” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
James asks Paweł what the response has been in Poland, where his last film Ida drew controversy. Paweł: “It’s a hit there, and hasn’t really generated controversy. A lot of the musical and cultural celebrations of the film are now reappearing in Poland” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
James hands it over to the audience for questions. #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
James hands it over to the audience for questions. #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
A member of the audience asks Paweł about how he wrote his screenplay. #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
Paweł: “I wrote it about ten years ago, but it seemed so big and impossible that I put it down. Eventually I picked it up again - but there was never a finished script, the most finished you could get is just transcribing the film” #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
The final draft was 40 pages. “Double spacing made it 60” Paweł adds. #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
And that’s a wrap! Thanks so much to everyone who came along tonight, and to Paweł and James for a fascinating Q&A. Make sure you catch Cold War whenever you can! #DUKColdWar
— Directors UK (@Directors_UK) November 22, 2018
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