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immediately knew that the story should include some fairy-tale elements .
I was thinking of The Little Matchstick Girl , a short story which now is very often forgotten . Tomek Walasek , my camera operator , decided to include , beside the screenplay shots , some shots that would come straight from a fairy tale , so that we could explore the inner world of the protagonists .
Can you describe the shooting of Hunger ?
First and foremost – this was my first time . However – I want more . Looking back – and production of the movie covered a wide time-span – I may state that I was quite brave to have started the whole project . At the time I had no budget nor connections , nor knowledge . What did I have ? I had a ready story written in a form of a script , and deep belief that I would be able to transform it into a movie . I have just realized how determined I had to be , and how convinced I had to be , to execute the whole project .
Yes , I really believed in that story . And the Universe seemed to believe in that story with me – it provided me with a proper team of helpful people . Actors , contractors , family , friends , companies which provided us with the equipment , catering , accommodation and many other tools of trade , required to finalize the work . The whole movie was shot in ca . 7 days .. I even remember that we were full of food after the lunch-break , and that during the shooting process , some sounds were coming straight from our digestive tracts . Thanks to the cooperation with a young team of talented filmmakers , I had a feeling that I am in right place , at the right time . It is those people who let me feel like a film director .
Thanks to the team , I believed in myself on the set . The only tough moment on the set was related to the fact that I had to fuse the role of a mother , with the role of a film director . I wanted my daughter to star in the movie , thus there were some situations in which I had to make decisions of prolonging the work on set as a director , however – as a mother , I wanted to let my child get some rest . This is a valuable experience too . Now it turns out
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