“Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another.” IfsMadeCharacterColorProjectsMusic IsStructureRhythmOperaStrokesBrushesSculptureBrush Strokes Author:Alex Abreu
“On another level this film talks about that. We had tremendous freedom while making this film. We never thought about marketing. It wasn't a film made to sell merchandise or products or to reach millions of people around the world. It was a film made to say what I really felt.” PeopleWorldMadeFilmFeltLevelsMillionsProductsSellsMarketingAround The WorldMerchandise Author:Alex Abreu
“It's a film made in a very radical creative manner. It was possible because we didn't have to pander to capitalism. I think the film is also a humanistic cry for help for animation. It's a film [Boy and the World] with sensitivities completely opposite to what the market wants to sell.” ThinkingWorldWantMadeHelpingFilmBoysCreativeCryCapitalismOppositesSellsRadicalSensitivityAnimationHumanistic Author:Alex Abreu
“Films are born from screenplays and they are guided by words. They are born very limited and there is no space for real creation: graphic creation, pictorial creation, or audiovisual creation. If we really want to use the art of animation with all its strength, we have to rethink the processes by which it's made because the medium is the message.” IfsWantArtMadeRealUseFilmProcessBornSpaceCreationMessagesMediumsAnimationGraphicScreenplaysPictorial Author:Alex Abreu
“The way a film is made tells you about its message. The processes are the same as the products. We made the film starting from processes that allowed us to find these complex ideas.” WayMadeIdeasFilmProcessProductsMessagesComplexesStarting Author:Alex Abreu
