Ruben Östlund is aware of it sounds “absurd” to complain about profitable awards, nevertheless, he admits that they add one other degree of “stress” for filmmakers.
Throughout a latest dialog with Mom Sofa writer-director Niclas Larsson for Interview journal, the Triangle of Unhappiness director was requested if “awards create self-confidence or make you extra insecure?”
“It makes you extra insecure, I’d say,” Östlund responded. “For me it was 100% like this. Successful one Golden Palm put extra stress on me, however profitable two Golden Palms took away loads of stress as a result of which means I wasn’t a one hit surprise. However then additionally I want stress as a way to carry out.”
He continued, “In order that’s why the purpose with the subsequent movie is to win one other Golden Palm. It’s going to be the primary time within the historical past of filmmaking {that a} director wins three Golden Palms in a row.”
Östlund received his first Palme for The Sq. in 2017 after which once more in 2022 for Triangle of Unhappiness. Although he famous that “it’s fully absurd to say this stuff,” the filmmaker additionally acknowledges that “stress” may also help propel individuals towards their objectives.
“For me, the purpose is to create a bar that’s pushed up and to create a purpose,” Östlund defined. “I feel lots of people think about me very cocky in a means, however for me, you say it as a result of it creates one thing that makes it doable to push one thing.”
The Oscar-nominated director added earlier within the dialog, “I feel additionally true artistic confidence and managing to attain one thing and dealing with function movies and touring the world and assembly individuals additionally developed my self-confidence. So it’s one thing about getting confidence in a career after which by way of that, experiencing the world and being put up in several social conditions that makes you much more assured.”
Östlund has additionally earned two Oscar nominations for Triangle of Unhappiness, together with greatest directing and greatest authentic screenplay. The movie additionally scored a greatest image nod, whereas The Sq. obtained a greatest international language movie nom.
