She just wants to drive to the airport, the airport, and the airport. Charli XCX shot “Erupcja” in Poland in the middle of summer.
“I met her before ‘Bratt’ was released. She knew that good things would come, but she didn’t think she knew how good it would be. Even at that point, she was interested in acting,” director Pete Oss said.
“Erupcja” shows her first lead role, playing alongside Renagora. Jeremy O. Harris and Agata Trebchovka are also stars.
“I think she’s in a transitional period,” he adds.
“It was new to her, but she was looking for experiences and opportunities to learn and grow. It was a really cool energy. The way I approach it has to do with experimentation and fun.
When Brat’s summer, the ultimately three Grammy-winning cultural phenomenon, happened, OHS said, “Are we still trying to do this film?”
“I looked at her website. I said the world tour started in September and she said she’d be free in August. I sent her a message and she said: ‘I’m there.’ It was a really miracle. ”
Making films in Poland was part of the appeal, he says. In the story, Bethany (Charli XCX) and her boyfriend Rob (Wil Madden) head to Warsaw. Following the volcanic eruption, they need to stay longer. Rob wants to propose, but Bethany runs away with his old friend Nell (Gora).
“If you say you’re going to do the same pitch and shoot in LA, it wouldn’t be too funny for her amidst the chaos that was a huge career milestone.
The OHS worked with a small crew and was able to disappear in town.
“It was me and the actor, three or four others. There was no lights, trucks, or equipment. I looked like a tourist with a camera, I took a video of a friend. And of course there was a charli element of it.”
However, local fans had little faith in their luck, but they were respectful.
“There was one scene in the restaurant with Will and Charlie. We were there for a few hours. The second time we put down the camera and said, ‘We got it.’
Ohio-born OHS knows Poland well. The film even claims that his character is “Warsaw is more romantic than Paris.”
“Some people said, ‘The Polish Tourism Bureau would love this,'” he joked.
It was artistic director Ura Schniegowska who was introduced to the country through the American Film Festival.
“She kept saying I should make a film in Poland, but what about her? She said, ‘Impossible love.’ It’s always at the back of my head, this impossible love story from Poland,” he recalls. Eventually he decided to move there. He filmed “Erupcja” eight months later.
“I fell in love with someone from Poland and Poland,” he says.
“I don’t live there now, but my ex-partner really loved her country. I get annoyed with me so often, and when I hear the word “patriotism,” some of us in America feel bad. ”
“It was exciting to show off the colorful and beautiful green Warsaw. In the US, when you think of Poland, it’s World War II, concrete and black and white images. That’s not the case at all.”
Inspired by the cinemas of the 1960s and the new wave of France. “I decided to add a narrator that resembles the narrator in “Juules and Jim”” – he likes to keep things natural.
“It’s not exactly improvisation, but the rule is that you always say yes,” he explains the method he used in his last five films. “You’re thinking about what’s going to happen, and we’re filming in order, but we write the dialogue before filming them. The night before or an hour ago. You could go anywhere.”
He adds: “I think we create some kind of special texture when it’s not clear what the characters are doing or what they’re doing to the actors. We show these magical special relationships that are hard to define.
For his starry lead, the expanding “Elpecha” may be the most awaited film to date, following “Jecchika” and “The True Beauty of being bitten by a Tick.” But he hasn’t lost his head yet.
“People showed an interest in getting involved before watching the film – purely thanks to Charlie. She is definitely the most famous person in my films – and now she is one of the most famous people in culture.” But the way he makes a film might be something celebrities need.
“I’ve been working with Jeremy O. Harris to essentially ride his coat sale and meet more famous people than ever in the last two years. When I’m talking about how to make a movie, that’s the same as what I’ve had with Charlie – I think they’re excited.”
“I present this very light and easy way to create. The “normal” way of how everything is made doesn’t connect with the reason they got into it in the first place.
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Courtesy of Pete Ohs
