Alfonso Cuaron Talks Finding 'Roma' Star Yalitza Aparicio | Close Up
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- 'Roma' director Alfonso Cuaron joins Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter to talk discovering his film's star Yalitza Aparicio and more.
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Greatness recognizes greatness. That handshake between Spike Lee and Alfonso Cuarón is one the coolest moments of this year.
Yeah, and I loved the Ryan Coogler's and Yorgos Lanthimos' reaction to the handshake. They were like, "Omg, Spike Lee gave him a compliment".
I love how Spike Lee just cuts to the chase "how'd you do that shot" amazing
What we were all thinking lol
That shot was unbelievable.
That answer just makes me love the shot so much more
Spike, that's what I was thinking for the past 27 hours since seeing the film. How did he do that shot? When you asked that question, I was caught--"knowing"--exactly what you meant. And so did he. I mean, he had a dolly going from the beach out into the ocean. w-t-f-man!?! Spike's beautiful launch into that, and the director knowing, too, what he meant. Thank goodness for this film to show the new possible--building a pier! wow.
mymy Not to mention the dialogue that comes right at the end of that shot is one of the most emotional scenes I’ve ever seen. That’s why I think Yalitza Aparicio deserves to win Best Actress at the Oscars this year!
If Yalitza won an Oscar, i would be on my feet cheering. She is the beating heart of this film. An astonishing performance.
charlie g the labor scene or the beach scene at least has to be her Oscar tape. Lord have mercy I was not ready for that
charlie g gaga outsold
the labor scene made both me and my mom cry. it's unbelievable that she had no background in acting
yr obt svt she was just being herself
z z the academy will probably give it to Glenn Close for The Wife (6 times nominated, she is owed.) plus, avaricious doesn’t have plans to stay in Hollywood, wanting to become a school teacher. But as long as Roma wins Best Picture, that will mean that at least foreign cinema is accepted a lot more within America hopefully. It’s still the best film of the past year, so I want it to win.
Just finished it. Lord have mercy that birth scene. Painful. I'm inspired.
yeap. I just burst in tears, this was so HARD and TOUGH emotionally scene.
Alana Branch spoiler lol
I saw it in the theater
I literally saw woman bursting out in tears
I was trying to hard not to cry but it got to me great movie
I controled myself to not crying
Watched it with my mother who was in Mexico City around that time and that scene completely broke us. It takes a very special film bring out such strong emotions from its audience
Yalitza Aparicio
...you just changed the history of beauty...you open a lot of eyes...you are a real gorgeous woman.
Sad, but in Mexico, MESTIZOs discriminate indians
We need more people like you!.😊
@@mixtecjaguar9824 yes...es cierto....pero es tiempo de ser la influencia. .y cambiar ese pensamiento discriminatorio!
@@nadiapaz2908 Bien dicho.
Love how all these amazing directors look at alfonso like they where hearing a master.
prizzzma Bradley Cooper outsold
cause he is a master most of the guys there were subpar in comparison
Cause he is a Master...and he is humble not like Nolan that feels he deserves everything
Also Yorgos Latinhos, he Is a really great director.
@@sherlockholmes8528 yes, and nolan is good but he is not on the same league of alfonso, alfonso acts and talks like a normal dude who also likes to drink and smoke weed, he is a charolastra.
This is a director who has a profound grasp on his craft. Love how he nonchalantly describes finishing a film as feeling relieved. Roma is a masterpiece and essential viewing
That moment between Lee and Cuaron!
What an astonishing film on every level.. A true masterwork.
STUNNING.
Sad true, in México most of people didnt like roma because they get bored watching the movie, they expected a fast paced movie with jokes and stuff alike, pinches pendejos.
The three amigos have all won oscars, and Cuaron will win again this year.
He might finally give México its first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language after the last three attempts: Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros & Biutiful) and Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Laberynth).
