In order to highlight part of the behind the scenes of creation, Robert Milne, director of the film Bundle Of Joy, answers our dreamlike questionnaire.
Discover the dreamlike universe of the directors, the imaginary worlds that influence them, the conscious or unconscious references underlying the films.
1- The character who touched you the most?
Cheeta, Tarzan's companion. “Me Cheeta” by James Lever is an autobiography of Cheeta, the Hollywood chimpanzee. This wonderful book is very entertaining and contains old stories about Hollywood. The last part, where Cheeta is reunited with Johnny Weismuller, who has become old and fragile, is extremely moving.
2- The character that scared you the most?
I was terrified of the Ventriloquist's Dummy ("Hugo") in the superb and terrifying film "In the Dark of the Night" (1945). The film is made up of five stories and the ventriloquist who is played by Michael Redgrave really struck and scared me a lot.
3- The character you would most like to meet?
As a child, I would have loved to meet Doctor Who. My favorite interpretation was that of Patrick Troughton.
4- The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
I would like to be reincarnated as Bertie Wooster in PG Wodehouse's comic novels.
5- The world you would like to live in?
the world of the novel "The First Men in the Moon" by HG Wells. It's the story of two men who travel to the moon in a small boat made of Cavorite, a revolutionary material that creates weightlessness.
6- The world you wouldn't want to live in?
Air Strip One is the name George Orwell gave to England in his novel “1984”.
7- What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
A castaway on a desert island, like Robinson Crusoe, as long as the island has plenty of plants to eat and the weather is good.
8- Your earliest memory of fiction?
The planet of "Clangers", British series by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. It's a very small world in which great adventures take place.
9- Your favorite word?
In English, “Barnacles” (Cirripedia in French).
10- Music you would like to listen to now?
“Piano Phase” by Steve Reich. Original English version: