1 00:01:30,257 --> 00:01:33,510 To everyone watching this fucking show, 2 00:01:34,907 --> 00:01:38,953 the end of the world is tonight. Do you understand? 3 00:01:38,953 --> 00:01:39,996 Tonight! 4 00:01:55,157 --> 00:01:56,199 Very good. 5 00:01:57,701 --> 00:01:58,744 Awesome! 6 00:02:12,382 --> 00:02:13,884 Nothing is black or white. 7 00:02:13,884 --> 00:02:16,491 The 80s were a complicated time for cinema, 8 00:02:17,074 --> 00:02:20,578 and Pilar Miré reacted to the poor quality 9 00:02:20,578 --> 00:02:23,998 of Spanish cinema by proposing the infamous Miro law. 10 00:02:23,998 --> 00:02:29,462 The Miré law tried to force prestige on Spanish cinema in the wrong way, 11 00:02:29,545 --> 00:02:32,840 I think. It assigned priority to films with 12 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,385 deep social and historical significance, 13 00:02:36,385 --> 00:02:45,707 and opposed films that were considered to be of a freak mentality, 14 00:02:45,916 --> 00:02:47,000 films of niche interest. 15 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,960 Fantasy films no longer existed. 16 00:02:51,713 --> 00:02:53,799 Fantasy had declined 17 00:02:53,799 --> 00:02:55,217 to the point of extinction. 18 00:02:55,676 --> 00:03:00,618 The genre was nearly wiped out, both commercially and artistically. 19 00:03:07,833 --> 00:03:10,962 When I started work on my first short film, 20 00:03:10,962 --> 00:03:13,673 I remember that this 21 00:03:13,673 --> 00:03:18,156 competent and ambitious fantasy genre 22 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:24,454 was just starting to bloom. 23 00:03:24,621 --> 00:03:31,628 This resulted in some directors, who were already 24 00:03:33,463 --> 00:03:38,051 experimenting with the genre in short films, 25 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:41,409 taking the leap into full-length films. 26 00:03:41,409 --> 00:03:44,203 Alex de la lglesia being the most emblematic. 27 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,381 I think the explosion of fantasy films in the 90s 28 00:03:55,381 --> 00:03:59,635 had to do with something generational. 29 00:03:59,635 --> 00:04:02,868 Those who made films in those days 30 00:04:02,868 --> 00:04:06,872 had a very similar movie culture behind them, 31 00:04:07,664 --> 00:04:10,917 Amenébar, Alex de la lglesia, Balagueré, 32 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:14,921 and even myself. 33 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:17,299 We shared the same references: 34 00:04:17,299 --> 00:04:21,073 JAWS, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter. 35 00:04:21,324 --> 00:04:26,787 We also shared a sense of alienation 36 00:04:26,787 --> 00:04:30,958 from genuine Spanish cinema. 37 00:04:31,083 --> 00:04:34,962 Suddently, people who could, without prejudice, 38 00:04:34,962 --> 00:04:40,926 see Spanish fantasy and horror movies in a different way, 39 00:04:40,926 --> 00:04:44,701 started to appear and suggest a new approach to the genre, 40 00:04:44,701 --> 00:04:46,995 both thematically and stylistically. 41 00:04:47,412 --> 00:04:52,375 There was an intent to renovate Spanish cinema 42 00:04:52,876 --> 00:04:55,378 from its foundations. 43 00:04:56,004 --> 00:05:00,342 People didn't talk about it as "New Spanish Cinema," 44 00:05:00,342 --> 00:05:01,802 as had happened in the 60s and 70s, 45 00:05:01,802 --> 00:05:06,160 but I think it was a revolution. 46 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:10,206 Without these young directors and their short films, 47 00:05:10,790 --> 00:05:12,708 Spanish cinema would have become a desert. 48 00:05:38,630 --> 00:05:40,882 I told Alex, 49 00:05:40,882 --> 00:05:43,718 "Alex, I've written a short film and I want you to read it. 50 00:05:43,718 --> 00:05:45,366 We should make films together." 51 00:05:46,617 --> 00:05:48,327 Alex read it 52 00:05:49,537 --> 00:05:51,414 and said, "I'm in!" 53 00:05:52,540 --> 00:05:54,291 That was 54 00:05:54,291 --> 00:05:58,713 the starting point and that short film would become MAMA. 55 00:05:58,713 --> 00:06:00,798 It was 56 00:06:00,881 --> 00:06:03,384 very intense, and really crazy, 57 00:06:03,384 --> 00:06:05,198 mainly because of our lack of experience. 58 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:14,833 It was an ambitious short film, as in those times movies were meant 59 00:06:14,916 --> 00:06:18,169 to take a more intellectual approach 60 00:06:18,169 --> 00:06:20,964 and carry heavy political baggage. 61 00:06:20,964 --> 00:06:24,342 We just wanted to have a good time. 62 00:06:32,288 --> 00:06:34,039 Alex was 63 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,294 a brilliant young man 64 00:06:39,003 --> 00:06:42,840 with freaky looks: 65 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:48,617 the French goatee, his glasses. 66 00:06:50,994 --> 00:06:56,041 He was an activist, restless and very gifted. 67 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:11,535 There was a moment when being an art director no longer suited him. 68 00:07:11,869 --> 00:07:13,454 He felt the calling 69 00:07:13,454 --> 00:07:17,291 and wanted to take the leap from art director to film director, 70 00:07:17,291 --> 00:07:19,502 and he did so with his short film MIRANDAS ASESINAS. 71 00:07:26,967 --> 00:07:31,451 We were able to shoot MIRANDAS ASESINAS thanks to 72 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:34,204 another short film, AMOR IMPASIBLE. 73 00:07:34,204 --> 00:07:39,501 We were working on the production of someone else's short film, 74 00:07:40,543 --> 00:07:42,921 and it was a disaster. 75 00:07:42,921 --> 00:07:44,589 We thought it was a waste 76 00:07:44,589 --> 00:07:46,132 of time and money, 77 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:48,343 with all that scenery. 78 00:07:48,468 --> 00:07:50,950 He liked the scenery so much 79 00:07:52,827 --> 00:07:53,869 that he said, 80 00:07:53,869 --> 00:07:58,999 "Maybe we could take advantage of this and shoot something." 81 00:07:58,999 --> 00:08:00,459 With the setting 82 00:08:01,335 --> 00:08:02,628 of a bar, 83 00:08:02,795 --> 00:08:05,089 we started thinking of a story. 84 00:08:05,089 --> 00:08:07,883 A man enters a bar, 85 00:08:09,468 --> 00:08:15,078 takes a tube out of his raincoat and puts it in the counter. 86 00:08:15,161 --> 00:08:19,082 Then, using automatic writing, 87 00:08:19,082 --> 00:08:23,962 we came up with what would later be MIRANDAS ASESINAS. 88 00:08:25,422 --> 00:08:28,675 To avoid problems with the other short film, 89 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:32,199 as they both shared the same set, 90 00:08:32,199 --> 00:08:37,913 we made it in black and white. And with a clear expressionist style 91 00:08:37,913 --> 00:08:40,875 to make it look like a different place. 92 00:08:40,875 --> 00:08:43,460 Since we thought it wouldn't win any prizes, 93 00:08:43,460 --> 00:08:45,588 we created our own festival. 94 00:08:46,630 --> 00:08:49,258 It was the first festival for 95 00:08:49,258 --> 00:08:51,594 16mm black and white short films 96 00:08:51,677 --> 00:08:53,116 about soft drinks. 97 00:08:53,825 --> 00:08:57,579 MIRANDAS ASESINAS was the only contestant. 98 00:08:58,204 --> 00:09:02,208 We held a party where we showed the film and we won the prize. 99 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:14,783 Alex gave hope to 100 00:09:14,783 --> 00:09:17,912 all the young people that were making short films, 101 00:09:17,912 --> 00:09:20,789 or were thinking about making a living from filmmaking in Spain. 102 00:09:21,206 --> 00:09:23,584 Alex took the first step 103 00:09:23,584 --> 00:09:25,336 and made a film. 104 00:09:25,544 --> 00:09:31,091 And he took what would only happen in short films, 105 00:09:32,968 --> 00:09:34,574 and made it happen 106 00:09:35,158 --> 00:09:37,410 in a feature film, 107 00:09:37,494 --> 00:09:41,164 the true commercial cinema. 108 00:09:41,873 --> 00:09:44,459 It was the start of everything. 109 00:09:53,218 --> 00:09:56,408 We started to work on another story for a short film, 110 00:09:56,408 --> 00:10:01,580 and we decided to make it about space. 111 00:10:01,580 --> 00:10:04,583 A short film set in a spaceship. 112 00:10:06,085 --> 00:10:09,380 We wrote the screenplay 113 00:10:09,380 --> 00:10:11,215 and we thought, "This is going to be expensive. 114 00:10:11,215 --> 00:10:13,550 How are we going to do it?" 115 00:10:13,550 --> 00:10:16,324 He showed me the screenplay 116 00:10:16,324 --> 00:10:18,284 and I was blown away. 117 00:10:18,368 --> 00:10:19,661 I thought he was crazy. 118 00:10:19,661 --> 00:10:21,704 It was science-fiction 119 00:10:21,704 --> 00:10:23,832 set in this country. 120 00:10:24,290 --> 00:10:28,169 If he didn't do it right it could've ended up 121 00:10:28,169 --> 00:10:31,548 being another awful Spanish movie. 122 00:10:31,548 --> 00:10:38,325 "No, no, we're doing it right. We have a French FX team," he said. 123 00:10:38,993 --> 00:10:42,705 He was really motivated with the pre-production. 124 00:10:42,788 --> 00:10:45,624 Almodévar was interested in the project, 125 00:10:46,875 --> 00:10:52,006 but he thought that as a short film it wouldn't have a place in the market. 126 00:10:52,006 --> 00:10:54,967 So he asked if it could be made into a miniseries. 127 00:10:55,092 --> 00:10:58,950 We made three episodes of the series, 128 00:10:58,950 --> 00:11:02,829 and we were told again that Pedro loved it, 129 00:11:04,205 --> 00:11:10,211 but that it was still too difficult to sell for TV. 130 00:11:10,211 --> 00:11:13,423 They asked if we could make a movie out of it. 131 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,635 Alex and I told them, "Yes, we think so." 132 00:11:17,781 --> 00:11:20,034 If Pedro would have told us 133 00:11:20,034 --> 00:11:23,370 to film a documentary about whales, we would have done it. 134 00:11:24,371 --> 00:11:28,167 If they would have told us to adapt the old testament into a comedy, 135 00:11:28,167 --> 00:11:29,752 we would have done it. 136 00:11:30,085 --> 00:11:32,129 That film was made 137 00:11:32,129 --> 00:11:35,758 in quite an unorthodox way. 138 00:11:35,966 --> 00:11:38,990 When we were filming ACCION MUTANTE, 139 00:11:38,990 --> 00:11:42,368 the prop department kept telling us 140 00:11:42,452 --> 00:11:45,496 that we were doing everything wrong. 141 00:11:46,372 --> 00:11:49,667 I remember Arri's epic response. 142 00:11:49,667 --> 00:11:52,629 "Yes, this is how you make cinema, 143 00:11:52,629 --> 00:11:54,756 because we're making cinema like this." 144 00:12:03,702 --> 00:12:05,412 THE DAY OF THE BEAST 145 00:12:05,954 --> 00:12:10,626 was possible thanks to the success 146 00:12:11,585 --> 00:12:16,924 of ACCION MUTANTE and MIRANDAS ASESINAS. 147 00:12:36,381 --> 00:12:42,866 The first versions of the screenplay showed an obsession with Bilbao. 148 00:12:42,866 --> 00:12:48,789 Sestao was actually going to be hell. It didn't take place in Madrid. 149 00:12:48,789 --> 00:12:52,668 The priest originally traveled from Deusto University to Sestao. 150 00:12:58,507 --> 00:13:02,782 The story was from a mix of many things, like many projects are. 151 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:07,328 The different pieces glued together, create the puzzle. 152 00:13:07,578 --> 00:13:09,914 We read "Claviculas" and 153 00:13:09,914 --> 00:13:11,791 "El Wanilo Bues. 154 00:13:12,417 --> 00:13:14,252 A lot of real books. 155 00:13:14,252 --> 00:13:16,921 Edgar Allan Poe, of course. 156 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:22,051 Ambrose Bierce, Hawthorne, and all the authors of the nineteenth 157 00:13:22,051 --> 00:13:23,824 and twentieth century. 158 00:13:23,824 --> 00:13:26,118 We discovered the great Lovecraft, 159 00:13:26,702 --> 00:13:33,167 whose literary world is extremely present in THE DAY OF THE BEAST. 160 00:13:33,167 --> 00:13:36,044 The idea of the main character 161 00:13:36,044 --> 00:13:40,966 being an old man, instead of a young, 162 00:13:41,175 --> 00:13:43,865 handsome man is fundamental. 163 00:13:44,282 --> 00:13:46,951 We wanted the priest to be alone, 164 00:13:48,661 --> 00:13:52,123 but we thought, "He can't just talk to himself, he needs a partner." 165 00:13:52,123 --> 00:13:55,835 He couldn't keep speaking in voice-overs, like in TAXI DRIVER. 166 00:13:55,835 --> 00:13:59,547 Though TAXI DRIVER was an influence, 167 00:13:59,547 --> 00:14:12,956 its device for transmitting the character's feelings really did inspire us. 168 00:14:13,415 --> 00:14:16,210 In THE DAY OF THE BEAST 169 00:14:16,210 --> 00:14:19,463 the main character is half crazy 170 00:14:19,463 --> 00:14:22,174 and has a partner, 171 00:14:22,716 --> 00:14:28,034 like in Cervantes' "Don Quixote." 172 00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:34,290 José Mari is clearly an echo of Sancho Panza, 173 00:14:34,582 --> 00:14:36,167 and the pastor is a crazy man 174 00:14:36,167 --> 00:14:37,752 who sees monsters. 175 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:41,631 It's a similar story 176 00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:45,885 and we used it as inspiration. 177 00:15:01,213 --> 00:15:06,176 At first we tried to produce the film ourselves, 178 00:15:06,176 --> 00:15:08,366 but it was impossible, so 179 00:15:08,366 --> 00:15:10,952 we entered that period of desperation 180 00:15:10,952 --> 00:15:13,204 that every filmmaker suffers 181 00:15:13,287 --> 00:15:17,375 as he tries to shoot his second film in this country. 182 00:15:17,375 --> 00:15:21,129 It's easier to convince people to make your first film, 183 00:15:21,129 --> 00:15:23,506 but for the second one you have to say, 184 00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:25,550 "Hey, I'm the same idiot as before and 185 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:27,927 sure, I know that last one could've been better, but 186 00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:29,700 this one is going to be really good." 187 00:15:29,908 --> 00:15:34,454 We hoped to team up with El Deseo, but they weren't interested. 188 00:15:35,372 --> 00:15:39,209 Alex tried to get Gerardo Herrero 189 00:15:39,209 --> 00:15:41,169 to produce it, then he tried Sogetel 190 00:15:41,169 --> 00:15:44,464 and other production companies. 191 00:15:44,965 --> 00:15:48,093 They probably didn't like the story. 192 00:15:48,093 --> 00:15:51,284 Even Pedro, generous and kind as he is, 193 00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:54,662 told us that he was scared. 194 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:56,164 He didn't want to produce 195 00:15:56,164 --> 00:15:57,874 a film about the devil. 196 00:15:57,999 --> 00:16:01,836 I accepted that and our 197 00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:05,214 friendship carried on wonderfully. 198 00:16:05,715 --> 00:16:08,926 I saw ACCION MUTANTE, 199 00:16:08,926 --> 00:16:12,409 and I found the 10 first minutes 200 00:16:12,409 --> 00:16:14,411 to be fantastic, spectacular. 201 00:16:14,411 --> 00:16:16,079 The rest of the film not so much, 202 00:16:16,955 --> 00:16:18,707 but I saw a director. 203 00:16:19,166 --> 00:16:22,085 I knew that Alex and Andres Vicente were going to get along well. 204 00:16:22,919 --> 00:16:25,005 Both of them, 205 00:16:26,214 --> 00:16:29,843 they're very courageous, daring, and reckless. 206 00:16:29,843 --> 00:16:32,283 They always go beyond 207 00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:34,410 what's expected. 208 00:16:43,628 --> 00:16:49,342 Besides the references he pulls from Spanish and international genre films, 209 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:51,907 he has a taste for fantasy, 210 00:16:51,907 --> 00:16:57,454 extreme and politically incorrect filmmaking, 211 00:16:57,454 --> 00:17:04,002 that he links to the best of Spanish cinema. 212 00:17:04,002 --> 00:17:06,380 There's this sort of "post-Berlanganism," 213 00:17:06,380 --> 00:17:08,340 a reclaiming of Berlanga's figure. 214 00:17:08,757 --> 00:17:11,968 Alex kicked open the door 215 00:17:12,823 --> 00:17:15,159 of the industry, 216 00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:16,911 connecting with the audience. 217 00:17:16,911 --> 00:17:19,163 He made a genre film 218 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:23,251 that was purely fantastic 219 00:17:23,251 --> 00:17:24,919 and purely Spanish too. 220 00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:27,964 It was deeply anchored to our culture: 221 00:17:28,130 --> 00:17:34,074 Berlanga, Azcona, and the culture of the grotesque. 222 00:17:34,074 --> 00:17:38,203 All this, mixed with fantasy cinema and horror cinema, 223 00:17:38,203 --> 00:17:40,872 was something unheard of in this country, 224 00:17:40,872 --> 00:17:42,999 especially coming from someone that young. 225 00:17:43,500 --> 00:17:47,421 The film didn't try to be an American film. 226 00:17:47,421 --> 00:17:50,966 It's a Spanish film, nearly it's own genre. 227 00:17:59,620 --> 00:18:05,293 I don't remember seeing another film like THE DAY OF THE BEAST to date. 228 00:18:05,293 --> 00:18:06,877 It's like... Wow! 229 00:18:07,169 --> 00:18:09,922 It's like breeding 230 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:14,760 Jaques Tourneur's CURSE OF THE DEMON 231 00:18:15,031 --> 00:18:17,200 with P0lansky's ROSEMARY'S BABY. 232 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,663 It marries two different ways of seeing fantasy and horror films. 233 00:18:21,663 --> 00:18:23,582 It takes elements from Z movies. 234 00:18:24,875 --> 00:18:29,713 Also elements from gore movies, at that time nearly non-existent. 235 00:18:30,088 --> 00:18:32,757 Cinema against the current. 236 00:18:32,757 --> 00:18:35,218 It didn't look at all like a Spanish film. 237 00:18:35,218 --> 00:18:39,118 It could've been made by someone in a developed country, 238 00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:40,911 and that was marvelous. 239 00:18:40,911 --> 00:18:43,122 It was perfectly Spanish, 240 00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:46,292 but it had this international language. 241 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:48,169 It didn't use the type of language 242 00:18:48,169 --> 00:18:50,463 that was used in the national films. 243 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:53,466 It played with foreign ways of creating cinema. 244 00:18:53,758 --> 00:18:57,032 It's a horror movie about Satan 245 00:18:57,032 --> 00:18:59,493 with big set-pieces, moments of the 246 00:18:59,493 --> 00:19:02,913 grotesque, and black comedy. 247 00:19:03,079 --> 00:19:05,916 In fact, Alex said in an interview 248 00:19:05,916 --> 00:19:11,755 that what inspired the film's hostel 249 00:19:11,755 --> 00:19:14,299 was Fernando F. Gémez's EL EXTRANO VIAJE. 250 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:22,328 ACCICIDN MUTANTE and THE DAY OF THE BEAST 251 00:19:22,328 --> 00:19:24,497 both try to reclaim popular culture, 252 00:19:24,789 --> 00:19:26,874 the fantasy genre in itself, 253 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:28,793 comedy, 254 00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:32,797 and a kind of weaponized frivolity. 255 00:19:39,157 --> 00:19:47,457 It depicts an ostensibly traditional family, 256 00:19:47,457 --> 00:19:51,545 and its relationship with freak characters. 257 00:19:52,629 --> 00:19:57,342 The Spanish gothic nightmare of the family, 258 00:19:57,342 --> 00:20:00,825 in central cities like Madrid, 259 00:20:00,825 --> 00:20:04,870 is a recurring theme in Alex's films. 260 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,206 It was a theme to explore. 261 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:09,542 We had our own gothic, 262 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:13,003 a country that was still suffering from 263 00:20:13,003 --> 00:20:16,507 the Francoist and Neo-Catholic nightmares. 264 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:26,454 The metalhead and the priest are two stereotypes easily found in Madrid. 265 00:20:28,081 --> 00:20:30,917 It's a very explosive mix, 266 00:20:33,211 --> 00:20:36,798 but without losing sight of Berlanga, and the absurd surrealism 267 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,323 of this city 268 00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:44,827 and this country. 269 00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:48,748 All this, added to the apocalypse, 270 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:52,668 the Nazis, Berlusconi, and TV. 271 00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:56,046 There were very strange shows. 272 00:20:56,046 --> 00:21:02,866 When I tell people about Jesus Gil hosting a show in a jacuzzi surrounded by girls, 273 00:21:02,866 --> 00:21:05,660 they don't believe me. 274 00:21:05,660 --> 00:21:09,873 It's that blend of the world of television 275 00:21:09,956 --> 00:21:11,291 and right wing extremism. 276 00:21:11,625 --> 00:21:13,668 We didn't want to reflect 277 00:21:13,668 --> 00:21:18,256 any specific group. 278 00:21:18,715 --> 00:21:20,550 We just wanted to reflect 279 00:21:21,593 --> 00:21:24,200 a Fascist environment. 280 00:21:32,041 --> 00:21:34,126 Seeing what happened with 281 00:21:35,419 --> 00:21:39,465 ACCION MUTANTE and THE DAY OF THE BEAST encouraged us. 282 00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:42,510 We saw that it was possible. It wasn't a utopia, 283 00:21:44,115 --> 00:21:45,241 it was a reality. 284 00:21:45,742 --> 00:21:48,536 Someone made it happen 285 00:21:48,536 --> 00:21:50,789 and it was successful. 286 00:21:51,122 --> 00:21:54,250 He caused an explosive situation 287 00:21:54,250 --> 00:21:57,128 that gave rise to fantasy films and let them attain importance. 288 00:21:57,128 --> 00:22:00,048 Young people saw that it worked, that there was a path. 289 00:22:00,548 --> 00:22:05,115 All the members of this new "family" of directors, 290 00:22:05,115 --> 00:22:07,785 Balagueré, Paco Plaza... 291 00:22:08,285 --> 00:22:14,124 are in one way or another influenced by THE DAY OF THE BEAST. 292 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:16,544 I believe Alex is one of the most 293 00:22:16,836 --> 00:22:19,672 important directors in European filmmaking. 294 00:22:20,297 --> 00:22:23,467 On a sociological level, 295 00:22:23,467 --> 00:22:31,871 for the amateur filmmakers, 296 00:22:33,164 --> 00:22:36,292 Alex was the one with the machete in the jungle, 297 00:22:36,292 --> 00:22:39,879 clearing the path for everyone else. 298 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:49,201 It was a triple somersault. 299 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:51,453 I didn't even know where I stood, 300 00:22:51,537 --> 00:22:53,455 I was in another world. 301 00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:57,918 In a hellish Madrid, 302 00:22:58,586 --> 00:23:02,006 living a cathartic experience. 303 00:23:06,594 --> 00:23:09,951 It shows what would be normal for Alex: 304 00:23:09,951 --> 00:23:15,457 a guy with a shotgun, shooting on Christmas, Santa Claus, 305 00:23:15,915 --> 00:23:17,167 and of course, in every sequence, 306 00:23:17,167 --> 00:23:18,960 there must be millions of things happening. 307 00:23:19,043 --> 00:23:21,671 He dares to depict a nightmarish Madrid, 308 00:23:21,671 --> 00:23:26,384 instead of showing the capital as a place of total happiness. 309 00:23:26,718 --> 00:23:28,782 The Madrid of democracy 310 00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:30,993 turned into a nightmare. 311 00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:37,041 The time we spent living in Madrid was very important. 312 00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:41,629 You could feel the vibe, 313 00:23:43,797 --> 00:23:48,573 when serious things took on a comical, even a 314 00:23:48,990 --> 00:23:51,451 pathetic atmosphere. 315 00:23:51,451 --> 00:23:53,286 It was a mix of things. 316 00:24:04,631 --> 00:24:06,925 The apocalyptic Madrid of those times, 317 00:24:06,925 --> 00:24:09,260 with Gran Via full of junkies, 318 00:24:09,907 --> 00:24:11,575 was quite brutal. 319 00:24:11,825 --> 00:24:13,994 The movie is so Madrid-esque. 