'Gloria' was a gamble. Sebastian Lelio More Quotes by Sebastian Lelio More Quotes From Sebastian Lelio Every human society has its lights and its shadows. That's the reality of existence. Sebastian Lelio shadows lights society reality I was always making new friends, then losing them. Sebastian Lelio new new-friends friends losing Either we learn to live together and embrace the complexity of life, or we will end up with fascism again and destroy ourselves. Sebastian Lelio live end together life To me, there was something moving about the idea of telling the story of a lady who is, in a way, a forgotten character - someone who would normally be a secondary role in a movie. Sebastian Lelio me character way moving We all face crossroads in our lives where we can retreat into ourselves, or we can hit the dance floor. Sebastian Lelio face where retreat dance I learned at an early age to be socially effective while practicing disappearing. Sebastian Lelio effective learned early age The idea behind 'Gloria' was to take a secondary character - the aunt, the mother - and stay with her as she becomes our protagonist. Sebastian Lelio stay behind mother character Film is a game of projections upon projections, and the projected image on the screen is a game of light and shadows. There is nothing there; it is the brain that is decoding those things. The film doesn't have any decipherable kind of meaning if it's not seen. Sebastian Lelio shadows game light brain Cinema is empathy machinery, and we multiply our life experience through cinema. When it is good cinema, it almost counts as a personal experience. Sebastian Lelio good empathy experience life I grew up surrounded by strong women, and that was a very strong influence. Sebastian Lelio surrounded women influence strong Fashion is totally political, the icon of a political system. Sebastian Lelio icon system fashion political The use of music in 'Gloria' is not cynical. Sebastian Lelio cynical music use I had the idea that I'm going to make a trans-genre film about a transgender woman. Sebastian Lelio going woman transgender film When you're filming, you're blind. But if you follow what really moves you, then you operate from a place of hope: maybe that the story you're telling will resonate with whatever the world will have become when the film is ready to be born. Sebastian Lelio place you hope world This idea of walls, segregation, labels, and 'You against us' and 'We are superior and you are inferior.' Which people are legitimate? Which relationships are legitimate or not? Who declares that under which authority? These are things that are hugely important. Sebastian Lelio things you important people Poetry was my 'in' to the idea that I could express myself through art. Sebastian Lelio through myself poetry art I wanted to be a poet. I wrote from ages 15 to 22, but I left it because I discovered, and fell in love with, cinema. Sebastian Lelio left cinema poet love I'm always trying to get my characters to the point of complete rebelliousness. I like that attitude that characters feel when they own their lives. There's something beautiful in the moments when characters disobey. Sebastian Lelio feel moments attitude beautiful We all have a potential revolutionary energy inside. Sebastian Lelio potential inside revolutionary energy I'm interested in characters. I love them, and I love to write them. Sebastian Lelio them interested write love
