Centro Cultural Internacional Oscar Niemeyer

Saura and Wim Wenders, two geniuses in front of the screen

From 05 to 08 of March 2009

While Carlos Saura valued "the virtues of watching a film in solitude, with few people around", Wim Wenders, obliged by experience, said not to feel comfortable with solitude: "once, I went to San Francisco where they were continuously showing three of my films. There were many people for the first one, nearly half for the second and I was completely alone for the third. I went up to speak to the film projector operator to tell him to stop the film and he wasn’t there either. So, definitely I do not like solitude at the cinema".

It was Wim Wenders who mentioned the idea, already applied by Scandinavian countries, of taking films to schools as a subject to be studied. "Film-making is art by itself and as such it is very positive for young people". Saura found the idea "very interesting" and added that "it will surely happen the same in Spain, as it is the culture of the youth, as well as ours".

Regarding the future, Wenders seemed to have very clear views: "now films can be made out of nothing: a digital camera, a computer and two or three people. This is the first generation with the ability to make films without thinking on the budget", explained the German film-maker, before making public that his next film would be in three dimensions. In this moment Saura took part to assure that a 3D film would be "exciting", while the event presenter Gregorio Belinchón pointed: "the porn film-making industry is the one with more interest in 3D film-making". Saura replied with a smile, adding: "Well, in my opinion reality is the best porn. You touch all reliefs".

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