Xavier Dolan Discusses Film Hiatus; Unrequited Love & New Movie – Lumière Festival
deadline.comXavier Dolan has addressed his six-year filmmaking hiatus saying he is no longer interested in the frenetic pace of his early career and that a recently announced movie will mark a second chapter in his work.
The Canadian director and actor made eight films between the ages of 19 and 29, including 2014 Cannes Jury Prize winner Mommy, but has not made a feature since 2019 drama Matthias & Maxime, working instead on music video Adele: Easy On Me, and miniseries The Night Logan Woke Up.
Dolan, 35, said in a masterclass at France‘s classic cinema-focused Lumière Festival over the weekend that multiple factors had played their part in his stepping away from feature films. “As I change, age, grow-up, evolve, I like to have time to think, reflect,” he said. “I’m not interested in a formula where I keep adding films, which must all be a bit better than the last.
I can’t keep starting from zero each time. I need to build something and have a sense that I’m advancing.” “I can’t make a film because someone asks me to.
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