No, however day by day you discover another concepts, in fact.
Do followers nonetheless ship you images of gnomes in several elements of the world?
No, however as we speak I obtained {a photograph} from a butcher in India or China watching “Amélie” [at work]. Two or three years in the past, they [held] a screening in Cannes on the seaside without spending a dime. They warned me, “It’s a wet day, we may have 50 folks” — no, it was packed. It continues — it by no means stopped. On the cafe in “Amélie,” each 4 minutes [someone takes] an image.
Amélie talks about how a lot she loves turning round within the theater to see all of the faces trying up on the display. Are you an identical method?
I did that. With my brief movie, I used to be in a movie pageant, and I turned my head — everybody was smiling. It was an amazing second.
Was that the primary time you probably did that?
I don’t bear in mind. I’m superb [at keeping] the great recollections — I’ve a really unhealthy reminiscence, aside from the great issues.
That looks as if an amazing energy to have.
Besides “Amélie,” which was very straightforward, often [making movies] is a nightmare. The final one, “T.S. Spivet,” was a nightmare — 10 years after, you bear in mind simply the great recollections. You overlook the unhealthy issues.
It’s luck — perhaps it’s me, I don’t know. I like to rewatch my very own films. Each director [says], “I by no means watch my very own films” — oh, I do.
Yeah, so many artists solely see the errors or the issues they want they might redo. How do you clarify your means to simply sit again and revel in your personal work?
After I see [my] movie, it’s like once you watch a movie from trip: “Oh, I bear in mind it was good to do this.” I really like a lot to make — that is crucial factor for me. Even once I don’t make a movie, I’ve right here in Provence a workshop, and I make one thing with my palms. I don’t know to attract, I don’t know to make sculptures, however I make some animals and I make an animation brief movie with that.