“Much more than trying to focus on the battlefield of the war, it was the central place that German doctors occupied within Nazism, the omnipotent and insane idea of wanting to generically modify an entire nation. This idea was not on the outskirts of Nazi ideology, it was the heart of movement, that's what intrigued me. Mengele is the most extreme expression of this idea.” TryingHeartIdeasWarNationsFocusMovementExpressionDoctorsExtremesInsaneIdeologyNaziBattlefieldsIntriguedNazismOmnipotent Author:Lucia Puenzo
“I was reading books about the Nazi presence not only in Argentina, but all over Latin America, and time and after time this information would come up.” BookAmericaReadingInformationCome UpLatinReading BooksNaziLatin AmericaArgentina Author:Lucia Puenzo
“When I wrote Wakolda at first I wasn't conscious that I was writing about something so close to or that had so many similar elements with XXY. It was just after I was done writing that I noticed it. I think both teenagers in each film have many similarities, and Mengele is the extreme version of the plastic surgeon in XXY. Both stories definitely have several ideas connecting them.” ThinkingWritingFirstsIdeasDoneStoriesFilmElementsConsciousExtremesVersionsTeenagerPlasticConnectingSurgeonsSimilarityPlastic Surgeons Author:Lucia Puenzo
“I think that even though The German Doctor (Wakolda) is placed in a historical context , it is a very intimate story. The film has been extremely well received around the world. It keeps on going around, opening in different markets, and connecting with the audience. In Argentina it was seen by over 450, 000 spectators, which is way more than anything we could have imagined.” ThinkingWorldWayWellsHas BeensDifferentStoriesFilmAudienceDoctorsHistoricalOpeningAround The WorldIntimateConnectingSpectatorsArgentinaHistorical Context Author:Lucia Puenzo
“I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.” ThinkingFeelingsPoliticalLyingHateCausesQuietI HatePolitical CorrectnessCorrectness Author:Hal Holbrook
“The Mapuche are our indigenous people from the south, the Patagonia. They are a vey wise and luminous ancient cavitation, which is completely opposite to where Nazism was headed. In the novel [Wakolda], the theme of racial purity and the Nazi obsession with it was much more developed.” PeopleNovelWiseOppositesSouthAncientObsessionPurityThemeNaziIndigenousLuminousNazismIndigenous PeoplePatagonia Author:Lucia Puenzo
“I'm completely surrounded, not only my father, but also my three brothers, and Sergio, my husband, all four of them work in film. Some are writers, or directors, or cinematographers, all of them. I'm surrounded by men that make films, so much that at some point I felt there was no more room in the family for another filmmaker.For many years I was only working as novelist or writing screenplays for others to direct.” MenWritingYearsFilmThreeFatherFeltRoomsFourBrotherDirectorsHusbandDirectNovelistsFilmmakerMy HusbandScreenplaysCinematographersThree Brothers Author:Lucia Puenzo
“In terms of my father, if you have 4 children that work in film, then there certainly was a happy, positive influence from him because none us became an accountant.” IfsChildrenFilmFatherTermInfluenceAccountantsPositive Influence Author:Lucia Puenzo
“Like anybody else of my era, I listened to a whole lot of Michael Jackson. I guess I was probably inspired by the way he danced, and the way he sang, and his image.” WayWholeInspiredEras Author:Ketch Secor
“I didn't grow up on the porch of a cabin looking out over the 90 acres that the mule was plowing with Paw-Paw playing the banjo. But I was always interested in folk music.” GrowsGrowing UpFolksAcresFolk MusicPorchCabinsPawsMulesBanjosPlowing Author:Ketch Secor