320 00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:19,083 On an urban level, the city is just like another character of the plot. 321 00:24:19,291 --> 00:24:21,919 It's an absolutely brilliant idea. 322 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:32,325 It tells a fairy tale, grotesque and ironic, 323 00:24:32,325 --> 00:24:35,954 but it springs from reality, 324 00:24:37,247 --> 00:24:39,415 because Madrid is real. 325 00:24:39,874 --> 00:24:41,960 Real, tough, 326 00:24:43,378 --> 00:24:45,630 and dark. 327 00:24:56,662 --> 00:25:03,544 When we were shooting ACCION MUTANTE and went to Madrid, 328 00:25:03,627 --> 00:25:05,629 when we entered the city 329 00:25:06,130 --> 00:25:10,801 we saw a really weird structure that was being erected. 330 00:25:11,385 --> 00:25:12,740 It was completely crooked. 331 00:25:12,824 --> 00:25:16,536 A couple months later 332 00:25:16,911 --> 00:25:20,874 we saw that they were actually building two bent towers. 333 00:25:20,957 --> 00:25:24,502 If an image appears in his mind, he makes up a sequence for it. 334 00:25:25,503 --> 00:25:27,839 I'm sure that when he saw the KIO towers, he thought, 335 00:25:27,839 --> 00:25:30,008 "I have to do something with these fucking towers." 336 00:25:30,341 --> 00:25:31,926 As soon as we saw them we said, 337 00:25:31,926 --> 00:25:34,074 "We have to use this for something! 338 00:25:34,158 --> 00:25:34,992 It's a symbol!" 339 00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:36,493 They symbolize evil, 340 00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:39,872 the horns of the goat. 341 00:25:39,955 --> 00:25:44,877 The thing is that the KIO towers are the Bankia headquarters, 342 00:25:45,294 --> 00:25:50,591 which has been the biggest scam for Spanish citizens. 343 00:25:50,924 --> 00:25:55,325 They gave their execs limitless credit cards. 344 00:25:55,992 --> 00:25:57,201 I mean, it was madness. 345 00:25:57,285 --> 00:25:59,245 The interesting thing is what happened 346 00:25:59,245 --> 00:26:00,830 in those towers after the movie. 347 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,207 Evil was really there after all! 348 00:26:05,376 --> 00:26:09,339 I don't know, after 20 years I see a parallel. 349 00:26:09,422 --> 00:26:14,490 Alex decided to put the devil there, 350 00:26:14,823 --> 00:26:20,788 and he kind of foretold the coming economic disaster. 351 00:26:21,038 --> 00:26:23,582 That's the brilliance of this film, 352 00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:25,501 because 353 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:29,546 those towers are called "The Gate of Europe." 354 00:26:30,380 --> 00:26:31,423 Attention! 355 00:26:33,592 --> 00:26:34,676 Think about that. 356 00:26:36,532 --> 00:26:39,535 Maybe TV and Europe 357 00:26:40,495 --> 00:26:44,040 are as evil as the devil, who knows? 358 00:26:53,466 --> 00:26:58,242 The only way to make the film bearable 359 00:26:58,575 --> 00:27:03,831 was to succumb to an eccentric, comical view. 360 00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:05,457 Everything was going to be serious, 361 00:27:05,791 --> 00:27:07,584 but it wouldn't look serious. 362 00:27:08,168 --> 00:27:12,214 Perhaps the tone of the whole movie came from the protagonist himself. 363 00:27:13,215 --> 00:27:15,092 From the beginning it was going to be 364 00:27:15,092 --> 00:27:19,242 this short priest with his cap, arriving at a place. 365 00:27:20,159 --> 00:27:22,745 We thought of Alex Angulo, 366 00:27:22,745 --> 00:27:32,672 and that set the perfect comical tone. 367 00:27:49,626 --> 00:27:52,087 The role was created for Alex Angulo. 368 00:27:52,087 --> 00:27:55,424 A short Basque priest, 369 00:27:55,424 --> 00:27:58,719 who becomes satanic in order to find 370 00:28:00,283 --> 00:28:01,701 Beelzebub. 371 00:28:01,701 --> 00:28:06,122 The idea was absurd, innovative, and stimulating. 372 00:28:07,707 --> 00:28:09,292 I'm green with envy. 373 00:28:16,591 --> 00:28:19,510 He's a very straight-faced actor 374 00:28:19,594 --> 00:28:23,911 who could easily fit every register and director, 375 00:28:23,911 --> 00:28:27,039 but I think he's never been better than with Alex de la lglesia. 376 00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:29,082 And in THE DAY OF THE BEAST in particular, 377 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:31,251 he exuded tranquility 378 00:28:32,294 --> 00:28:33,337 and concentration. 379 00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:35,964 I always admired the 380 00:28:37,341 --> 00:28:41,407 calm and respectful approach he had 381 00:28:41,491 --> 00:28:44,035 with everything that surrounded him. 382 00:28:44,035 --> 00:28:46,370 His eyes were full of tenderness. 383 00:28:46,454 --> 00:28:47,914 He was a man with 384 00:28:48,414 --> 00:28:50,625 a beautiful inner world. 385 00:28:51,793 --> 00:28:53,920 He was one of the most extraordinary 386 00:28:54,003 --> 00:28:56,547 collaborators I've had in this profession, 387 00:28:56,631 --> 00:29:01,782 when it comes to generosity 388 00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:06,536 and humility. 389 00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:10,624 He was an awesome person, and he always had been. 390 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:15,087 To me he wasn't an actor, he was a true friend. 391 00:29:15,629 --> 00:29:20,384 Regardless of his ascendancy as an actor, 392 00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:21,969 he always had this smile, 393 00:29:21,969 --> 00:29:23,407 a morning greeting, and a goodbye. 394 00:29:23,699 --> 00:29:28,204 Alex Angulo was easy to get along with. 395 00:29:28,204 --> 00:29:29,539 He was really pleasant, 396 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,625 relaxed, 397 00:29:33,501 --> 00:29:35,920 with no poses or pretensions. 398 00:29:36,003 --> 00:29:37,505 I don't think I ever saw him angry. 399 00:29:37,505 --> 00:29:39,382 I saw him focused, 400 00:29:39,465 --> 00:29:41,592 maybe tense, 401 00:29:42,510 --> 00:29:44,866 but I never saw him lose control. 402 00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:46,451 He was such a nice guy. 403 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:52,082 I don't like having to talk about him in the past tense. 404 00:29:52,291 --> 00:30:00,048 I was lucky enough to run into Alex at a premiere, 405 00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:05,199 about a year before his death. 406 00:30:06,325 --> 00:30:09,162 We bumped into each other and I told my son, 407 00:30:09,912 --> 00:30:14,041 "I'm so very happy to have spoken to Alex again. 408 00:30:14,041 --> 00:30:16,794 I thought he wouldn't even remember me." 409 00:30:16,878 --> 00:30:18,880 Alex Angulo will always be in my heart. 410 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,967 He was a great actor, 411 00:30:24,177 --> 00:30:25,240 a great friend, 412 00:30:28,577 --> 00:30:31,413 a magnificent colleague, and a great worker. 413 00:30:33,457 --> 00:30:37,878 Nothing stopped him. 414 00:30:39,338 --> 00:30:40,172 Superb! 415 00:30:55,374 --> 00:30:57,210 -"I have a mission to accomplish. 416 00:30:57,210 --> 00:30:59,795 A thing I have to do in the city." 417 00:31:00,463 --> 00:31:03,341 "You're a satanist, right?" -"Yes sir, and from Carabanchel." 418 00:31:04,592 --> 00:31:07,199 The role of José Mari 419 00:31:07,199 --> 00:31:09,242 was quite difficult. 420 00:31:09,242 --> 00:31:11,828 We wanted Javier Bardem, but he refused. 421 00:31:12,287 --> 00:31:14,206 I wanted Bardem to play the junkie role. 422 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:19,461 Bardem refused because he wanted to have a gay role. 423 00:31:19,461 --> 00:31:22,255 Javier had just appeared in DIAS CONTADOS, 424 00:31:22,339 --> 00:31:24,091 in which he was a drug addict. 425 00:31:24,091 --> 00:31:26,176 The role wasn't that similar, 426 00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:31,619 but he said he didn't want to do it. 427 00:31:31,619 --> 00:31:34,205 We offered the role to Gabino Diego, 428 00:31:34,205 --> 00:31:39,877 but when Alex asked him to shave his head he refused. 429 00:31:39,877 --> 00:31:44,423 He also refused the role because it was Christmas 430 00:31:44,423 --> 00:31:46,342 and the Devil scared him. 431 00:31:46,342 --> 00:31:47,301 Something like that. 432 00:31:47,468 --> 00:31:50,826 Andrés told me to offer the role to my friend Santiago, 433 00:31:51,451 --> 00:31:54,162 to which I said, "No, no. It's a very complex character." 