How “Mixed Feelings” About ‘On The Road’ and Jia Zhangke Doc Led Walter Salles To Make ‘I’m Still Here’

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The experience of adapting Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel “On The Road” in 2012 led Walter Salles to learn a valuable lesson: “Admiring something that fascinates you is not enough to adapt the work.” Speaking at the Marrakech International Film Festival, the Brazilian director said he nurtures “mixed feelings” about the adaptation and that making the 2016 doc “Walter Salles on Jia Zhangke, A Guy from Fenyang” about the Chinese director led him to “find faith in cinema again.”  “I have very pleasant and rich memories of working with great actors like Viggo Mortensen, who were fascinating artists who touched me,” he continued of his experience of making “On The Road.” ”On the other hand, I learned there must be something visceral for you to dare do something.

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