by While his new feature film “28 years later” is currently in theaters, the British filmmaker recently mentioned “Slumdog Millionaire” and the subject of cultural appropriation at the microphone of The Guardian.
Noted 4.3 out of 5 stars and therefore considered the best film by Danny Boyle by the spectators of Allociné, Slumdog Millionaire was crowned by 8 Oscars (including those of the best film and the best director) when it was released in 2008.
“We could no longer do that today.”
We followed the tumultuous and providential life course of the young Jamal Malik, an orphan who grew up in the slums of Juhu and who, at 18, found himself miraculously on the set of the television program Who wants to earn millions?about to win the colossal sum of 20 million rupees.
17 years later, when his new feature film 28 years later is currently in dark rooms, the British filmmaker recently spoke of his rich career At the microphone of The Guardianand in particular the production of Slumdog Millionaire.
“We couldn't do that anymore. And that's so”he started by declaring.
“The time has come to think about all of this. We have to look at the cultural background that we carry and the trace we have left on the world.”
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“This remains an imperfect method.”
Asked that the production of Slumdog Millionaire may have represented “A form of colonialism”the filmmaker then clarified his position:
“No, no. Finally, only in the sense that everything. At the time, it seemed radical. We had decided that only a few of us would go to Mumbai. We worked with a large Indian team and we tried to make a film anchored in this culture. But we remain foreigners. This remains an imperfect method. This kind of cultural appropriation can be approved at one time. From the film, but we could not even imagine doing something like that today.
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