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...Holland does acknowledge a few consistent sources of inspiration in contemporary cinema--Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley, Gus Van Sant, and "in Europe, just tons of them"--but the voice she is most interested in following...
Moreover, Holland's reputation as the one-woman United Nations of modern filmmakers gave her a sizable advantage in tackling James, one of our most famously wordy scribes. "In some ways, the dialogue became less important when I began to work in different languages. I can change the dialogue and it doesn't change how I'm going to say what I'm going...
...thing that Holland feels cannot change if she is to generate good product is her insistence on maintaining agency over the way her film develops. She seeks out Polish-speaking cinematographers (some of the best in the business anyway) because she can converse most fluently not only about shots but about "the general meaning of the story, the acting and everything...
More to the point, Holland is fiercely protective of her independence as an artist, citing how many maverick filmmakers "make one interesting movie, and then the next thing they do is some thriller made for profit." Holland did not, however, buy into the notion of a "revived" independent cinema that dovetailed with the success of The English Patient, Secrets & Lies and other non-Hollywood pictures late last year. Again, her multicultural background clearly affords her a unique perspective...
...films to have the critical success, which is very nice if it happens, but I cannot have it in mind [while I work]. I try to tell the stories which are interesting, appealing, important, and which I have to tell." The next story she has to tell may carry Holland as far afield as Canada, Poland, India, and France--"except," she chuckles, "I don't have the money." No telling what kind of story could bridge all of these locales, but no one has ever said that Agnieszka Holland isn't ambitious