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Chloé Zhao (Beijing, 1982)

has been chosen to take superheroes (all of them) beyond not the stars but their captive audience.

, which opens this Friday, adapts the story devised by

and does so with the declared intention of opening a third way between independent cinema and the great blockbuster.

After grabbing all the Oscars and awards with

, the Chinese-born director now proposes a blockbuster that is also a moral fable, a manifesto about diversity (not for nothing, it is the first Marvel film with an openly gay character) and a pagan prayer.

Tone in two and a half hours.

Amen.

After dealing extensively with the

In one way or another in his previous works, it seems that now what he intends to review is the only truly modern and global mythology, that of superheroes. That is one of the motivations for making the film. We are haunted by different questions and we are faced with a new form of anxiety. We live in a time that forces us to ask ourselves what lies beyond the horizon. It is urgent to find out and clarify what is the relationship that we have right now with issues such as technology or mortality. And the rise of superhero cinema has to do with all this. This new way of approaching science fiction is a faithful reflection of the concerns of our time. Much has been said about the novelties that his film incorporates from the plot and formal point of view to the imaginary of superheroes.More specifically, two issues have been discussed: for the first time we see a sex scene in the Marvel universe and for the first time one of the characters is openly gay, lives with his partner and has a son ... That desire we can call revisionist is a desire shared by both filmmakers and viewers themselves. The idea is to discuss the founding principles of the genre and somehow challenge the moral simplicity of the genre so far. What does it mean to be a hero today? What form can heroes take right now? That's the ongoing debate that the Marvel factory itself is aware of. How important was it to you to include the scene of two men kissing in a Marvel movie? A lot. It's not just two people kissing. They are two people who wonder about the importance of family,of his family. Love for your family is what allows you to

regain your faith in humanity. The message that is transmitted is that it is not necessary to look at people as a group but individually. And from there to realize how much we are similar to each other. Do you think that a step like the one you have taken in a franchise like this will serve to advance in terms of representation and equality? I am aware of it, yes. But my job is to make the audience feel this moment as really necessary, to feel the love and anguish of those two people. It is not simply an effort to fill in the diversity box. How do you go from independent cinema to the most gritty

without losing the sense of reality and even of cinema? I recently visited a film school and felt jealousy. I was touched by that pure passion for storytelling that you have when you start out. And that's something I always try to come back to, over and over again. If you lose that passion, you lose everything. The budget of the film does not matter, my predisposition is always the same. That is what helps me grow.It is already commonplace when talking about superheroes to recover Martin Scorsese's statements about the decadence that for him represents a genre that, according to Scorsese, has nothing to do with the original emotion of cinema First of all, and to avoid misunderstandings, I would like to make clear the immense respect I feel for a director with whom I have literally grown up and with whom I have trained as a filmmaker. Anyway,I think I understand where its prevention comes from. I can only say that I feel a bit like the child of a broken marriage. I can't choose between mom and dad, I'm on both sides. I prefer to believe that on both sides of the conflict there is both a genuine desire to learn and an enormous curiosity. Whether they like it or not, the two ways of understanding cinema share the same room. Recently, the director Denis Villeneuve, declared that he had the impression that many Marvel films were a copy-paste of one another ... Of course, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.I can only say that I feel a bit like the child of a broken marriage. I can't choose between mom and dad, I'm on both sides. I prefer to believe that on both sides of the conflict there is both a genuine desire to learn and an enormous curiosity. Whether they like it or not, the two ways of understanding cinema share the same room. Recently, the director Denis Villeneuve, declared that he had the impression that many Marvel films were a copy-paste of one another ... Of course, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.I can only say that I feel a bit like the child of a broken marriage. I can't choose between mom and dad, I'm on both sides. I prefer to believe that on both sides of the conflict there is both a genuine desire to learn and an enormous curiosity. Whether they like it or not, the two ways of understanding cinema share the same room. Recently, the director Denis Villeneuve, declared that he had the impression that many Marvel films were a copy-paste of one another ... Of course, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.I can't choose between mom and dad, I'm on both sides. I prefer to believe that on both sides of the conflict there is both a genuine desire to learn and an enormous curiosity. Whether they like it or not, the two ways of understanding cinema share the same room. Recently, the director Denis Villeneuve, declared that he had the impression that many Marvel films were a copy-paste of one another ... Of course, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.I can't choose between mom and dad, I'm on both sides. I prefer to believe that on both sides of the conflict there is both a genuine desire to learn and an enormous curiosity. Whether they like it or not, the two ways of understanding cinema share the same room. Recently, the director Denis Villeneuve, declared that he had the impression that many Marvel films were a copy-paste of one another ... Of course, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.I prefer to believe that on both sides of the conflict there is both a genuine desire to learn and an enormous curiosity. Whether they like it or not, the two ways of understanding cinema share the same room. Recently, the director Denis Villeneuve, declared that he had the impression that many Marvel films were a copy-paste of one another ... Of course, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.I prefer to believe that on both sides of the conflict there is both a genuine desire to learn and an enormous curiosity. Whether they like it or not, the two ways of understanding cinema share the same room. Recently, the director Denis Villeneuve, declared that he had the impression that many Marvel films were a copy-paste of one another ... Of course, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.declared that he had the impression that many Marvel movies were a copy-paste of one another ... What must be clear, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same Threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.declared that he had the impression that many Marvel movies were a copy-paste of one another ... What must be clear, beyond the differences, is that the pandemic has placed us all on the same side facing the same Threat: what is at risk are movie theaters and the collective experience of watching movies together. It is the moment to move forward together and not to argue.

is a great movie to see at the cinema and not otherwise. Otherwise, Denis and I come from the same place and our training is very similar. Cinema is for the masses, cinema is for everyone and a

has the potential to reach a lot of people. You understand from what it says that there is a kind of third way between independent cinema and that of the big studios. ancient Greece, the stage of the theater was open to everything to everyone. It was an open-air space where people would cry and laugh. Such an experience cannot be restricted to a privileged few. From independent cinema and from

we have to strive to do the same, to tell better stories and to constantly reinvent ourselves. Last year you were crowned the second woman in history to receive an Oscar for best director. This year we have seen how the main festivals were won by female directors. Do you feel the responsibility of being a pioneer, of setting a path for others, of breaking a limit hitherto unbroken? I am aware that I am privileged. But I prefer to be humble and feel honored to be able to help and encourage new generations. My goal as a storyteller is to build bridges. I want to make films that connect people no matter who the other is and where they come from. Although the increasingly polarized society tells you that you have nothing in common with that other person, my idea is that you are able to cry and laugh at their side.I was referring in the question to gender more than anything ... Yes, I think things can be told in another way, I believe in a feminine force that has nothing to do with the masculine concept of power.

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