EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Japanese director Kôji Fukada’s drama Love Life.
25.01.2023 - 06:09 / thewrap.com
You have won the Nobel Prize and a Booker Prize (in 1989 for “The Remains of the Day”) but how does being an Oscar nominee compare in terms of your excitement?Well, obviously, it was great to get the Nobel Prize and the Booker, but that’s my day job. This, the Academy Award nomination, is something different. To get a Oscar nomination is — well, it’s just ridiculously exciting.
It’s way beyond anything I ever hoped for. I do feel very much like an amateur compared to other screenwriters. I’ve always been a film freak, from when I was a kid. Movies have always been a passion for me. And my favorite films stay with me and become part of my emotional landscape.
When my life is going in a certain way, I remember my favorite films. They seem to chime in with something. And people have always encouraged me to write more screenplays, but it’s more something I do for fun, kind of like a side project. But this project has come together so well. As a big movie lover, is there something special about being nominated for an adaptation of a Kurosawa film?Yes.
I leaned very heavily on the Kurosawa movie “Ikiru,” that I adapted into “Living.” In the Kurosawa movie, which is a masterpiece, the main character emotes a hell of a lot. It’s very non-Japanese in that way. It’s a very emotional performance, often he’s tearful and expressive.
EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Japanese director Kôji Fukada’s drama Love Life.
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