Interview: João Canijo - Bad Living (Mal Viver)

Interview with João Canijo for Bad Living (Mal Viver) - Portugal's official submission in the category of Best International Feature for the 96th Academy Awards. Interview conducted by Nicholas Bell for IONCINEMA.com.
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Timestamps
00:40 - You use a process of heavy preparation (not unlike Mike Leigh) how was this different when you filmed two films?
03:00 - I want to talk about your narrative influences...
04:29 - John Cassavetes and Hou Hsiao-hsien are influences here...
05:55 - I kept thinking of Killing of a Chinese Bookie...
07:13 - It's a very observational film...and you worked with cinematographer Leonor Teles...it felt very different from your previous films...
08:23 - Let's talk about your cast ... which you almost all worked with before.
09:29 - How much rehearsal to get there?
10:17 - Was it difficult to make two movies at once?
11:29 - These are very unhappy people was it difficult for the actors...especially Anabela Moreira?
12:30 - You spent a year researching this with a therapist correct?
13:14 - The attachment style issues between the five women it all feels very authentic...how people talk to one another...
13:55 - You are working on a new project called STAGING?
14:47 - This also feels like a departure for you...
15:55 - Could you discuss the metaphor about social transformation?
18:05 - They seem very unequipped to deal with the guests
18:26 - They really are stand-alone films and you really need to see both...
19:00 - Did the actors pick their own names for the characters?
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Film Credits:
Producer: Pedro Borges
Director: Joao Canijo
Screenwriter: Joao Canijo
Co-producer: Francois D’Artemare
Director of photography: Leonor Teles
Art direction: Nadia Henriques
Costume designer:
Editor: Joao Braz
Music: Silvia Siopa
Cast: Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Madalena Almeida, Cleia Almeida, Vera Barreto, Nuno Lopes, Filipa Areosa, Leonor Sliveira, Rafael Morais, Lia Carvalho, Beatriz Batarda, Leonor Vasconcelos, Carolina Amaral
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