434 00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:58,208 One night, we were having a drink, and I met Santiago. 435 00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:03,046 The next morning I suggested him to Alex. 436 00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:04,506 When I first met Andrés, 437 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:05,966 he looked at me in a strange way. 438 00:32:06,049 --> 00:32:08,885 I wasn't sure at first if he liked me or 439 00:32:10,283 --> 00:32:12,451 if he thought I was suspicious. 440 00:32:12,535 --> 00:32:14,078 But later he told Alex, 441 00:32:15,162 --> 00:32:18,165 "What about your fat friend? The hairy one." 442 00:32:18,582 --> 00:32:20,334 Alex told him I wasn't an actor, 443 00:32:20,501 --> 00:32:24,672 but in the end they must have thought 444 00:32:25,047 --> 00:32:28,342 that if I did it wrong 445 00:32:28,342 --> 00:32:30,657 they could at least hit me. 446 00:32:30,657 --> 00:32:32,742 Alex said he'd think about it, 447 00:32:33,410 --> 00:32:34,369 and after 20 minutes 448 00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:35,537 he called me back and said, 449 00:32:35,537 --> 00:32:36,788 "if you're up for it, let's do it!" 450 00:32:36,997 --> 00:32:40,083 In conclusion, they gave me the role, and I later found out 451 00:32:40,083 --> 00:32:43,795 I was chosen because nobody else wanted it. But, oh well. 452 00:32:48,216 --> 00:32:51,324 -"What, you pay for one and you take four?" 453 00:32:52,408 --> 00:32:53,868 He did a great job in the role. 454 00:32:54,827 --> 00:32:56,287 Besides, the film proved to be 455 00:32:56,370 --> 00:32:58,789 key in Santiago's career. 456 00:32:58,998 --> 00:33:01,375 The first option didn't work, 457 00:33:01,375 --> 00:33:02,960 but in the end, 458 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:07,256 the result is even better than what could've been with the first option. 459 00:33:07,256 --> 00:33:09,175 During the writing I asked 460 00:33:10,009 --> 00:33:11,135 what the film was about. 461 00:33:11,135 --> 00:33:14,534 They told me the story: the devil, a priest... Wow! 462 00:33:15,118 --> 00:33:16,828 And I said, "What can I do?" 463 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:18,538 They had a small role for me. 464 00:33:18,538 --> 00:33:19,664 Alex told me, 465 00:33:20,582 --> 00:33:21,958 "A Vagabond 466 00:33:22,042 --> 00:33:23,376 who preaches the end of the world, 467 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:24,920 and is burned by Fascists. 468 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,463 You go toward the camera burning..." 469 00:33:26,546 --> 00:33:27,506 I said, 470 00:33:28,632 --> 00:33:29,925 "What is this shit? 471 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:31,635 A homeless man that gets burned? 472 00:33:31,718 --> 00:33:33,366 This is your great idea? 473 00:33:33,824 --> 00:33:35,701 Get a stuntman!" 474 00:33:35,701 --> 00:33:41,248 They told me there was this gel that you put on so you won't burn. 475 00:33:42,958 --> 00:33:47,630 I got mad. With friends like these I'm doomed. 476 00:33:48,130 --> 00:33:51,092 -"Fucking brilliant! Have you ever seen black pudding sausage?" 477 00:33:51,967 --> 00:33:53,365 -"I had a sandwich earlier." 478 00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:54,407 -"Well, my friend, 479 00:33:54,491 --> 00:33:57,202 this is the human version!" 480 00:33:57,285 --> 00:34:00,205 The director didn't tell me who the lead was going to be. 481 00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:06,211 When I met Santiago, I didn't know who he was. 482 00:34:07,337 --> 00:34:10,674 I didn't even recognize him physically 483 00:34:11,675 --> 00:34:14,573 when we shook hands. 484 00:34:15,324 --> 00:34:20,079 I told my son that the role was for an unknown actor. 485 00:34:20,204 --> 00:34:22,289 I preferred to work with a well-known actor, 486 00:34:22,373 --> 00:34:23,666 naturally, 487 00:34:24,208 --> 00:34:27,253 but it wasn't essential. 488 00:34:28,045 --> 00:34:30,089 By the third day of shooting 489 00:34:31,465 --> 00:34:34,718 I knew I was going to stay with the film, 490 00:34:34,802 --> 00:34:38,702 because you couldn't do better in any other movie. 491 00:34:39,494 --> 00:34:42,247 What Segura came up with was a departure 492 00:34:42,330 --> 00:34:45,000 from his work in TORRENTE. 493 00:34:48,378 --> 00:34:51,381 He's an archetype. 494 00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:56,323 I've never been a metalhead. 495 00:34:56,490 --> 00:35:01,912 Alex knows me, I'm the guy who leaves a club because of the smoke. 496 00:35:02,246 --> 00:35:03,289 I don't even drink. 497 00:35:03,789 --> 00:35:08,669 I mean, I'm pathetic. I wasn't the most well-suited guy for the role, 498 00:35:08,752 --> 00:35:11,672 but that didn't matter. We were dealing with a film, not a documentary. 499 00:35:11,672 --> 00:35:12,965 I had to perform. 500 00:35:12,965 --> 00:35:14,633 I remember telling Alex that 501 00:35:15,176 --> 00:35:21,453 I felt like I was exaggerating the accent. 502 00:35:22,287 --> 00:35:24,623 He told me to speak more naturally. 503 00:35:24,706 --> 00:35:29,669 I tried my natural suburban accent 504 00:35:30,545 --> 00:35:31,755 and he liked that. 505 00:35:32,005 --> 00:35:36,885 One day we went to a heavy metal club, so I could learn how to dance. 506 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:39,783 He kept screaming, "Come on! Come on! 507 00:35:39,867 --> 00:35:41,535 Feel the music!" 508 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,080 He's a great director. 509 00:35:45,164 --> 00:35:54,173 He gives you so much power and freedom. 510 00:35:55,341 --> 00:35:56,509 He's awesome. 511 00:35:57,218 --> 00:35:58,823 I think that Santiago is 512 00:36:00,116 --> 00:36:01,409 brilliant, very funny, 513 00:36:02,952 --> 00:36:05,705 and totally unique. 514 00:36:07,123 --> 00:36:08,166 -"And now, 515 00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:11,294 the investigator of the occult." 516 00:36:11,461 --> 00:36:14,547 I suggested the role go to Pepe Sancho, 517 00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:17,092 but later the co-producers 518 00:36:17,092 --> 00:36:20,533 demanded an Italian actor. 519 00:36:20,908 --> 00:36:23,160 He never understood. 520 00:36:23,744 --> 00:36:25,579 Obviously he said I was a moron, 521 00:36:27,915 --> 00:36:29,959 and unfortunately 522 00:36:29,959 --> 00:36:32,002 we haven't worked together ever since, 523 00:36:32,086 --> 00:36:33,462 because he couldn't stand me. 524 00:36:33,837 --> 00:36:35,589 He showed me a sketch 525 00:36:37,716 --> 00:36:38,801 he'd drawn 526 00:36:41,157 --> 00:36:44,077 of the ideal Professor Cavan. 527 00:36:45,495 --> 00:36:49,958 He looked like me, but with a beard, and he had a ring just like this one. 528 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:53,128 In fact 529 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:57,632 when I told him the story of this ring, 530 00:36:57,632 --> 00:37:00,760 he said, "My father had the same ring." 531 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,158 In a casting in Italy 532 00:37:03,701 --> 00:37:07,121 I was lucky enough to meet Armando. 533 00:37:07,121 --> 00:37:10,457 He's an incredible guy, extremely funny, 534 00:37:10,457 --> 00:37:13,502 and he gives the film a special vibe I'm very proud of. 535 00:37:13,877 --> 00:37:19,049 Cavan's fashion sense was very of the time when we were shooting. 536 00:37:19,049 --> 00:37:21,594 Our Cavan had to be sophisticated, 537 00:37:21,594 --> 00:37:23,616 like a Jiménez Del Oso, 538 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:31,166 who only worries about winning easy money 539 00:37:31,833 --> 00:37:40,592 until he believes the priest's theory is true. 540 00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:42,740 I performed Professor Cavan 541 00:37:43,198 --> 00:37:44,158 as if 542 00:37:45,117 --> 00:37:46,076 I really believed 543 00:37:46,076 --> 00:37:50,331 that the antichrist was going to be born that same night in Madrid. 