I remember myself well from my early age.
I was younger than 1 year and I remember myself.
And I remember my first words,
I remember my baby cot.
People say that it somehow indicates...
if you remember yourself well in a childhood
there is some kind of artistic
potency.
The world, that has never existed
Flight Over Lithuania or 510 Seconds of Silence
Maybe the desire "to say" is encoded...
but the question is...
if it's only directing? Not necessarily.
I don't even know if I'm director...
or at some point
observer... or mathematician, what is mine
primary profession.
And it's also related to directing.
So I don't know
I didn't have artistic expression. Sciences was more important for me.
Such as physics and mathematics.
I took part in various Olympiads.
Sport was also important. My mom encourage me to exercise.
At the same time I took part in 2 or 3 types of sports.
Go from one training to another.
When I was 14 or 15,
I got interest into cycling. That's also took my time.
The same as my maths classes
In "Saules" gymnasium,
where students from provincia were coming to learn math.
But I remember one time, when I had to write an essay
in 11 grade
and all the time I was bad at these things...
It wasn't "my thing".
But one time, we needed to write an essay
And I thought that
I don't want to write as usual and to follow the rules and I wrote it differently
And my teacher was surprised in a good way.
So it was the first exampe of my artistic potential.
Then something happened.
I wanted to talk about that,
what I can see.
And that was
such a strong feeling and it was risk as well.
It started from my essays,
but it was clear that writing is not for me.
I wanted to tell things through different media.
I started to paint. But then I realized that
I want to make movies.
Ten Minutes Before the Flight of Icarus
The begining was very complicated.
I had to quit my maths studies.
Because there was only 1 program of film studies every 5 years
That means,
if you didn't apply for it...
it was
I think that
it was one of the bigest contest
to apply for film or acting studies
dozens of student applying to one place
for example, 5000 of applicants and they acepted only 10 or 12.
It was a little chance for me to get a place
because I was studying only maths.
But I took risk, I left my university.
And what if I wouldn't get a place? One option left - to go to military.
Nowadays,
our generation,
which was born in independence period,
they didn't have to make this kind of choice.
To go to Lithuanian military,
that would be an honour,
but at my times, there was no Lithuanian military.
Our new generation has more choices
At my times, if you don't get a place to study,
your all life could be ruined.
So,
that's it.
That's why there are not so many films
of my generation.
That was a risk
to make that kind of choice.
I was studying with him. I met him when I
Applied to
conservatory, to television and film studies.
They expeled me after 3 years
They expeled me after 3 years
And he stayed there.
And I think that his best qualities revealed there.
Because he was
I don't know how to say... He was like a plodder.
He was very zealous, attentive.
Teaching methods were very odd.
We had to become directors of TV,
but we appear in TV only in 3rd course...
From the Unfinished Tales of Jerusalem
What is cinema?
Basically you create a world,
like a God created life,
that has never existed before.
And not because of the money,
No chance.
It's cultural thing.
It shouldn't be business.
Sunday. The Gospel According to Lift-man Albertas
The thing I remember most clearly
it was when my father was directing
The Gospel According to Lift-man Albertas
And he took as to the old one Lithuanian cinema studio
and there in a dark space
they were recording sound.
walking through the sand, making sounds with cups...
It was very interesting experience
and usually
you won't see it anywhere else.
There were liftboys in all hospitals.
I'm not sure if they still exist.
I met him in one hospital.
Later I saw him in another.
But film wasn't about him.
It was about all these garages in Siaures Miestelis,
where were military bases at first, which was left
by soldiers. After that, people started there own "BUSINESS"
in those garages.
My daughter was ill.
And we spent
a lot of time in the hospital.
And that was oncology hospital.
It was very hard.
But on the other side...
it was the most important period
in my life after 13th of January.
There I saw that God really exists.
And he is very close.
I felt his breathing.
That was very related with our experience.
And that always...
after that...
it was clear that I
hadn't experienced anything like this
in my life.
It was so strong. So clear.
I couldn't create a film about anything else.
Because that was a huge part of my life.
And you always try to tell about what is the most important for you.
It was my family
experience
it was something that didn't let me
till I created that movie.
I wanted to share my emotions,
that you can feel God anywhere.
And people can be happy every moment, everywhere.
The biggest gladness can reach you even in the hospital.
As well as the biggest pain.
The hospital was the stop between sky and earth.
After which
Someone goes back to the earth and someone flies to the sky.
And film is about that period.
Who will be lucky will back to earth.
Who won't
or who has his own destiny
will get into heaven.
I am learning from him.
He is free.
I want to be free as well.
Arunas doesn't afraid to share.
He has a bit of paranoia
but he doesn't afraid to share
his own experiences and that
"know how"
He lets to
know about himself.
He trusts people.
Award is not so important.
When you get a message that you are nominated
for example to Oscars,
then yes,
maybe yes.
But mostly, it is just a part of show business.
but not
real gladness
I have never had these thoughs
to create or not.
I always create what I want.
And it doesn't depend on amount of the money.
Your idea is everything.
You choose the things that are important.
Every time
you gain more experience
and all this process is more close to you.
Why people play violin? Because they cannot not to do that any more.
Are they playing well?
Perhaps, if they cannot stop doing that.
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