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?
« Nanguiyala from the novel The Brothers Lionheart 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 “Bleak 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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