544 00:37:51,540 --> 00:37:55,002 And little by little, 545 00:37:58,422 --> 00:37:59,632 I come to accept 546 00:38:01,091 --> 00:38:04,949 that an incredible story can be true. 547 00:38:08,912 --> 00:38:09,954 He's sort of like 548 00:38:10,914 --> 00:38:16,586 a television icon 549 00:38:19,589 --> 00:38:24,260 who comes up with scams to keep the audience 550 00:38:25,074 --> 00:38:28,494 glued to the screen. 551 00:38:29,161 --> 00:38:31,413 Oh! Exorcism! 552 00:38:31,413 --> 00:38:32,456 Garlic! 553 00:38:33,248 --> 00:38:34,166 Exorcism! 554 00:38:34,166 --> 00:38:35,209 Cross! Cross! 555 00:38:37,795 --> 00:38:40,547 But because of the priest, 556 00:38:46,115 --> 00:38:48,076 he becomes aware that 557 00:38:49,410 --> 00:38:52,121 a scam can be real. 558 00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:57,877 When he realizes that the devil exists, 559 00:38:59,921 --> 00:39:01,089 he knows that... 560 00:39:02,382 --> 00:39:05,260 There's a line at the end of the film in which he says, 561 00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:06,949 "Shit! 562 00:39:08,117 --> 00:39:09,785 We've saved the world 563 00:39:10,369 --> 00:39:11,620 and nobody knows." 564 00:39:12,830 --> 00:39:14,915 -"I'd like to have one of them here in the motel. 565 00:39:16,458 --> 00:39:19,753 I'd blow off his balls with the shotgun! 566 00:39:20,170 --> 00:39:21,213 Coward!" 567 00:39:21,296 --> 00:39:24,925 Terele's case is like Lola Gaos' in Borau's FURTIVOS. 568 00:39:27,115 --> 00:39:29,909 To bring back an actress 569 00:39:29,909 --> 00:39:31,828 who'd been fundamental 570 00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:36,791 in a type of Spanish cinema, but had been forgotten. 571 00:39:36,791 --> 00:39:39,043 Andrés said, "Anyone but Terele." 572 00:39:39,627 --> 00:39:42,046 I said that if Terele wasn't in, neither was I. 573 00:39:43,339 --> 00:39:45,967 There was the typical producer vs director fight. 574 00:39:45,967 --> 00:39:47,302 I won 575 00:39:48,532 --> 00:39:50,325 because I spread around 576 00:39:50,325 --> 00:39:53,412 that Andrés wanted Bibi Andersen to take the role. 577 00:39:53,412 --> 00:39:57,666 Terele Pavez plays the character most informed by 578 00:39:57,666 --> 00:40:00,669 the grotesque tradition. Super black, 579 00:40:00,669 --> 00:40:03,630 that world enclosed in itself 580 00:40:03,630 --> 00:40:04,965 in her motel. 581 00:40:04,965 --> 00:40:09,157 I loved my character. A marvelous person. 582 00:40:09,157 --> 00:40:12,619 She deserves a whole novel about her life, 583 00:40:12,619 --> 00:40:14,621 and what she does 584 00:40:14,704 --> 00:40:15,914 with her son and her life. 585 00:40:16,164 --> 00:40:21,085 I thought I was going to play a more friendly character. 586 00:40:22,003 --> 00:40:24,339 I laughed a lot trying to perform 587 00:40:29,740 --> 00:40:36,455 the crushed soul of the character. 588 00:40:36,455 --> 00:40:39,291 Terele is like a wild animal, 589 00:40:39,291 --> 00:40:40,709 untamable. 590 00:40:41,001 --> 00:40:42,336 She's a beast. 591 00:40:43,712 --> 00:40:48,509 All day long she has a big personality. She's very strong 592 00:40:48,509 --> 00:40:50,657 and she's a great actress. 593 00:40:53,242 --> 00:40:57,622 Actors like her and Alex Angulo 594 00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:00,500 make your job easier. 595 00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:04,253 It's very easy to work with them because they're very generous. 596 00:41:04,253 --> 00:41:06,881 -"No, sorry, the only vacant room is under construction." 597 00:41:06,881 --> 00:41:08,466 -"Anything will do." 598 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,593 -"The thing is that I'm not allowed to take anyone in at this time." 599 00:41:10,593 --> 00:41:11,657 Nathalie Sesefia 600 00:41:14,034 --> 00:41:15,994 is more than affection. 601 00:41:16,537 --> 00:41:17,830 I've always thought 602 00:41:19,665 --> 00:41:20,541 she's one of the best 603 00:41:20,541 --> 00:41:22,125 national comedy actresses in Spain. 604 00:41:22,668 --> 00:41:24,753 And besides I find her beautiful. 605 00:41:28,257 --> 00:41:30,634 They couldn't have chosen a better girlfriend for my character. 606 00:41:30,634 --> 00:41:32,115 It was perfect for me. 607 00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:37,453 One day I was having lunch with Santiago and Alex. 608 00:41:39,914 --> 00:41:43,584 Alex asked me if I would be up for a role in his film, 609 00:41:46,212 --> 00:41:47,672 and I was thrilled. 610 00:41:50,675 --> 00:41:52,719 He sent me the script 611 00:41:53,824 --> 00:41:57,870 and I read it in a single sitting. 612 00:41:57,953 --> 00:41:59,663 I asked Alex 613 00:42:00,914 --> 00:42:02,457 more about my character, 614 00:42:02,457 --> 00:42:04,459 but he didn't give me any clues. 615 00:42:06,545 --> 00:42:10,507 While we were shooting he told me to be more likable. 616 00:42:12,759 --> 00:42:18,536 I read the character, and I tried things. 617 00:42:18,619 --> 00:42:20,496 To him it seemed good. 618 00:42:23,124 --> 00:42:25,668 I imagined her as very innocent. 619 00:42:26,294 --> 00:42:27,336 A naive girl 620 00:42:30,757 --> 00:42:32,091 in this motel, 621 00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:38,118 at the service of the beast that is Terele Pévez. 622 00:42:38,201 --> 00:42:39,077 -"Grandpa!" 623 00:42:39,161 --> 00:42:40,370 -"Grandpa." 624 00:42:40,454 --> 00:42:41,788 -"This is my grandpa." 625 00:42:41,788 --> 00:42:42,873 -"He's hilarious." 626 00:42:43,206 --> 00:42:44,249 That character... 627 00:42:45,334 --> 00:42:49,254 You can be free being 100 years old 628 00:42:49,838 --> 00:42:51,465 and being in a corridor full of shit. 629 00:42:52,341 --> 00:42:54,968 He was a very well-loved guy in the neighborhood. 630 00:42:57,033 --> 00:42:58,201 He was really funny 631 00:42:58,701 --> 00:43:00,453 and we wanted to give him a role, 632 00:43:01,287 --> 00:43:02,789 so we gave him the naked grandpa. 633 00:43:03,790 --> 00:43:06,125 What a man! He was a bit scary. 634 00:43:07,001 --> 00:43:08,461 We couldn't laugh. 635 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:15,885 What madness! He was amazing! 636 00:43:15,885 --> 00:43:17,991 He's a free man. 637 00:43:20,285 --> 00:43:23,705 Even if he's in misery, 638 00:43:24,039 --> 00:43:24,915 he knows he's free. 639 00:43:24,915 --> 00:43:25,958 Suddenly 640 00:43:26,833 --> 00:43:28,794 we caught him masturbating 641 00:43:30,212 --> 00:43:33,507 in front of the girls on the team. 642 00:43:37,532 --> 00:43:40,159 Sometimes I feel a bit embarrassed about... 643 00:43:42,495 --> 00:43:44,664 the old man. Oh my god! 644 00:43:44,747 --> 00:43:50,253 Once we were in a waiting room and he was completely naked. 645 00:43:52,380 --> 00:43:54,006 He was really odd. 646 00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:57,635 They informed me that he was 647 00:43:58,490 --> 00:43:59,533 touching himself. 648 00:44:00,617 --> 00:44:03,203 And I told him that he should stop, 649 00:44:03,495 --> 00:44:06,164 that people didn't understand him. 650 00:44:06,832 --> 00:44:09,209 He said, "if you're going to film me, 651 00:44:09,292 --> 00:44:12,838 you don't expect me. It will not work, 652 00:44:13,797 --> 00:44:18,760 and we'll have to stop for lack of material." 653 00:44:19,574 --> 00:44:21,951 We had a great time. 654 00:44:22,910 --> 00:44:25,037 This one was great! 655 00:44:28,875 --> 00:44:33,462 One of Alex de la lglesia's virtues has always been his direction of actors. 656 00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:35,673 He makes the most of them. 657 00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:37,466 He has a temper, 658 00:44:38,426 --> 00:44:39,051 UL 659 00:44:40,657 --> 00:44:44,661 you know that with him at your side, you're not going to get lost. 660 00:44:45,662 --> 00:44:47,873 That everything is going to be okay. 661 00:44:47,873 --> 00:44:48,957 Alex is 662 00:44:49,416 --> 00:44:52,461 one of the few directors I would call a genius. 663 00:44:52,794 --> 00:44:55,005 I find him very genius-esque. 664 00:44:57,090 --> 00:45:00,260 He keeps things clear, and has very good ideas. 