@@foglias It would be amazing
No, he needs to give Mexico the Best Picture Oscar-- if he doesn't win, I will be supper disappointed. His only rivals in the category should be Shoplifters, Cold War, The Favourite and even though I have not seen it yet If Beale Street Could Talk@@foglias
@@HelloHello-tm7uc Roma shouldn't win BP, period. Best foreign film at most.
@@DanielVnt Please tell us what should win Best Picture.
the beach scene tho... i'm still crying
Yeah I panicked badly
@@rugus722 ,was she saving one of the kids? I'm not sure she just went for a swimm
@@rugus722 I have 2 small boys. That scene made me get up my seat and I almost cried.
Was honestly praying hard that no one would drown in this scene, my heart would have been broken. I rarely feel for a character as much as I did for Cleo, what an amazing and soulful performance by Yalitza.
"The fox is relieved...he got away with it." Damn, I love this man. With The Little Princess, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, Gravity, and now his latest masterpiece Roma, Alfonso is hands down one of the most versatile, brilliant, inventive auteurs ever
Cine Fiend40 Children of Men is my fav
Alfonso Cuarón just creates another beautiful masterpiece of a movie 🎥 🍿 absolutely beautiful movie !! Greetings from Russia 🇷🇺
Nice comment Kristoff. 🖐️🇲🇽
Kristoff, many of Cuaron's shots were inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky. 🤗
MAESTRO Cuaron... Just look everyone looking a him like a kids learning how to made a film just right.
He along with Spike and Yorgos were the only real filmmakers here
i just watched the movie and i loved it! i'm still thinking about Cleo ! such an amazing character ! Yalitza deserves all the awards
Believe me, you will have an indescribable experience, feeling, when you see the shot that Cuarón is explaining. Because in that moment you comprehend the reason of why he had to do this movie. It's a personal moment where he puts together the love of the humanity in one single shot. But it's still his moment, and unintentionally, he puts all of us there.
My face deformed and I started to cry, and cry, because I was watching something beyond beautiful. The composition of the shot is absolutely... pure. The direction, the performances, the photography, all this conjugated to serve to Cuarón memories.
This film will stay in my heart for the rest of my life.
Dan McLaren I loved your comments!
@@angelicaalcantaragallegos5427 And the fun fact is that I'm enemy of sharing my life, enemy of writing and exposing my thoughts with people I have as contacts on, for example, Facebook. I don't like to put in a window my life, but this platform is different, because in some channels we know we'll find audience that appreciate this kind of art, and we understand each other, and that's why feel free to share my real feeling with all of you.
Alfonso Cuaron standing ovation for his master piece.....stunning miraculously
Que Spike Lee te felicite así, y te vea con tanta admiración ... NO MAMES! Cuanta emoción y orgullo siento por Cuarón
In inglish please, ok?
@@gabrielsoriano7788 espero que sea una broma que me pidas que escriba en inglés, si no te pido que te vayas a la verga, yo escribo lo que quiero y en el idioma que quiero.
@@gabrielsoriano7788 "Having Spike Lee congratulating you like that and looking at you with such admiration... Dont suck! how much emotion and pride I feel for Cuaron!"... then later: "I hope you asking me to write in English is a joke, otherwise I ask you to go to the dick. I write what I want to write and in the language I want".... @Ana Posada ha de ser un troll... dice "inglish".
Mejor como "Que Alfonso Cuaron te de la mano... no mames!"
@@RandomForestGump si, es probable. Aún así creo que mi respuesta fue muy clara ante cualquier posibilidad. Saludos!
The beach scene made me cry, when Cleo confesses her thoughts, it is very powerful and it is impossible to not sympathize with the character (you either agree or sympathize). Una hermosa pelicula que ha hecho el señor Cuarón, un orgullo para nosotros los mexicanos, le deseo éxito en la próxima temporada de premios :)
I guess thank you Spike Lee for asking the question many of us wanted to. (Oh yeah, fantastic job on BlacKkKsman)
Sergio B. Viva Mexico 🇲🇽
I know right! I was super curious on how he pulled that off! What a beautifully shot film
upload the full roundtable pleaaseeeee
It has to be a documentary about how Roma was shot! What a film!!
