Indeed - grabbed at the Berlin Film Festival last month. I was slightly nervous when I found out that we had fifteen minutes maximum, but the final edited piece runs 11:27 so Daniel Bird and Uwe Huber clearly made the most of their time with him.Jean-Luc Garbo wrote:So the interview with Udo is brand new? That's definitely worth the wait. I always enjoy interviews with him so I'm glad you got him to sit down for a chat.
I'm really pleased with both the Udo Kier and Marina Pierro interviews, not least because I was very conscious with Arrow's earlier Borowczyk discs that the voices of the actors in general were largely absent (Jean-Pierre Andréani on Goto being the only exception) and the voices of the female actors were wholly absent - and believe me, this wasn't for want of trying.
But Marina Pierro more than makes up for this: it becomes very clear very quickly why Borowczyk made her his muse, as she comes across as a highly intelligent woman who clearly shared lots of interests with him (notably Surrealism): her interview is peppered with references to the likes of André Breton, Man Ray, Max Ernst and earlier proto-Surrealists like the Comte de Lautréamont. She's clearly fiercely proud of the six films that she made with Borowczyk - five features, one piece for French TV - and explains why in considerable detail. And although people may be disappointed that she elected not to appear on camera for the interview (completely her choice, which we obviously respected), in compensation she speaks over a montage of what are often fascinatingly rare stills.
