The mystery of film is not in the script. It’s in the shooting, in the interacting of humans and space and time. Sebastian Lelio Read Quote
There has been too much silliness and cliche when looking at older people: I think that hides a fear of death that we have as a society. We are obsessed with youth and denying death. Sebastian Lelio Read Quote
Gloria’ is a film about a fifty eight-year-old woman who is quite alone in life; however, she is quite optimistic. Nobody has much time for her, and so she regularly goes to these single adults’ parties where she is looking for someone. By the end of the film, she doesn’t necessarily find love, but she does find something else. Sebastian Lelio Read Quote
I didn’t know how I was going to deal with ‘Disobedience’ because it takes place in such a specific and often secretive world. Sebastian Lelio Read Quote
I’m very open to following the stories that move me and reach that flexibility where you can be more flexible. I’m expanding my horizons. Sebastian Lelio Read Quote
I knew ‘Transparent’ and saw a few episodes of ‘Orange is the New Black,’ so I knew about the trans actor in that cast. Of course, I saw ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ back in the day. But the path that led me to this subject was different… it’s just my curiosity as a human being more than my awareness of any political struggles. Sebastian Lelio Read Quote
In order to make a film, you have to operate on many different levels, making all these different forms of expression converse, and so I just followed that intuition. Sebastian Lelio Read Quote