One of the three Mexican Masters of Cinema! 🙌🏼
Luis Bustamante I know right?
I’m always like ... I see a Guillermo Del Toro film and I say he is the best. Then I see a Alejandro Iñarritu and say he is the best
Then I see a Film like Roma and I say Alfonzo Cuarón he is the best .. so I come to the conclusion all 3 are 1
They all have said it
When they make a film they call each other and ask for advise
That’s the reason a the films are great
And all 3 are great
And Chivo...are 4 genius.
cmnweb oh yes
I’m sorry I totally forgot about him
Chivo might be the best of all 4
I had no idea Spike Lee was so tiny!
Explains a lot about his personality.
Small person tremendous person
Yeah, but he's also sitting on his nut sacks now, no chair. The sheer determination and will power of Spike Lee to his Art...his passion is beyond words.
When you're a smaller guy, it's insane how often people bring it up. I hear it almost every day. It's like the only thing people see about you
Everybody is talking about the beach scene, of course it's the most important one and it was really emotional but can we talk about the birth scene? It was intense to say the least. Apparently Alfonso told Yali there was a real baby on the set. She didn't know what was going to happen exactly. Cuarón wanted to capture her genuine reaction. That scene really got me. I was on the border of the seat. Really emotional.
Just watched the movie preview, is like i came back at the city that i was born ( mexico city) and spent my life as a child in the 60's, Alfonso Cuaron is a True artist.
I can sense an Oscar nomination for Cuaron for Best Director and Aparicio for Best Actress.
You’re right
When Alfonso said "One hundred and ten" I loved her reaction, she was just amazed at what he just said. Apparently for first time directors or a new era director who just wants to make his/her first feature or wants to create a voice in cinema, you can only shoot 30-40 days max including reshoots.
I mean, Roma was produced by him -Cuarón-, Netflix entered the game once it was almost over. He decided to do a movie without the pressures of a studio.
I didnt understand the question? 110 days??
@@gabrielacampos123 Le preguntan cuántos días de filmación tuvo la película y el responde "cerca de 110", Ramdev justifica la reacción de la directora porque aparentemente el tiempo promedio de filmación son de 30 a 40 días incluyendo las correcciones de tomas.
@@Gensaztigaperez 😮gracias!
@@Gensaztigaperez translate
*G E N I U S*
Those who watched the movie on Netflix you might think "I saw it"...you have NO idea what it looks like on a big theater screen with surround system...
the beach scene made you feel you were inside the water... the images... it felt like the movie Gravity but about earth.... see it in the THEATER!!!
then I had to turn around thinking people were chatting...it was the movie, for this movie theaters use their best surround system.... 70mm screen, ....theater
Lucky you! I was unfortunate enough to have a busy schedule during its theatrical run here in Oslo.. Hopefully they will do more screenings in the future.
I saw it in my own theatre at home, 200 inch with surround system. On Netflix.
I saw it at the theater as well as home, wow yes if you’re able to go out and watch it do it. Totally different experience
Not playing near me, sorry Mr film.
Fortunately, Netflix has the stunning soundtrack in Dolby Atmos as well. The 5.1 soundtrack also upscales very well into an Atmos sound system. For those who won't be able to see it in a cinema, I hope they would at least be able to watch the movie with surround sound.
I don't even want to know how hard it was to orchestrate that long shot that slowly pans out to the massacre in the streets.
Hey! I was an extra in that scene! (was one of the People in the street) and although I cant really tell you about the part in the Shop (because i wasnt really in that set) I do can talk about what was going on down in the street. The actual masacre was a real event in México (called "El Halconazo") where Los Halcones (a military group) attacked students that were protesting... Saying that, I thought it was quite difficult to recreate even if the whole moment was seen from above, because we had like 2 days of rehearsal so we could know how the halcones would atack us... And we where told we were going to be shooting 3 days, but the shooting just lasted 2 days. It was quite intense, because we began shooting in the first light of day, until dawn. I cant really tell you how many takes there were, but there were quite a lot...
