Ricardo DarinWhen the Oscars ceremony concluded yesterday at 8:30 pm in Los Angeles, he didn’t go to The Governor’s Ball, the party with which the Hollywood Academy has honored the nominees for 65 years. He went to his hotel in West Hollywood with Florencia Bas, his wife, they changed and went to where the rest of the team was waiting for them. Argentina, 1985 that she hadn’t been to the Dolby Theater.
They arrived at the Tatel, the restaurant of tennis player Rafael Nadal, former basketball player Pau Gasol – and it shows that it is also owned by Iker Casillas, the former football goalkeeper, because it was very loose there. Certainly with a different spirit after the award ceremony in which the German took place No news at the frontby Edward Berger, produced by Netflix, won in the best international film category, where it was nominated Argentina, 1985produced by Amazon Prime Video.
-Ricardo, logic was given, what was expected…?
No, there is no logic. I do not believe. which is logic. The work of making a film is one thing, promoting it, giving it visibility is another, it runs elsewhere. Apparently there are people who have done things better than us. On the one hand, I think. And it’s also a great movie that won, which is very impactful. And this is all. You have to know how to win and know how to lose.
-Logic in the sense that “All Quiet Ahead” came with 9 Oscar nominations, ended up winning four statuettes…
-It is not a logic but depends on the subjectivity of the voters. And it seems right to me that it is. What are you going to do.
-How did you experience that moment? What feeling did you get? What was the first thing that came to your mind?
It didn’t take me too much by surprise. We knew that was the most likely thing to happen. What confused me is that when Antonio (Banderas) and Salma (Hayek) came on stage, I was like, “Oh, maybe I’m misreading the coordinates,” I thought.
But immediately, I looked to the side, because all the people from No news at the front, the Germans were next to us. And I saw the cameraman was aiming at them, and I was like, “Oh, good.” Yes, because I have been a Cacho Rubio for many years. I already know that when Cacho Rubio is near a table (at Martín Fierro) it is because he has the winner there. I saw Cacho Rubio with the camera, hahaha. To quote something local, let’s say.
-There is a feeling, which may be a momentary disappointment, but the pride of having realized, as you said yesterday…
– Look, I’ll die with what I think, always, and I said it. If you believe that Mecca is in one place, you forget the road. And we, on this road, had it all. We had the Golden Globe, the Goya, an audience award everywhere, hugs, congratulations. People loved the movie. So, you cannot forget the path, because the truth is, the only goal is the path.
The rest is a matter of speech. The goal is always out of place. What comes now, after this? What happens is that nothing should come after the Oscar. But yes, it comes that you have to start over, you have to go to work. There is nothing more. I mean, no, we’re not sad, if that was to be expected.
The only thing that saddens me is that in Argentina they took a lot of hand, because we arrived with the tsunami of the World Cup, and they started with “I want the third”, as if it were just another game. And that makes me a little sad, really. But I think people are much smarter, even than they think of themselves, and they understand how these things are. Win and lose.
Will you be able to take a nap tomorrow?
-Ehhhhhh… I hope so, but so far I haven’t been able to take many naps… But yes, I hope so. We are proud. I don’t say happy, because if you come from defeat, you’re not happy. But yes, we are satisfied with everything we have done with the film, that we have presented that has been chosen among the five candidates.
We were there, very close to Lucas (Dhont), the director of Neighbor, a film that I love, is beautifully painful. We have already talked about it too. We have been in contact with all of them, and it has been very positive. This is very enriching, because you carry friends with you for life. And we, speaking for life, have a film that will last a long time in the memory of Argentines.
-Berger, the director of “All Quiet on the Front”, approached Santiago to say hello?
-No, because when Berger left for the stage, after that he’s already entered a circuit that’s all from behind, and you lose it. But I met him, back to the room in a moment, and I went and said hello and he had very loving words.
He said he loved our film and I congratulated him, of course, on the win. And he went a little further, perhaps out of a desire to win. He told me: “We have to make a film together”, we are afraid to make a film together ”. I told him “Enjoy this now, and don’t talk to me, Berger,” but he was fine.
“I have the picture with Spielberg”
-Who else did you meet at the ceremony?
-We were with Steven Spielberg. I have the photo with Spielberg. And, when we were with Spielberg, I said, “That’s it.” And apart from that, it’s not that we were with Spielberg because we were taken aback, it just happened like this, a chat, Santiago and I went in first, then Peter and Flor and I don’t know. The boy stayed to chat with us, he had seen the film he loved. Divine it was.
Did you see when I got the feeling… The same thing happened to me as (Cate) Blanchett, that they never give you the feeling, how big they are, that they give you a few seconds. No. The guy just stood there chatting and giving me a hug and slapping me. Very good very good.
-Also, I had seen the film, I knew about it, they were able to talk about the film…
-It’s that the boy knew her, he told us that he loved the film. He congratulated Santiago in front of me. And I said to him right there, “Steven, we need to make a movie together. I have some mangoes here ”, and he says to me“ But listen, were you escaping? ”. I’m like, “No, Steven, I’ve been since then Shark that you fooled me ”.
No, no, divine. There were many very good things, so we are happy. Well, now the boy has backed off. No, the term is not happy. You understand.
-But also being accompanied by Florencia…
-This is the minimum. We are on the verge of separating from Florencia -he jokes-. No, not just Florence, everyone. I can’t wait to get in now, to be with all of them, because that’s what I have to do, being the oldest person in the group, I have to go support them, right? It is what corresponds.
Look (puts his hand on my left shoulder) I had a doctor who had a problem with me. He hadn’t treated me well. I looked bad and had a meeting with him in his office. He was a very great man, an eminence, did you see when they say “an eminence”? And after analyzing why what we had in common had gone wrong, he says to me “Are you playing the joke, Darín?” I tell him “Yes, I’m joking. Why?” “Well, this is a no-hit hand” (laughs). And this (because of the Oscar) is a no-hit hand. That’s it, that’s it, I’m going in. Thanks.
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Source: Clarin
