Franco Zeffirelli on his new movie about the opera legend

(15 Nov 2001) SHOTLIST
Paris, recent
1. Franco Zeffirelli directs by car
2. Fanny Ardant get out of car
3. Pull back from Fanny to reveal Jeremy Irons and Zeffirelli
Bucharest, Romania - 19-9-01
4. Sot Zeffirelli - On Callas the perfectionist - "To be always perfect is humanly impossible. One of the main reasons that she stepped away from singing was because she began to realise that her voice was not in the shape that she was used to. She didn't accept decadence, the other people might enjoy hearing her singing but I know my voice is not the same."
Paris, recent
5. Fanny/Callas signs autographs
Bucherest, Romania - 19-9-01
6. Sot Zeffirelli - On Callas life being over without her voice - "There was nothing, she had not fulfilled her life as a woman, the marriage was a disaster, the encounter with Onassis was a tragedy, she had no relationship with her family, she didn't belong to any country, she was a citizen of the planet of art. She didn't have a child that she wanted so much, so she found herself really very lonely. The only thing that kept her going was the voice and the voice was no longer there and so in her heart of hearts she felt that she had no reason to live any longer."
Paris, recent
7. B-Roll Fanny and Zeffirelli
Bucherest, Romania - 19-9-01
8. Sot Zeffirelli - 13:49 - Fanny is good as Callas - "Sometimes I am embarrassed when we shoot, before my eyes I see again something that I have seen ages ago when Maria was alive. She's capable to absorb the essence of certain characteristics of Maria Callas and then return them to us, it's quite a mysterious operation."
9. B-Roll Jeremy Irons talks to actors
10. Film Camera set up
11. Zeffirelli smokes by monitors
12. Clapper sticks
13. Jeremy Irons runs down stairs
14. Same scene on CU director's monitor
15. Zeffirelli watches on monitor
16. Sot Jeremy Irons - on his character's personality - "He has a cheapness and a vulgarity and a desire to make money, he's a rock impresario as well as being a classic impresario, so there are two sides and yet deep within him there is a real appreciation for real artistry, real genius that he recognises in Callas, which is why he regrets so enormously that she's retired."
17. Rehearsal 27:34 - wants new line about flowers
Paris, recent
18. B-Roll Zeffirelli, Fanny & Irons
APTN - Bucharest, Romania - 19-9-01
19. Sot Jeremy Irons - On working with Fanny and Zeffirelli - "I love working with friends because you have had time to build up a trust. She knows that everything that I suggest to her and everything that she suggests to me I know comes because she wants me and I want her to be as good as possible. There is trust there and a great friendship and that makes it not only a pleasure but much easier."
20. Jeremy Irons acts in a scene
21. Zeffirelli takes headphones off looking depressed
22. Sot Jeremy Irons - On why his character wants former Callas to make a comeback - "He wants to in a way get back the golden years. As the film progresses we find that because of Maria's ideas that is not possible and at the end of the film these two friends face the fact that they are now older and that life has past them and they have to accept that."
23. Zeffirelli walks with stick
24. VS rehearsal with Irons
25. Sot Zeffirelli - On making the movie - "The atmosphere that is felt is extraordinary, it's going to be very sad when the film is over because we will go in different direction. These days have been amongst the most happy in my entire artistic experiences."
26. Zeffirelli watches playback
27. Zeffirelli tells Irons the previous take was terrible
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On my list to watch. Big fan of Franco Zeffirelli. May his soul rest in eternal peace.