Ruben Östlund: “Give me a break.”
In the press conference following The Square winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, director Ruben Östlund spoke about the film’s two hour-plus run time.
Clocking in at 142 minutes, it stars Claes Bang as a museum director whose life goes downhill after an ill-judged PR stunt to promote a piece of performance art called The Square.
Östlund was asked about the running time by reporters.
“Give me a break,” he said. “We subject children to Harry Potter [and] that is over 2 and a half hours. We watch theatre that is over three hours long. Yes, I understand there is a certain time slot for distributors but really, I think it is silly.
“If we want cinema to be alive, then we have to focus on different ways to tell a story.”
Östlund also spoke about the importance of winning the Palme d’Or. “Winning this brings...
In the press conference following The Square winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, director Ruben Östlund spoke about the film’s two hour-plus run time.
Clocking in at 142 minutes, it stars Claes Bang as a museum director whose life goes downhill after an ill-judged PR stunt to promote a piece of performance art called The Square.
Östlund was asked about the running time by reporters.
“Give me a break,” he said. “We subject children to Harry Potter [and] that is over 2 and a half hours. We watch theatre that is over three hours long. Yes, I understand there is a certain time slot for distributors but really, I think it is silly.
“If we want cinema to be alive, then we have to focus on different ways to tell a story.”
Östlund also spoke about the importance of winning the Palme d’Or. “Winning this brings...
- 5/28/2017
- ScreenDaily
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