Thanks for the insight! There were just so many moving pieces in that scene that it's impressive it only took 2 days.
I think Roma is just pure art. Alfonso really outdid himself, and after gravity I didn't think he could do it. I felt the same thing when I saw titanic and felt James Cameron had done his masterpiece, and then I saw avatar. I hope he wins best picture with Roma.
Alfonso Cuaron is Excellence, but I think his humility Makes Him Great!
Dude directed my favorite HP film, and my favorite of all time, Children of Men.
They all look at him in a funny way, like they all admire him and look up to him
I ended up being stunned by this movie. It was absolutely a work of art. I would really love it if Yalitza won.
cuaron. you are pure art---- and so honest. thank you .
Cuaron, Lanthimos, and Lee made three of the best movies this year
Alfonso is absolutely correct after I finished my last final and received my bachelor’s I was relieved not happy 😂 sometimes when you achieve something that took so much out of you emotionally your just relieved it’s over
As a Mexican /American, Im so proud of my heritage and culture. This is a wonderful movie that touches so many points. It's real. It's authentic. People can identify with it. It doesn't matter where you are from or your economical status you can relate to this movie. It's beautifully done. I love it!!!
Esta película es un orgullo, como una México/Americana, me siento tan orgullosa de mis raíces y cultura. Es una obra de arte con la cual te edentificas. No importa tu estatus social o donde vengas, te edentificas con esta película. Me encantó!!! Que maravilla de película!!!
Alfonso Cuaron gets the attention from all the directors, and from all of us as well. Cuaron otra vez con otro exito.
that shot itself deserves an oscar
Congratulations Alfonso and thank you for sharing your great art. You are amazing.
Alfonso, your films always get to my soul, but Roma just kept me in awe all the time, and still. What a film, what a masterpiece.
I am so proud of the people of my country making it so big.
Sending love from Chihuahua Mexico. This film was depicting his life. It felt very real. He made the film "A little Princess" which was my favorite movie as a child (very sad and will make you cry). Alfonso's movies really hit you in the heart.
Just saw it on netflix.... what a beautiful film. Hoping it would take best foreign film (also best picture if possible)
Love Roma..best film ever I cry..with yalitzia..😢😢😢😢
Que orgullo wey!
I just finished watching the movie... And I cried a lot with the birth scene and the end on the beach when she cries again and said that she didn't want her baby... So sad. 😥😥
Great interview--would leave the piece out about if they drowned it will be cut! Appreciate the interview 🤩
Cuaron is my favoirite director, so modest , loves his culture and heritage
Please THR drop the full version ASAP this is absolute gold
La mejor pelicula de 2018!!!
Aun tengo que verla, pero sin duda me dejara encantado, estara entre mis favoritas del año.
"We love you so, so much"
What a great bunch nominated this year, really interesting people and directors, and en incredible diversity in this table
He's a beautiful poet ❤️
For me Cold War was the best film of 2018 but i would be very happy as well if Roma get all the awards this season. Such an incredible masterpiece.
Alfonso me genera inquietud atravez de su trabajo y sus peliculas y gravaciones.. Es un gran director destacado.me encanta!!
LEGEND
Please give us the whole roundtable episodes!!!
Loved the movie. Made me cry. 😢
Tremendous Movie!. Yalitza Aparicio did a great perfromance and the amazing direction and photography of Alfonso Cuarón did as result that Masterpiece called Roma.
It’s funny how he said
If they would of drowned he just would of changed the ending lol
excited to see it !
EXCELENTE FELICITO AL SR. Alfonso Cuaron ; La mejor película , México es grande Talento, en hora buena
Great seeing two masters choppin it up talking craft.
They're all looking at him with this fascination.
