Interview with Rodrigo Pla Part I
Rodrigo Pla director and scritwriter of the movie "La Zona" has given us this interview during the screening of his movie in the Greek cinema festival " Premiere Nights".- This is your first actual film. Did you enjoy making it ?
- That is a really good question !! It is very hard to do the filming , and part of the procedure of making films I really liked it. I enjoyed it , I liked what we did, But on the other hand the deadlines, the pressure ... Anyway I am excited with the outcome !
- The script idea is really exceptional. What was your inspiration to write it ?
- The script is based upon a short story that my wife has written. My wife has written a series of short stories , we peeked one together , we both worked on it and made the script.
- My favourite scene is the one with the butterfly that flies carefree over the city , but when it attempts to fly pass the walls of the small society , dies .. What is your favourite scene ?
- I do not know . That as well .. Well I really liked the scenes is jail with the inspector , where we see people discussing on what to do , while in parallel we see the prisoners.
- We see a society that tires to cope with the issues of violence . Are indeed walls the answer ?- No , no. I just like to talk about it . In reality the solution is exactly the opposite. People build walls to have a sence of security, but this is not the answer , we have to search we have to find the answer.
- In your movie we see people determined to do anything to maintain their way of life , the things they possess, how do you comment this ?
- Basically they do not trust the system . They do not believe that police can provide solutions , that police can protect what they have earned. They do not want to be parted from what they have gained and are prepared to do anything , even commit murder , as seen in the film.
- The kid , that actually is the leading character in the movie , having spent his life in the secure society of "La Zona" reaches a moment where understands that the price the members of this small society have to pay is really high for his standards and desides to continue his life outside the walls , not protected , but free.
- The process that leads to the young man leaving the wall protected society is very interesting. In the beggining his is one of them , but then he develops his ows way of thinking , he is the only one that sees the intruder as a person and not as an animal. Mighel is a human being , they cannot just make him dissapear , he is somebody !
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