665 00:45:02,909 --> 00:45:05,578 The thing is that people who work with him tend to get annoyed, 666 00:45:05,661 --> 00:45:07,413 because he has a quick temper. 667 00:45:07,413 --> 00:45:09,457 Alex is a lot of... 668 00:45:10,499 --> 00:45:12,376 He taught me not 669 00:45:12,627 --> 00:45:17,006 to abandon my instinct. 670 00:45:17,006 --> 00:45:19,342 He's always respected his team 671 00:45:21,469 --> 00:45:23,784 and we want him to reach his goal, 672 00:45:23,784 --> 00:45:26,119 to accomplish his aim. 673 00:45:26,119 --> 00:45:29,289 There's a scene where he said, "This is not a fucking school!" 674 00:45:30,207 --> 00:45:31,750 He shouted to the extras 675 00:45:32,417 --> 00:45:35,629 as if he was some kind of general, but not quite. 676 00:45:35,629 --> 00:45:37,631 "This looks like a damn school! 677 00:45:37,631 --> 00:45:38,673 A damn school! 678 00:45:40,509 --> 00:45:41,468 Okay, guys! 679 00:45:41,468 --> 00:45:43,491 We only need one, 680 00:45:43,491 --> 00:45:44,533 one, 681 00:45:44,533 --> 00:45:46,035 to do it wrong, 682 00:45:46,035 --> 00:45:47,203 and will not be credible. 683 00:45:47,203 --> 00:45:49,163 It won't work, right? 684 00:45:50,081 --> 00:45:51,582 Let's try it again!" 685 00:45:51,958 --> 00:45:53,501 He knows what he wants, and sometimes 686 00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:55,544 he pisses you off, because 687 00:45:55,544 --> 00:45:56,837 when something doesn't work out 688 00:45:56,837 --> 00:45:58,172 or the crew relaxes, 689 00:45:58,172 --> 00:46:01,425 you do need someone to yell at you. 690 00:46:02,635 --> 00:46:06,535 Truly, after eleven hours of shooting, 691 00:46:07,619 --> 00:46:09,079 when you're tired, 692 00:46:09,079 --> 00:46:13,166 the film needs someone to tell the actors to give 100%, 693 00:46:13,166 --> 00:46:15,836 because what's filmed lasts forever. 694 00:46:15,836 --> 00:46:16,878 In THE DAY OF THE BEAST 695 00:46:19,005 --> 00:46:24,949 every mistake and every wise move is there. 696 00:46:25,074 --> 00:46:27,243 What makes the film good 697 00:46:27,243 --> 00:46:30,788 is that there was a great director pushing the limits. 698 00:46:48,368 --> 00:46:50,078 The preparation was delightful. 699 00:46:52,956 --> 00:46:54,207 We spent 700 00:46:55,876 --> 00:46:58,837 6 or 8 weeks working exhaustively, 701 00:46:58,837 --> 00:47:01,089 locating the Gran Via, 702 00:47:01,173 --> 00:47:04,092 interior and outdoor locations. 703 00:47:10,411 --> 00:47:11,996 We started sketching the film, 704 00:47:12,580 --> 00:47:15,750 and what we chose as scenery didn't work out. 705 00:47:17,251 --> 00:47:22,590 We designed the motel and Cavan's house. 706 00:47:22,923 --> 00:47:25,885 But then we found real places. 707 00:47:25,968 --> 00:47:29,951 All the design work was out, 708 00:47:30,035 --> 00:47:33,788 and we had to rethink everything. 709 00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:38,585 We'd put a lot of work into the set design of 710 00:47:38,585 --> 00:47:40,170 Cavan's home. 711 00:47:40,170 --> 00:47:43,590 Then we found a real place, after a whole morning 712 00:47:43,590 --> 00:47:49,825 of marking with tape how everything was going to be. 713 00:47:50,701 --> 00:47:52,578 We were happy 714 00:47:52,578 --> 00:47:55,414 that everything matched. 715 00:47:55,748 --> 00:47:59,126 We told the producers that 716 00:48:01,087 --> 00:48:03,172 it had to be that house. 717 00:48:03,589 --> 00:48:05,424 They called the property 718 00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:07,760 and they told us that it was gone. 719 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,992 Right before us, Rappel (a well known tarot reader) 720 00:48:11,076 --> 00:48:15,121 had seen the place and had already paid for it. 721 00:48:16,539 --> 00:48:18,541 We freaked out! 722 00:48:18,792 --> 00:48:21,169 In the end we had to do it where everybody shot. 723 00:48:21,169 --> 00:48:22,337 On Desengafio street 724 00:48:22,420 --> 00:48:25,382 there was a kind of film set, 725 00:48:25,382 --> 00:48:30,324 the apartment of a retired military soldier that was rented out for film shoots. 726 00:48:30,408 --> 00:48:32,034 There we built Cavan's home, 727 00:48:33,035 --> 00:48:34,036 the motel, 728 00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:38,207 the possessed kid's home. 729 00:48:38,374 --> 00:48:39,750 Obviously everything 730 00:48:40,918 --> 00:48:43,212 is a set. The reverse-angle shots in 731 00:48:44,046 --> 00:48:49,468 Cavan's apartment, 732 00:48:50,740 --> 00:48:53,159 behind the windows there were photographs. 733 00:48:53,159 --> 00:48:58,415 What we did was create a cyclorama, a semicircle. 734 00:49:00,959 --> 00:49:10,010 The window they went through had just enough space for them to get out. 735 00:49:11,991 --> 00:49:23,502 At that time neon advertisements were common, 736 00:49:25,754 --> 00:49:31,740 so we put in some fluorescent bulbs 737 00:49:32,198 --> 00:49:36,995 and a large scale picture of the Gran Via. 738 00:49:37,287 --> 00:49:39,664 When we saw it in the movie... 739 00:49:39,664 --> 00:49:40,749 Wow! 740 00:49:41,291 --> 00:49:44,336 It was a very simple and effective trick. 741 00:49:49,674 --> 00:49:54,325 We chose a street in Malasafia for the exterior of the motel 742 00:49:55,075 --> 00:49:56,744 that was under construction. 743 00:49:56,744 --> 00:49:59,538 Halfway through the shooting they finished. 744 00:50:01,749 --> 00:50:04,335 We knew this might happen, 745 00:50:04,335 --> 00:50:09,965 although Alex didn't want to admit it. 746 00:50:10,925 --> 00:50:19,037 The process of requesting permission and then being approved is so slow 747 00:50:19,037 --> 00:50:21,915 that we couldn't wait for it. 748 00:50:23,166 --> 00:50:29,214 The effects team had to put some construction 749 00:50:29,214 --> 00:50:37,076 fences and buttresses up, so that it looked similar. 750 00:50:41,580 --> 00:50:44,542 Where we suffered most was on the TV set. 751 00:50:44,542 --> 00:50:47,670 It was a warehouse of empty Coke cans. 752 00:50:48,546 --> 00:50:52,341 It was a very strange site with millions of cans. 753 00:50:52,341 --> 00:50:56,741 A very big site where they stored cans before filing them with liquid. 754 00:50:56,741 --> 00:50:57,867 We planned on shooting 755 00:50:57,867 --> 00:50:59,119 in a normal TV studio. 756 00:50:59,119 --> 00:51:00,412 I don't know if it was 757 00:51:00,412 --> 00:51:02,205 Tele 5 or Antena3, 758 00:51:02,205 --> 00:51:04,207 but at the last minute 759 00:51:04,207 --> 00:51:05,166 they cancelled. 760 00:51:09,129 --> 00:51:16,198 So we had to improvise a TV set. 761 00:51:16,282 --> 00:51:18,033 It was a set with an audience, 762 00:51:19,660 --> 00:51:22,121 and after putting on make up I heard, "Action!" 763 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:23,789 So I started speaking, 764 00:51:23,789 --> 00:51:26,959 "Good evening and welcome once again to our show. 765 00:51:27,042 --> 00:51:28,419 Tonight's show is going to be..." 766 00:51:28,502 --> 00:51:30,379 And I heard: "Stop! What on earth are you saying?" 767 00:51:30,629 --> 00:51:32,339 "I don't know, I'm improvising. 768 00:51:32,339 --> 00:51:33,591 What am I supposed to say?" 769 00:51:33,591 --> 00:51:34,675 "Damn! The lines!" 770 00:51:34,675 --> 00:51:36,176 "I don't have any lines." 771 00:51:36,677 --> 00:51:38,074 "Someone give him a script!" 772 00:51:38,074 --> 00:51:39,492 We were already running late. 773 00:51:40,452 --> 00:51:43,538 They gave me a script and it was a whole page 774 00:51:43,913 --> 00:51:45,206 that I hadn't seen in my script. 775 00:51:45,540 --> 00:51:50,545 I looked like the fool who didn't know anything. 776 00:51:51,254 --> 00:51:53,423 In my script this page was missing. 777 00:51:54,674 --> 00:51:59,742 When I got home I checked and that page had been pulled out. 778 00:52:00,326 --> 00:52:06,915 I did what I could. I was nervous, 779 00:52:06,915 --> 00:52:07,958 but it worked. 780 00:52:07,958 --> 00:52:10,419 I thought, "What a mess." 781 00:52:10,419 --> 00:52:13,631 The scene will start with everyone walking the same way 782 00:52:13,631 --> 00:52:15,424 as the first shot. 783 00:52:15,424 --> 00:52:18,218 The filming was also particularly tough. 