“I built the film [Boy and the World] this way. I gathered all the tools I usually use such as brushes, color pencils, crayons, watercolors, and everything else I found in my studio, and I put them on top of a table. I had this feeling of freedom and possibility like if I was this boy. I was using the boy's freedom to create this film.” IfsWorldWayUseFeelingsFilmFoundBoysPossibilityColorBuiltToolsTablesStudiosBrushesPencilsCrayonWatercolors Author:Alex Abreu
“The entire time I was following the feelings experienced by children, so the feeling of not understanding what adults say was very important to put the audience in this frequency to understand the world through his eyes.” WorldChildrenImportantFeelingsEyeUnderstandingAudienceAdultsFollowingHis EyesFrequency Author:Alex Abreu
“We discovered this halfway through the process. When we started making the film there were some lines of dialogue in Portuguese, but we then changed our minds. The film started from very specific issues in the world, in particular Latin America, but halfway through the journey we felt the necessity to have more universal ideas that were not so specific.” WorldMindIdeasAmericaFilmFeltProcessLinesIssuesJourneyChangedParticularUniversalDialogueLatinHalfwayLatin AmericaPortuguese Author:Alex Abreu
“The world's geography is not realistic. Geography is not real. Borders are only closed to people but they are open to products. There is another type of geography outside of this matrix. Because of this we noticed we were talking about much more than just Latin America. That was very important to put the film on another level. Based on this idea, we knew that we were not in this world any longer.” PeopleWorldImportantIdeasRealAmericaFilmLevelsTalkingThis WorldProductsTypeBordersLatinRealisticGeographyLatin America Author:Alex Abreu
“We were breaking away from anything that linked us to this world, but by doing that those ideas remained even stronger. Fables represent the basis for what I wanted to say about human beings.” WorldHumansIdeasWantedHuman BeingsThis WorldBasesStrongerLinkedFablesBreaking Away 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
“The film [Boy and the World]gave me the possibility to create a new language. Animation is a very rich medium but hasn't fully been exploited by artists. Often artists are trapped by words.” WorldFilmArtistLanguageBoysRichPossibilityMediumsTrappedAnimation Author:Alex Abreu
“Each film has its processes. It doesn't mean that all animated films have to be like "Boy and the World," but creators have to have total freedom. There are films that are born with the purpose to sell. They are still admirable films with great artists and great visuals, but we wanted to use a more radical approach to create art. That's what we tried to do.” WorldMeanArtStillsUseWantedFilmPurposeArtistProcessBornBoysApproachSellsCreatorRadicalVisualsGreat ArtAnimatedAdmirableGreat ArtistAnimated Films Author:Alex Abreu