I’m a 43 years old guy and I cry in the end in front of my sister, no movie have never done that to me, I’m from Chimalhuacan (the training scene was film there) Mexico and bring some many memories, my mother work like Cleo in a house where she met my father who used to paint houses.
I just finished watching this film. It deeply touched my heart. Viva Mexico Cabrones! 🇲🇽❤
Para q la palabrota.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ viva mi cultura mexicana #proud paisano
Que ORGULLO!! Viva MEXICO!!
I burst out laughing when they went to the space movie in the movie and we cut to someone floating in space and someone else with a jetpack and it's basically the poor man's Gravity.
That was hysterical!
I'm just some Canadian guy and I say I thought the same thing! Lol and then I thought, the irony of how he did Gravity and it was spectacular
I'm just some Canadian guy and I say it’s actually an old movie that Cuarón saw as a kid which inspired him to make gravity.
"And the crane kept on derailing."
Can you imagine what it was like to work as a grip on this production? I'm not sure if it would be a dream job or some kind of ultimate stressful nightmare. Perhaps both.
Samuel Stephens but imagine the pride of those that worked on it when they watched the movie and that the struggles and stressed that they had made one of the most iconic scenes ever made in cinema.
Imagine the three amigos going toe to toe for an Oscar
Big thanks to Spike for asking because I wondered how the hell did he pull that shot off when I first watched the movie.
Here for and after and because of Roma!
I wonder why he said he did Great Expectations for the wrong reasons? I loved the movie, I was in my early teens and haven't read the book so the story, the soundtrack and the whole film captivated me in a way that even now when I hear the song from Mono I start to weep.
That is how you know he is a TRUE MASTER.. If the movies that he feels is his "worst", is one that causes that emotion to you. Imagine when he said: "This is my best movie"
He has explained it in several takings. Give me some days and I'll find his answer.
Please answer this comment so I can locate it again.
By the way, I also love Great Expectations.
@@dan.mcantu Thank you so much for taking your time. I heard an interview with him on the Hollywood Reporter podcast, he also didn't go into detail.
@@Ordgrill I found it. czcams.com/video/ET5kli0CmiY/video.html
Min 36:23 to 45:47, aprox.
In another interview, Cuarón said that he asked Gwyneth Paltrow and Ethan Hawke to do a nude scene and they didn't want to do it, because they consider that, for this kind of movies, that nudes are done only in independent ones, so Cuarón said it was absurd that way of approaching the art of acting. I'm not so sure about Ethan saying that, but maybe more sure about Paltrow.
I think that in some way he didn't enjoy to work with them, and I am guessing, because he has never said anything about both actors. Anything about how was the process with them.
Well, It's part of the things I remember from that interview. If you find some more facts about the reasons he didn't enjoy at all filming Great Expectations, please, write me back 😅.
Now on. We have to be sure somebody is here to change our life for good or bad. But we stiill have to be sure who we can go
give us the full video please
I love Alfonso...the way he speaks is hypocritical I wish I have that kind of expirience that Yalitza has been given. I celebrate this great journey they have accomplished.
0:39 - 0:47 what mexicans know (and feel) better... :'D
Moving on to another topic, i admire Cuaron's works. Thank you for writing again and finding beauty everywhere to tell stories.
THAT WAS ONE TAKE?
Spike articulating my thoughts beautifully 😂
YES!
1:22. I like to see respect among peers.
Master Film Director
Thank you for Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
Great!
When's the full video going up?
Yalitza aparicio she is amazing
Maestro!
Amazing movie! Great ❤❤❤
She was absolutely brilliant.
Enhorabuena Alfonso, you deserve that.
Forgive my ignorance but where are the full videos aired? Is it in TV 1st and then eventually comes down to youtube?
Que 🤔 buenas respuestas. Oh love him
The talent on that table
good stuff! - Meredith VanAcker :)
Where is the full video?
Is already out?
Beautiful film
Te amo, Alfonso.