Welcome to an eventful shoot (but aren’t they all?). Denis Podalydès, Jonathan Cohen, Stefan Crepon and Xavier Beauvois welcome the public to Making of by Cedric Kahn. The director of the recent Goldman trial enjoys peeking behind the scenes of the cinema. “I observe things there, somewhat crazy situations that occur in the name of creation,” he explains in the press kit. And he is not alone in his situation!
“Films that talk about cinema by revealing its behind the scenes fascinate the public fond of the secrets of filming while allowing the filmmakers to highlight themselves, often with a certain self-deprecation,” explains film historian Gilles Gressard. Cédric Kahn claims to It’s shooting in Manhattan (1995) by Tom DiCillo about the travails of the director of a New York independent film.
The little and the big story
Films about the shootings can lift the veil on the history of a country like It’s filming in Seoul by Kim Jee-woon which shows a director harassed by censorship in South Korea in the 1970s. “A film shoot is a microcosm of society,” Kim Jee-woon explained to 20 minutes. Everyone can relate to it even without having worked in cinema. »
Laughter is often present in these films on the 7th art as in Cut! by Michel Hazanavicius who reveals how to make a low-budget horror film. “I wanted the viewer to feel like they were part of the team,” he told us at the Cannes Film Festival. The public is drawn into the adventure between zombie makeup, dangerous shots and the whims of the stars.
Create vocations
More cerebral, The Course of Life by Frédéric Sojcher dissects the process of writing a screenplay while in The American night, François Truffaut delivers a true declaration of love for cinema by portraying himself in the role of a passionate filmmaker.
“These films thrill moviegoers who feel like they are entering the world of cinema through a screen,” insists Gilles Gressard. Who knows if some of these feature films will end up giving rise to careers as filmmakers? » The mischievous Making of signed by Cédric Kahn seriously makes you want to join his team, in any case.