Cotillard spoke to Salon about finding Sandra’s character, singing and making “Two Days, One Night.”
The Dardennes said after a screening of the film that they made you do up to 82 takes for some scenes. Is that true?
Sometimes even more! They wanted to shoot the scenes as sequence shots, which is a very special dynamic—especially since the shots last 10 minutes! You have to be perfect from zero to 10 minutes. If something wrong happens in minute nine, you have to start again. It was interesting to me to feel and create this character. I needed to create her life before, because we have information that she’s recovered from a strong and deep depression and she could go back down. I needed a lot of material to feed what you see on-screen, so I wrote extra scenes from her past, and how her depression affected her husband and kids. I wrote scenes that I could use to reach an emotion. But then after 30 takes, this material was not working anymore, so I was constantly creating things that I could use to feed these moments. She can burst into tears any moment. It’s hard to do. So I needed to find and use what’s inside of her.
Walt Disney used Tchaikovsky’s entire score in “Fantasia” in 1940. With the Disney treatment, the music became instantly recognizable to American audiences, and today maintains the rare distinction of being classical Christmas music that has nothing to do with Christianity.Long before he was Alan in The Hangover franchise, Zach Galifianakis was storming the stage in San Francisco, baring his belly and spouting out bizarre punchlines about The Amazing Race while playing the piano. If all that doesn’t entice you, then an appearance from Zach’s brother Seth is sure to seal the deal.
More from The Daily Dot: “Why Seth Rogen and James Franco should be thankful for North Korea”After being born to two deaf parents, Moshe Kasher started doing drugs at 12 and had completed a stint in rehab by 16. If that kind of backstory doesn’t make for compelling comedy, then allow Kasher to convince you with his charming tales of being called a “fag” by his dad.
It wasn’t until 1954 that “The Nutcracker” really captured American audiences. With his new company, New York City Ballet, dance pioneer George Balanchine resurrected the ballet he had learned as a student in at the Maryinsky Theater as a young boy: “The Nutcracker.” He used the original story and his Russian technical training, but appealed to his audience’s imagination with his revolutionary ideas about art. He maintained, for example, that there should be equal numbers of dancers of color and white dancers onstage — something the contemporary dance world has yet to reconcile.
“The Nutcracker” remains, for most companies, a necessity — the show that consistently draws a crowd and keeps the lights on — though today’s productions have perhaps as many questionable components as the 1892 debut. Pacific Northwest Ballet’s version includes a pedophilic godfather Drosselmeyer, who gives Marie the nutcracker doll and lustfully pouts when she falls in love with the doll rather than with him. Even the most famous televised production, which starred Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland, had drama behind the scenes. Kirkland detailed her drug addiction and severe eating disorders, as well as her tempestuous relationship with Baryshnikov, in her memoir “Dancing on My Grave.”
What accounts for the extraordinary popularity of “The Nutcracker”? The beloved ballet portrays children, is for children and makes use of children, providing the ideal showcase for ballet schools. There is a role for every age, from the tiny gingersnaps to the pre-professional and professional Dew Drop and Sugar Plum Fairies. Christmas encourages belief in magic against all reason; Santa fits down the chimney, and the little girl onstage falls in love with a doll that comes to life. The ballet, set at Christmas, propagates every Western message about the holiday season against a backdrop of music that even those who have never seen it can hum. “The Nutcracker” assures us we don’t need Santa for a magical Christmas celebration.Most comics perform in front of audiences to seek the approval and laughter they were denied at some formative age, but not Maria Bamford. With her very special Special, Bamford has taken her jokes right back to where it all started: her parents’ living room. Her trademark voices and eccentricities are still there, but this time they’re only on display for her parents.
To date, more people have seen “The Nutcracker,” and more companies have performed it, than any other ballet. Most dancers — myself included — spend their careers cycling in and out of the production, often with minimal choreographic changes from year to year. Balanchine suggested other choreographers keep the ballet fresh by doing things their way, but audiences have largely decided that a more traditional performance is here to stay. “The Nutcracker” overcame its initial failure through revolution, defection and adoption. Despite lingering messages about female disenfranchisement, its beloved music and inclusive theme of Christmas magic provide an escape from the tedium of the commercial holiday season, securing “The Nutcracker” a place in the pantheon of Western art.
Ariel Schrag is the author of the novel “Adam,” the graphic memoirs “Awkward,” “Definition,” “Potential” and “Likewise,” and has written for television series on HBO and Showtime
Justin Hocking is a writer who pushes himself to the edge in the name of art and adventure. His memoir “The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld” tells a story with a familiar theme (young man arrives in New York City trying to be a writer) in a completely original way, as Hocking works his way from publishing house serfdom in Manhattan, to the glories of skateboarding in Brooklyn and surfing in Rockaway Beach. Hocking’s literary aesthetic can best be described as David Foster Wallace meets Jack Kerouac meets Herman Melville. In other words, erudite, seafaring, lyrical–and a little crazy.
