Warning: This article contains spoilers forTriangle of Sadness.
ButTriangle of Sadnessis his most raucous film yet.
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Sunnyi Melles in ‘Triangle of Sadness.'.Everett Collection
And then we were working with these tubes that went into the actors’ mouths.
They tried to keep their mouth shut and then it would just burst out.
We worked quite long on that.
Woody Harrelson plays a communist yacht captain in ‘Triangle of Sadness.'.Everett Collection
Otherwise it’s not going to end up being anything."
But then we had one actress,Sunnyi Melles, who could provoke throw up by herself.
What were you trying to communicate there?
Filmmaker Ruben Östlund won his second Palme d’Or for ‘Triangle of Sadness.'.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
It felt almost like these old debates are just as silly as mass vomiting.
They don’t want to see that capitalism actually has improved a lot of things for us.
Haven’t we left that behind us?
Charlbi Dean, Dolly De Leon, and Vicki Berlin in ‘Triangle of Sadness’.Neon/Everett
Can we talk about how to create a society that is not connected to this hooligan mentality?
Triangle of Sadnessis your second film to win the Palme d’Or.
How did that feel?
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And people are starting to compare you with these directors and then of course you get proud.
Well, I think that it’s a little bit about what kind of era cinema is in.
Those have become a genre of movie in itself.
They were completely fun even though they had a topic that was very important.
And of course I have to mention alsoAdam McKay.
Bunuel definitely feels like a major influence on your work.
What kind of impact did his films have on you?
When they talked about Bunuel, they were so excited, and I got so excited by their energy.
It’s like, how dare you?
It’s inspiring the way he really messes up with the way we describe the poor and the rich.
I like the provocation that he has and his wild approach to content.
That really comes through in this film withDolly de Leon’s performance.
It was amazing because we shot the film almost chronologically.
So I got to know basically everyone before we ended up on the island.
Then it was time to get to know Dolly and also Jean-Christophe Folly, who plays the pirate.
They came in like new actors on set.
My audience was dying at that part.
But as soon as we started to shoot that scene, I felt “I’m safe.
It needs a very strong actress who knows how to manipulate the group.
I especially loved the ending and the ambiguous note that the film ends on.
Is that something that you’re generally interested in?
Exploring how people react in these extreme situations?
“If you go down here, your behavior will look in some way like this.
And if you go up here, your behavior will look another way.”
Like, rich people don’t like to pay taxes.
They want to be philanthropists and there’s a reason they are in this position.
It was so sad tolose Charlbi Deanafter the completion of the film.
What are you glad that people get to see from her in this movie, in her final performance?
They were real team players, all of them.
Charlbi was also a team player and she was really lifting everybody up.
She was on her way, we don’t know where she was going to end up.
She knew how to play around with the possible elements in a scene.
She didn’t need many takes.
I do a lot of takes but she gave me very good results already from the beginning.
