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If I were to say that M is a film about sexuality and death, that wouldn’t really tell you much. But if I say, that M is a trip, a meditation, an attempt to explore the link between sexuality and death on a personal level, it starts making sense, doesn’t it. The exploration happened with the help of a ghost. The ghost of a myth, an icon. Whereever she went, I followed her. I let her lead the way to those unknown territories. I was left with surprise and bewilderment, confusion even.
And when I think about it now it wasn’t about making a film, but going through a profoundly lifechanging experience. We are on the verge of the fourth industrial revolution.
Things are going to change radically in the becoming years. We need art more than ever. We need it as a counterforce against inequality, fascism, assaults against our freedom. As artist we need to raise our bets, take more risks. Have the courage to be personal, political. To act to think outside the box. As Sartre says “What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.”
”Even though Marilyn Monroe was my inspiration for the film, in the end M turned out to be a deeply personal work. Somewhere along the way I realized that the link between sexuality and death, that to me so profoundly defines Monroe’s fate, is a link that we all share with her. That the ancient bond between these two forces is in fact an integral part of humanity. And that the myth that is Marilyn, holds in itself a reflection of our own dreams, our desires and our losses.”
How do you make a film about a myth?
By braking the myth, by destroying it completely. Then you must pick up the ashes, throw them in the wind and give your respect. After that you can begin the work.
”I never wanted to die, I just wanted to forget. One may think it´s the same thing, but it´s not. Death doesn´t make you forget, it makes you remember.”