“High As the Horses’ Bridles,” (Henry Holt & Co)They pushed their way through the hired cast of hors d’oeuvres-bearing town criers to the backyard where the former figure skating champion Tonya Harding was doing Salchow jumps on a rented skating rink. Annabelle really thought it added something to the festive ambience, this skating, so she had the rink installed each year for her pre-Christmas Christmas fete, but no one ever ventured out on it until the end of the evening when they were hammered, so she’d started paying former Olympians to warm things up a bit.
Courtney Maum is the author of the novel “I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You”Snow Miser, getting colder. Heat Miser, hot-blooded, panting, and thinking: Okay, maybe I overreacted to that last crack about the hair.Women Who Kill isn’t just a lethal dose of comedy; it’s a good value. With performances by Amy Schumer, Rachel Feinstein, Nikki Glaser, and Marina Franklin, the only thing not to like is that it’s only an hour long.Though he’s only been performing for 10 years, Ansari already has built up quite a back catalog of specials and performances.Buried Alive, a Netflix original, finds Ansari returning to his signature delivery but this time with a new perspective on the conceits of marriage and relationships that can only come with age.I looked at the girls in the area …
So that’s not your personal style?Several years after the conclusion of the HBO series, Ari, Vince, Johnny Drama, E and Turtle are back for a feature film. The “Entourage” movie will be out on June 5, 2015. Until then, satiate your “Entourage” cravings with the teaser below:
No, no way! [Laughs.] I do wear jeans. It was a realistic world. We needed to find something authentic to show how she dressed and behaved. We had a month of rehearsals before shooting, which was amazing—to experience different things and find the truth of the character. It was really organic. My relationship and connection with the Dardenne brothers was deep and strong. I shared their two brains for a few months. They offered me all I wanted on a film. If Trivia Crack released a “Hip Hop Squares” spin-off it would be so well-timed. Banks jumps back in, outraged that Iggy’s “whatever, Prof. Q” response
What impresses me in you performance is your body language. Can you talk about physically inhabiting Sandra?
Cotillard spoke to Salon about finding Sandra’s character, singing and making “Two Days, One Night.”
The Dardennes said after a screening of the film that they made you do up to 82 takes for some scenes. Is that true?
Sometimes even more! They wanted to shoot the scenes as sequence shots, which is a very special dynamic—especially since the shots last 10 minutes! You have to be perfect from zero to 10 minutes. If something wrong happens in minute nine, you have to start again. It was interesting to me to feel and create this character. I needed to create her life before, because we have information that she’s recovered from a strong and deep depression and she could go back down. I needed a lot of material to feed what you see on-screen, so I wrote extra scenes from her past, and how her depression affected her husband and kids. I wrote scenes that I could use to reach an emotion. But then after 30 takes, this material was not working anymore, so I was constantly creating things that I could use to feed these moments. She can burst into tears any moment. It’s hard to do. So I needed to find and use what’s inside of her.
Walt Disney used Tchaikovsky’s entire score in “Fantasia” in 1940. With the Disney treatment, the music became instantly recognizable to American audiences, and today maintains the rare distinction of being classical Christmas music that has nothing to do with Christianity.Long before he was Alan in The Hangover franchise, Zach Galifianakis was storming the stage in San Francisco, baring his belly and spouting out bizarre punchlines about The Amazing Race while playing the piano. If all that doesn’t entice you, then an appearance from Zach’s brother Seth is sure to seal the deal.
More from The Daily Dot: “Why Seth Rogen and James Franco should be thankful for North Korea”After being born to two deaf parents, Moshe Kasher started doing drugs at 12 and had completed a stint in rehab by 16. If that kind of backstory doesn’t make for compelling comedy, then allow Kasher to convince you with his charming tales of being called a “fag” by his dad.
It wasn’t until 1954 that “The Nutcracker” really captured American audiences. With his new company, New York City Ballet, dance pioneer George Balanchine resurrected the ballet he had learned as a student in at the Maryinsky Theater as a young boy: “The Nutcracker.” He used the original story and his Russian technical training, but appealed to his audience’s imagination with his revolutionary ideas about art. He maintained, for example, that there should be equal numbers of dancers of color and white dancers onstage — something the contemporary dance world has yet to reconcile.
