Discover the directors' dreamlike worlds and their imaginations
When we launched the films-pour-enfants.com web portal, and to offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the creative process, between 2015 and 2017 we drew up a 10-question survey, modelled on the Proust Questionnaire, to reveal a little about the tastes and aspirations of the directors.
The fictional character you would most like to meet?
“Cyrus Smith, the engineer hero of Jules Verne's novel The Mysterious Island!”
What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
“A Walt Disney villain.”
What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
“A Walt Disney villain.”
The world you wouldn't want to live in?
“"Galaxy Express 999".”
The character you would most like to meet?
““Moomin.””
What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
“A librarian.”
Your earliest memory of fiction?
““Silver Hawks.””
Your earliest memory of fiction?
“"Hercules".”
The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
““Winsor McCay.””
The world you wouldn't want to live in?
“"Paprika".”
The character that scared you the most?
“"Tetsuo" in "Akira".”
The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
““Sen” in Hayao Miyazaki’s film “Spirited Away”.”
Your favorite word?
“"Crunchy".”
The character who touched you the most?
“"Gaby" in "Gulliver's Travels" by the Fleischer brothers.”
What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
“A new monster on "The Muppet Show", a British-American television series.”
The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
““Totoro.””
Your earliest memory of fiction?
“The “Wizard of Oz”.”
The character you would most like to meet?
““Indiana Jones.””
The character you would most like to meet?
“Captain Haddock.”
The character you would most like to meet?
““Captain Haddock”.”
The character that scared you the most?
““Dracula.””
Your earliest memory of fiction?
““Neverland.””
The character you would most like to meet?
“"Doc" Emmett Brown from the movie "Back to the Future".”
Your earliest memory of fiction?
““Dumbo.””
The world you wouldn't want to live in?
“In Nanguiyala from the novel The Lionheart Brothers by Astrid Lindgren.”
The character you would most like to meet?
“The bear "Baloo" in "Mowgli" by Roman Davydov.”
The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
““Cheburashka”.”
The character who touched you the most?
““King Kong.” He is so misunderstood.”
The world you wouldn't want to live in?
“Kafka's books.”
The character that scared you the most?
“"Chucky" from the movie "Child's Play".”
The world you would like to live in?
“At “Hogwarts” in the world of “Harry Potter”.”
What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
“A character written by John Steinbeck or Roald Dahl.”
The character that scared you the most?
““Gargamel” in “The Smurfs” by Peyo.”
The world you wouldn't want to live in?
“A painting by Hieronymus Bosch.”
What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
“A wise man like "Gandalf" in The Lord of the Rings.”
The character who touched you the most?
“"Junsei and Aoi" in the novel "Between Calmness and Passion" by Kaori Ekuni.”
The character you would most like to meet?
““Bugs Bunny.””
The world you wouldn't want to live in?
“The world of the film "Groundhog Day" directed by Harold Ramis.”
The character who touched you the most?
“Cheeta, Tarzan's companion. “Me Cheeta” by James Lever is the autobiography of Cheeta, the Hollywood chimpanzee.”
The character that scared you the most?
“the short film 'Vincent' by Tim Burton.”
The character who touched you the most?
“Gene Kelly (Don Lockwood) in “Singin’ in the Rain.””
The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
““Captain Renault” in the film “Casablanca” by Michael Curtiz.”
Your earliest memory of fiction?
““The Neverending Story” by Michael Ende.”
The world you would like to live in?
“The universe developed by the German painter Caspar David Friedrich.”
The character who touched you the most?
““Edward Scissorhands” by Tim Burton.”
The character that scared you the most?
“The dwarf in the film “Don’t Look Now” by Nicolas Roeg.”
The character who touched you the most?
““Esther Summerson” in “The Bitter House” by Charles Dickens.”
The world you wouldn't want to live in?
““1984” by George Orwell.”
What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
“The “Queen of Hearts” from “Alice in Wonderland.””
The character who touched you the most?
“"Captain Ahab" in "Moby Dick".”
The world you would like to live in?
“Kiki's town in the film "Kiki's Delivery Service" by Hayao Miyazaki.”
The character you would most like to meet?
““The Little Prince”.”
The world you wouldn't want to live in?
“A meaningless bureaucratic world, like in “Brazil”.”
Music you would like to listen to now?
“Nina Simone.”
The character who touched you the most?
““Professor Woland” in the novel “The Master and Margarita”.”
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