Alexander Payne Questions the Meaning of Sustainable Filmmaking: ‘I’m All For It. I Have No Idea What It Means’
variety.comTara Karajica In his 2017 film “Downsizing” two-time Oscar winner Alexander Payne presents an unbelievable antidote to the world’s growing population: the downsizing of the average human being.
On Tuesday, the film opened the Evia Film Project, which focuses on green issues. “It didn’t start with the ecological element,” the director tells Variety at the event, which takes place on the Greek island of Evia, which was devastated by fires two years ago.
Although six years old, the film is ageing well. It is still relevant and even mentions the pandemic in a scary foreboding, but he is not optimistic. “Things are getting worse,” he says.
Payne is known to use laughter to alleviate the weight of the topics he is satirizing in his films. “Oscar Wilde used to say, ‘When you tell people the truth, you have to make them laugh at the same time or else they kill you…’ I like satires,” he says.
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