“The Nutcracker” remains, for most companies, a necessity — the show that consistently draws a crowd and keeps the lights on — though today’s productions have perhaps as many questionable components as the 1892 debut. Pacific Northwest Ballet’s version includes a pedophilic godfather Drosselmeyer, who gives Marie the nutcracker doll and lustfully pouts when she falls in love with the doll rather than with him. Even the most famous televised production, which starred Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland, had drama behind the scenes. Kirkland detailed her drug addiction and severe eating disorders, as well as her tempestuous relationship with Baryshnikov, in her memoir “Dancing on My Grave.”
What accounts for the extraordinary popularity of “The Nutcracker”? The beloved ballet portrays children, is for children and makes use of children, providing the ideal showcase for ballet schools. There is a role for every age, from the tiny gingersnaps to the pre-professional and professional Dew Drop and Sugar Plum Fairies. Christmas encourages belief in magic against all reason; Santa fits down the chimney, and the little girl onstage falls in love with a doll that comes to life. The ballet, set at Christmas, propagates every Western message about the holiday season against a backdrop of music that even those who have never seen it can hum. “The Nutcracker” assures us we don’t need Santa for a magical Christmas celebration.Most comics perform in front of audiences to seek the approval and laughter they were denied at some formative age, but not Maria Bamford. With her very special Special, Bamford has taken her jokes right back to where it all started: her parents’ living room. Her trademark voices and eccentricities are still there, but this time they’re only on display for her parents.
To date, more people have seen “The Nutcracker,” and more companies have performed it, than any other ballet. Most dancers — myself included — spend their careers cycling in and out of the production, often with minimal choreographic changes from year to year. Balanchine suggested other choreographers keep the ballet fresh by doing things their way, but audiences have largely decided that a more traditional performance is here to stay. “The Nutcracker” overcame its initial failure through revolution, defection and adoption. Despite lingering messages about female disenfranchisement, its beloved music and inclusive theme of Christmas magic provide an escape from the tedium of the commercial holiday season, securing “The Nutcracker” a place in the pantheon of Western art.
Ariel Schrag is the author of the novel “Adam,” the graphic memoirs “Awkward,” “Definition,” “Potential” and “Likewise,” and has written for television series on HBO and Showtime
Justin Hocking is a writer who pushes himself to the edge in the name of art and adventure. His memoir “The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld” tells a story with a familiar theme (young man arrives in New York City trying to be a writer) in a completely original way, as Hocking works his way from publishing house serfdom in Manhattan, to the glories of skateboarding in Brooklyn and surfing in Rockaway Beach. Hocking’s literary aesthetic can best be described as David Foster Wallace meets Jack Kerouac meets Herman Melville. In other words, erudite, seafaring, lyrical–and a little crazy.
“High As the Horses’ Bridles,” (Henry Holt & Co)They pushed their way through the hired cast of hors d’oeuvres-bearing town criers to the backyard where the former figure skating champion Tonya Harding was doing Salchow jumps on a rented skating rink. Annabelle really thought it added something to the festive ambience, this skating, so she had the rink installed each year for her pre-Christmas Christmas fete, but no one ever ventured out on it until the end of the evening when they were hammered, so she’d started paying former Olympians to warm things up a bit.
Courtney Maum is the author of the novel “I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You”Snow Miser, getting colder. Heat Miser, hot-blooded, panting, and thinking: Okay, maybe I overreacted to that last crack about the hair.Women Who Kill isn’t just a lethal dose of comedy; it’s a good value. With performances by Amy Schumer, Rachel Feinstein, Nikki Glaser, and Marina Franklin, the only thing not to like is that it’s only an hour long.Though he’s only been performing for 10 years, Ansari already has built up quite a back catalog of specials and performances.Buried Alive, a Netflix original, finds Ansari returning to his signature delivery but this time with a new perspective on the conceits of marriage and relationships that can only come with age.I looked at the girls in the area …
So that’s not your personal style?Several years after the conclusion of the HBO series, Ari, Vince, Johnny Drama, E and Turtle are back for a feature film. The “Entourage” movie will be out on June 5, 2015. Until then, satiate your “Entourage” cravings with the teaser below:
No, no way! [Laughs.] I do wear jeans. It was a realistic world. We needed to find something authentic to show how she dressed and behaved. We had a month of rehearsals before shooting, which was amazing—to experience different things and find the truth of the character. It was really organic. My relationship and connection with the Dardenne brothers was deep and strong. I shared their two brains for a few months. They offered me all I wanted on a film. If Trivia Crack released a “Hip Hop Squares” spin-off it would be so well-timed. Banks jumps back in, outraged that Iggy’s “whatever, Prof. Q” response
What impresses me in you performance is your body language. Can you talk about physically inhabiting Sandra?
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