Assayas speaks of film, art over tea
For Olivier Assayas — the French director of “Paris, Je T’aime” — filmmaking is deeply connected to instinct and intuition.
“What you’re looking for in art, you can’t exactly verbalize,” he said at a Saybrook College Master’s Tea on Thursday. “You look for something that is what your instinct draws you to.”
Assayas discussed his views on the nature of art and filmmaking with an audience of about 45 at the tea, co-sponsored by the Cinema at the Whitney. Assayas, who has written and directed over 20 short and feature films, spoke at length about how he got into film, as well...
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