Extra activity: Interview with Oliver Laxe
EXTRA ACTIVITY: answer these questions on this interview
Here is an interview in English with Óliver Laxe. He is very interesting and has many thoughtful things to say about the film and its themes and his own life and interests.
It is quite a long interview: watch it all for sure if you want to! Fantastic!
But here we will just ask you a few questions on approximately the first five minutes of it.
Here he is:
TIFF Talks Óliver Laxe interview in English Licencia cedida a YouTube
QUESTIONS ON THIS INTERVIEW. HAND YOUR ANSWERS IN TO YOUR TEACHER.
1) What does Laxe say are some of the main reasons why he made O que arde ?
2) What does he remember about his grandparents?
3) Mention some of his comments about forest fires.
4) Laxe says that his film is also about guilt and about judging people. What are his opinions about this?
5) Sum up his comments about the characters of Amador and Benedicta.
6) What does he say about the actress who plays Benedicta?
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