The substance It is the second film as director of Coralie Fargeat and has recently arrived in theaters supported by its reception in the last Cannes Film Festivalwhere he won the award for best script. It is a horror and humor film that criticizes the canons of feminine beauty and has had a great reception among the public and critics, spurred by the delivery of Demi Moore as leading actress.
This Hollywood star has quite a bit of experience when it comes to sexualization and media scrutiny, and this led a few hours ago to an emotional speech at the French Cinematheque of Paris.
Moore traveled there with Fargeat, but current events demanded that he not only talk about The substance. Moore, who also received a tribute for his career, was aware that they were celebrating just then the US presidential elections.
Elections over which there was a threat that donald trump could be re-elected, and indeed it seems that has been the case. So Moore didn’t know it, but he still made a devastating diagnosis about how bad everything was going.
picks it up Variety. Moore said in his speech that “America was built by Puritans, criminals and religious fanaticsand this is what is being seen in our elections right now.” In contrast to this American misery, Moore praised the sensitivity of European cinema.
“Sexuality is always taboo. And in the US there is a lot of fear around the body. It’s something I’ve never understood or related to. In some of the films I have chosen I have stirred the pot, partly because I have never understood that fear of the body. It makes no sense that we can celebrate the body in art, but fear it in cinema,” says the actress.
The actress of Ghost He then explained what appealed to him so much about Fargeat’s script. “What moved me was the harshness we can have against ourselves. That violence that we can have against ourselves, which I felt had never really been explored. It seemed risky, scary to me. Personally, it took me out of my comfort zone”. Without time to reassess what was happening in the US (there will be time for that now), Moore also clarified the importance of The substance was directed by a woman.
“I have been asked if this a man could have directed it. And yes, maybe a man could, but I don’t think a man could have written it. This is a very personal exploration. If viewers were surprised by Fargeat’s visual style, her symbolism, and the way she used sound, it’s only because there hasn’t been enough time for women until now. “We must stop being surprised by the potential of women.”he concluded.
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