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The phrase "I am Alexander oscars tv Constantine Papadopoulos," begins the narrative of Alexander Payne for Greek roots. Develop methods pedigree tree with details. He also address several times in his interviews oscars tv for Greece, which surrounds him from the early years of his life. And the truth is that in the sixth feature film, the Nebraska , nominated for six Oscars, filmed in the Midwest, in black and white, has the look of a man with strong family ties. Can prima facie stated otherwise through his relationship with his son-handed father; can the atmosphere to reflect the most realistic way the American province society; however, the tenderness and the pervasiveness the characters betrays directorial gaze practiced not only on human observation, but also in blood ties.
The 52chronos Alexander Payne, who grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, not speaking the language of his ancestors, but uses Greek words during the interview. "Absolutely", "pastry", "ratio", "foreigner". Scattered but with zeal and reacts strongly, oscars tv laughing, when I insist on 'origin' and 'the great distance that separates him from the land of his grandparents. " oscars tv "But oscars tv who do you think I am? All my underground culture is Greek ... These "fucking Greeks" (says with great feeling of intimacy and love) keep reminding your identity even if abstain two generations. "
It is November 2013, day light, the sun Thessaloniki, during the 54th International Film Festival, the Payne is president of the jury, the last film screened in avant premier after the closing ceremony. Thousands of miles away from Nebraska, emits directness, simplicity and truth. What is Greek and what the American side over it, difficult to decide.
"Constantine from my mother's father, who is from Livadia, and Papadopoulos from my father's father, who was from Aegio" explains Alexander Payne. "He was the eldest of six or seven siblings. Emigrated oscars tv to America in 1910-1911. And in 1915 opened a pastry oscars tv shop near Omaha. There was then a large bias for the Greeks, because a Greek had shot a policeman. Follow rebellion and chaos. He was just 20 years and chose a name very American to avoid associations with their country of origin: Payne. There are many "hidden Greeks" in Nebraska. As all good Greek children, so too, when I was young, oscars tv after the American school I went to church for the Greek school. When I come here to embrace the whole family. I have relatives, oscars tv uncles and cousins. Recently, in fact, contacted and the family of my mother, who is from Syros ".
- The Nebraska is no village. It is the state with over 800,000 residents. I believe that everything is everywhere. oscars tv You can film anywhere. If you taste a drop of the ocean, you have to try it. Just study it. Have a taste of the place. The Ozu made films in Tokyo, Fellini in Rome, I in Omaha. No matter. The local is global. - You make films in New York?
- Humility. It may be cliche, simplistic what I say, but it is. Consumption is very evident in the US coasts. People must be demonstrated disproportionate to their income. In the Midwest, however, do not want to stand out, maintain oscars tv a low profile. Warren Buffett (pp investor, entrepreneur, the third richest in the world) has the same house from 1958, which was bought. He lives two blocks oscars tv from my parents, to my old neighborhood.
- From early in my life I was concerned how you have grown and there are no things that you regret. Perhaps these films is a way to think about this: how not to regret. The same question comes back constantly: oscars tv do the right thing in this very short, really short, oscars tv time was on earth? I do not know what else to say. I'm not a sociologist. Consciously or unconsciously, good artists are doctors of society. Not surgeons. They can tell you what is wrong. To diagnose. oscars tv To draw your attention. oscars tv There is however surgeons do sections ...
Mediates a pause. The discussion is interrupted to be served coffee. At the same time, a girlfriend, who is there, informs him about an event in Athens on the Golden Dawn. The film thread is lost and, almost inevitably, the conversation begins to rise of the far right in Europe, for the Tea Party , for Republicans, the problems facing Obama. "Not only is Obama. We all have problems with them ... "" I believe, "he continues," that the world today revives the conditions of Germany of the 20s. Poverty, unemployment