Buzznet Interview with Film Director

Fabrizio Federico about his feature debut Black

Biscuit
Do you think artists have a personality complex?
I think artists are the ones who carry a personality complex, but are
brave enough to do something about it. To go out and find something to
fix their broken half. It's like losing your favorite pillow, I like going back
in time and living one week as if it's the 50's or 0's the next week like
the !0's, and occasionally today. I guess I"m a film astronaut.
hat drives you to create?
#aybe the way to go in life is to find a mission for yourself. $omething
to keep you busy, whether it's films, or sex, or creating. %s long as your
not bored. If none of my work achieves what ever the public
consciousness considers to be success, then thats even better.
%ll the great artists die penniless, and Im proud of myself that I never
aspired to be president.
hat does your film Black Biscuit mean?
&hhhhhhhh, forget about all that 'ust absord it. (ilm for me is a playful
field. I don"t understand all the bitterness and criticism that comes out of
the woodworks towards cinema. $uch hostile criticism.
)pinions change with time, and Im the newest lamb to be nailed to the
cross. I like my work to span a wide variety of feelings like a tornado*
from happy to lonely, to spooky.
I get turned on by witches. +lack +iscuit is a gutter circus.
!o how did you set a mood for your film?
+y giving out impressions...isnt an impression formed within the first ,
seconds of meeting someone. I like to make people feel loose when Im
collaborating with them, think of my film set as a brothel. I'll encourage
you to pursue your vices. -opefully you dont let them eat you.
.oes cinema still provoke/
0es it does, but 'ust not as much. I'd like to see less polished, structured
films, and more movies about the mundane. That and bi1arre real life
sub'ects . #y goal is to show people you don"t need to make 20 short
films before you get around to making a feature film. The big
mainstream films at the moment are 'ust so schmalt1y like syrup. #y
ideal cinema world would consist of less budget, and planning. 3ust to
be primal. I cant follow 4 style for 420min it's boring to me, so I surf a
wide variety of influences.
5hat"s your philosophy on life /
#y planets will shift but my sun is called personal freedom. I hope I
come out smiling in the end, but I"m not out the tunnel yet. (eelings that
surround me now will change, but if you go for internal bliss you cant go
wrong. %lchemy is a good place to start.