gaspar noé
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
portrait by PIERRE-ANGE CARLOTTI
anatomy of a movie
(“climax” a musical horror film)
RELEASED IN THE US MARCH 2019
OLIVIER ZAHM — How many films have you made in total?
GASPAR NOÉ — Five. I’ve also made one 40-minute film, Carne. Climax is my fifth feature.
production
OLIVIER ZAHM — I understand the film was wrapped quickly.
GASPAR NOÉ — I spent about two weeks filming, a month preparing, and two-and-a-half months on postproduction. We filmed in strict chronological order on a single set, an abandoned school in Vitry, in the Paris suburbs. We invented the story day by day. Well, I scammed the producers a bit, saying that filming would last two weeks. It actually took three weeks. All in all, I spent four-and-a-half months on everything, from casting to postproduction. The production director and I went into fits of laughter when…