"Interstellar", "Un jour sans fin": the films which marked the life of Hervé Le Tellier

INTERVIEW

Guest Saturday of Mathieu Charrier, on Europe 1, the writer Hervé Le Tellier, finalist of Goncourt, returned on the films which marked his life,

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Your first memory of cinema?

"

, by John Ford, circa 1968. It is one of my earliest memories with

, without forgetting the Disney films. I think I had seen him at the Grand Rex, in this mythical cinema. When we are small, the Grand Rex is very very big. I had the impression that the great American spaces reproduced on the spot. "

Your best memory in the dining room?

"It's fairly recent, I would say it's

, by Christopher Nolan. There is also

by Lars Von Trier. They both marked me with the idea of ​​destruction, something very spatial. . It's also linked to the fact that these are films that you really want to see in a movie theater. Interstellar, it really had a lot more to me because I like Nolan's ability to respect logic which are those of science Much more than 

, I find that it is a scientific film. 

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Concerning

, it is a masterpiece because it poses the question of creation.

Everything is destroyed.

There is something incredibly dark about posing destruction from the start.

It's the anti-happy ending, it's the 'sad beginning'.

It's a wonderful film from an editing point of view. " 

A movie you would like to live in?

"One film that I find great is

. I really liked this film, and I realize that it is a sentimental American comedy, a little nunuche, but that I still love it. And then, I love the actors, Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell are wonderful. "

The masterpiece you hate?

"The melody of happiness

. It's really not bad, I recognize a masterpiece side to it, but I hate this kind of thing. I don't know, it's a childhood thing, a little traumatic for Me. It reminds me of the songs I sang when I was a child. I saw it as a child in England, it bathes my childhood, which I did not like too much. "

Your favorite director? 

"I have several. Truffaut, Fellini, and then another, because he has done everything: Ridley Scott. Unlike others, he has ventured into all genres and often without making a mistake. relaunched the peplum, with

he made the first movie in which space was a terrifying place. But he also did average movies, and I like this idea of ​​a director who can make amazing movies that relaunch entirely of genres, and which from time to time falls apart. "

The movie that made you laugh the most?

"Duck Soup

, from the Marx Brothers. I saw it again, it made me laugh less, but in my memories, it's the one that made me laugh the most. Otherwise, there are things of Michel Hazanavicius who make me laugh a lot, like

, which remains a monument. "

Which movie made you cry the most?

"A film by Mike Leigh:

. It is the story of a young black woman who finds her white mother, who, at first, does not believe that it is her daughter, and who, of a suddenly, remembers the conditions in which she had this child. She gave birth under X and never saw the little girl. So, this black woman finds her mother. And there is this scene of reunion with family where the mother does not dare to admit that this woman who accompanies her is her daughter. It is very moving. It is an absolutely incredible scene on the family, on the reunion. The actress is extraordinary. "

Which movie would you recommend to your best friend?

"One day without end,

again. It is not possible to miss a film with such a crazy script. Or

, by Truffaut. This film is wonderful. Charles Denner occupies the film. in a wonderful way, and it's a very nice movie about Truffaut himself and his relationship to women. It's a very nice movie about love. " 

And which one would you recommend to your worst enemy?

"Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Brussels

, by Chantal Akerman. It's long, terribly long. I admit that it is a monument of cinema, but it is still very, very long."

The soundtrack that has marked your life the most?

"The one from

and the one from A Clockwork

. The soundtracks of Kubrick's films, I find that fascinating. At Kubrick, everything about sound editing really amazed me. In

, the musical choices are incredibly fine and subtle. Even in

, Kubrick's musical choice is still incredibly clever. "