Luca Guadagnino on Film School

Excerpt from a 2023 interview and Q&A with Luca Guadagnino at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival by Anupama Chopra.
Guadagnino says he hates film school and explains why. He also talks about how he started his filmmaking life as a teenager.
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[@thomaschacko6320]

According to Orson Welles, you could learn everything about filmmaking in a day and-a-half. He did so by speaking with Gregg Toland, his cinematographer on “Citizen Kane.” Toland told Welles that he was eager to do the film - precisely because Welles had never made a picture before.

[@BarneyOram]

In the words of Herzog: "Who wants to spend four years on something a primate could learn in a week?"

[@milkmoonlight93]

Did not know about that one 😂 very good !!! Thanks 🙏 I love the guy

[@palemoonlight96]

One more reason to like herzog 😂❤

[@General_Puffball]

Great atmosphere in that room.

[@samfilmkid]

All you need to make a short movie is a camera, a laptop and a group of friends. I got the first two, just need to make some friends.

[@giuliorasi]

Thanks for clipping this! Had to show this to a couple of friends and it was always a pain to find the right timestamp

[@jeffryancarlson3273]

You don’t know how many time I would look at the filmmakers, especially film students, and wonder, “Are you serious?What did they teach you at the film school?”

[@yokota61]

Les rires sont insupportables mais je pense qu'il a raison.

[@ronstero]

Definitely depends on the film school. My film school was amazing.

[@LeekClock]

Depends very much on the school I think.

[@LeekClock]

If I were in the USA though, I would definitely adopt a DIY approach. It's too expensive to study there.

[@davidjay_]

LG should share his opinions with Spike Lee about film school and see what kind of response they elicit.

[@rockhero2274]

​@@davidjay_ Same with Scorsese since he was a film student and instructor.