‘Triangle of Sadness’ Director Ruben Östlund on Getting That Gross-Out Seasick Scene Down to a Science
thewrap.com“Mr. Creosote” scene from 1983’s “The Meaning of Life.” That’s exactly how Östlund intended it: movie scene as wild, sustained roller coaster ride for adults.
The film, which centers on the relationship of two models (played by Harris Dickinson and the late Charlbi Dean) won Östlund his second Palme d’Or at this years Cannes Film Festival, one of the very rare comedies to score the fest’s top prize.
And that was in no small part due to the the mass vomiting scene, truly a marvel of technical prowess at the service of gross-out humor.
Rubbing his beard and smiling during an interview with TheWrap, Östlund walked us through the making of the sequence, which was shot on a custom-built yacht set in Sweden, engineered to see-saw up to an angle of 20 degrees. TheWrap: When you were conceiving and writing the seasick scene, were there any overriding goals you had in mind?Ruben Östlund: Yeah, the idea of a big audience watching it all together.
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