784 00:52:18,218 --> 00:52:20,408 He'll shoot a man standing here. 785 00:52:21,493 --> 00:52:22,535 General panic! 786 00:52:23,036 --> 00:52:25,497 Mothers, with fear, get the children! 787 00:52:25,497 --> 00:52:26,831 We started during Christmas, 788 00:52:26,831 --> 00:52:28,374 and we used the city lights 789 00:52:30,793 --> 00:52:32,879 on Preciados Street and Gran Via Street. 790 00:52:32,879 --> 00:52:36,382 We paused the shooting and we started again in February. 791 00:52:36,382 --> 00:52:37,425 Very hard, 792 00:52:39,615 --> 00:52:41,367 very wild. 793 00:52:41,367 --> 00:52:43,494 It was at night, and it got very cold. 794 00:52:43,494 --> 00:52:45,120 We worked many hours. 795 00:52:46,330 --> 00:52:48,749 My advice for this: 796 00:52:48,749 --> 00:52:52,503 A lot of coffee with liquor! 797 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:56,965 It warmed us up. If not it would've been impossible, 798 00:52:58,926 --> 00:53:03,159 in a convertible wearing a silk shirt at -5° Celsius. 799 00:53:04,702 --> 00:53:06,412 We needed the alcohol. 800 00:53:06,412 --> 00:53:10,208 We suffered a lot because it was Madrid at Christmas 801 00:53:10,208 --> 00:53:15,088 during a very cold winter. 802 00:53:15,088 --> 00:53:15,838 When it rained 803 00:53:15,838 --> 00:53:17,465 the water froze on the cars, 804 00:53:19,217 --> 00:53:21,281 and even on the camera lens. 805 00:53:21,448 --> 00:53:24,368 We had to stop to remove ice from the camera. 806 00:53:24,368 --> 00:53:27,162 Four, five, six degrees below zero. 807 00:53:28,789 --> 00:53:30,582 A very cold winter, 808 00:53:30,582 --> 00:53:32,668 and we were always shooting at night. 809 00:53:34,086 --> 00:53:35,254 One day [ told Ale, 810 00:53:36,004 --> 00:53:38,799 "I'm supposed to be a metalhead, but not an idiot 811 00:53:38,799 --> 00:53:41,510 wearing a vest in the cold." 812 00:53:41,510 --> 00:53:45,368 Alex told me it was for the tattoos to show. I was like, "Yes, but I'm freezing!" 813 00:53:45,368 --> 00:53:48,746 Santiago couldn't say the lines because he was shivering, 814 00:53:48,746 --> 00:53:50,873 so we ran around the block 815 00:53:50,873 --> 00:53:53,501 until we warmed up. 816 00:53:53,501 --> 00:53:56,462 I was trembling so much I couldn't say the sentence. 817 00:53:57,088 --> 00:54:00,341 The day we shot the phone cabin scene, 818 00:54:00,425 --> 00:54:01,801 Alex told me, 819 00:54:02,051 --> 00:54:02,865 "Come on, buddy!" 820 00:54:02,865 --> 00:54:04,158 He started massaging my shoulders. 821 00:54:04,158 --> 00:54:05,576 "Let's run a little bit!" 822 00:54:05,576 --> 00:54:07,286 We just ran one block 823 00:54:07,286 --> 00:54:10,914 because we were both overweight, 824 00:54:11,498 --> 00:54:12,958 but it was enough to warm up 825 00:54:12,958 --> 00:54:15,210 to be able to say the lines. 826 00:54:15,210 --> 00:54:20,591 It was agonizing to be unable to act because of the shivering. 827 00:54:20,591 --> 00:54:22,843 It was a pretty hard film to shoot. 828 00:54:23,677 --> 00:54:27,577 We stopped speaking to each other for quite a long time afterwards. 829 00:54:29,954 --> 00:54:33,166 We stopped speaking to Alex. 830 00:54:33,166 --> 00:54:37,253 The film was very challenging for everyone, on all levels. 831 00:54:37,253 --> 00:54:40,214 When you walked around the house 832 00:54:40,548 --> 00:54:42,842 you'd find people sleeping! 833 00:54:42,925 --> 00:54:46,408 Some technician 834 00:54:46,533 --> 00:54:51,455 that couldn't bear it anymore. 835 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:54,500 People worked extremely hard. 836 00:54:54,583 --> 00:54:59,713 It was a constant struggle with time limits, money, our lack of experience, 837 00:55:02,591 --> 00:55:05,782 and the lack of confidence the production team had in us. 838 00:55:12,413 --> 00:55:16,084 That was one of the few things that went smoothly. 839 00:55:16,084 --> 00:55:18,127 Schweppes paid for the sign, 840 00:55:18,211 --> 00:55:22,173 as we couldn't possibly pay for it. 841 00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:26,094 We built a copy 10% smaller than the original. 842 00:55:26,532 --> 00:55:30,118 The Schweppes sign on the Gran Via, 843 00:55:30,202 --> 00:55:32,454 it was a hassle to make, 844 00:55:32,538 --> 00:55:33,705 to assemble, 845 00:55:34,289 --> 00:55:42,756 to create the access for the actors simulating the window. 846 00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:46,176 To reflect reality, 847 00:55:50,451 --> 00:55:51,619 it was really complex. 848 00:55:51,703 --> 00:55:54,664 Suddenly we saw that it was still gigantic, 849 00:55:55,456 --> 00:55:58,042 and it didn't fit on any set in Madrid. 850 00:55:58,668 --> 00:56:02,630 We had to shoot in an industrial warehouse in Guadalajara. 851 00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:04,549 Like a pharaoh's tomb. 852 00:56:04,882 --> 00:56:07,635 Get the camera, climb up, and shoot downwards. 853 00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:11,910 We even threw a camera. 854 00:56:12,077 --> 00:56:16,874 There's a scene in which Cavan falls face up, 855 00:56:16,874 --> 00:56:18,542 we did that with chroma keying. 856 00:56:19,209 --> 00:56:23,672 And then we threw the camera, shooting upwards. 857 00:56:26,717 --> 00:56:29,991 When we built the thing, it was 8 meters high. 858 00:56:31,826 --> 00:56:34,328 It's not 50 feet, but the fall was equally fatal. 859 00:56:34,412 --> 00:56:36,789 If you fall, that's it. 860 00:56:37,123 --> 00:56:38,708 We were tied 861 00:56:39,625 --> 00:56:41,127 for security, 862 00:56:41,753 --> 00:56:44,172 but we were 15 meters high. 863 00:56:48,217 --> 00:56:50,240 We were really frightened. 864 00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:54,494 He forgot to tell us about his vertigo, 865 00:56:54,620 --> 00:56:57,956 so when he was there on the neon sign... 866 00:56:58,373 --> 00:57:05,005 Someone who has vertigo can't stop it. 867 00:57:07,591 --> 00:57:09,009 It's a reflex. 868 00:57:09,092 --> 00:57:12,575 There he was, screaming, telling us to bring him down. 869 00:57:12,575 --> 00:57:16,245 But he was already tied, 870 00:57:16,746 --> 00:57:19,081 so we took advantage of the circumstance to shoot him. 871 00:57:19,373 --> 00:57:20,958 He didn't say his lines, 872 00:57:21,375 --> 00:57:22,710 he only screamed, 873 00:57:22,794 --> 00:57:25,213 "I have vertigo, bring me down!" 874 00:57:25,213 --> 00:57:26,005 "Alex!" 875 00:57:26,672 --> 00:57:27,799 "I can't!" 876 00:57:27,799 --> 00:57:29,050 "rm 877 00:57:29,967 --> 00:57:32,616 I was next to him thinking, "Poor man, he's having a bad time." 878 00:57:32,699 --> 00:57:36,578 Alex was screaming, 879 00:57:37,621 --> 00:57:39,373 "Don't talk! Act!" 880 00:57:39,665 --> 00:57:41,124 We later dubbed him 881 00:57:42,167 --> 00:57:43,585 saying the actual dialogue. 882 00:57:43,585 --> 00:57:45,671 -"We never stop working, jumping... 883 00:57:46,463 --> 00:57:47,965 It's horrible. 884 00:57:48,507 --> 00:57:51,385 Armando has come all the way from Italy and they're treating him terribly. 885 00:57:51,385 --> 00:57:52,740 They won't let us rest." 886 00:57:53,366 --> 00:57:54,408 -"The dolls... 887 00:57:55,535 --> 00:57:56,744 the dolls are getting dirty." 888 00:57:59,622 --> 00:58:01,958 On THE DAY OF THE BEAST I was particularly obsessed 889 00:58:03,459 --> 00:58:06,045 with everything running smoothly. 890 00:58:06,128 --> 00:58:09,298 -"Two washers that don't hurt the goat, 891 00:58:09,382 --> 00:58:12,468 and you fix her to the floor so that she doesn't move." 892 00:58:13,782 --> 00:58:20,914 We had to nail the goat to the floor, literally, for it not to leave. 893 00:58:21,039 --> 00:58:22,541 But it pulled out the floor. 894 00:58:22,541 --> 00:58:26,920 The goat that played the role of the devil went mad. Everybody had to get out 895 00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:29,840 so the goat could release her energy on the furniture. 896 00:58:29,923 --> 00:58:31,675 The goat was wild. 897 00:58:31,675 --> 00:58:34,866 She was a beast. 898 00:58:34,866 --> 00:58:37,743 She pulled out the wooden floor, 899 00:58:38,911 --> 00:58:44,000 knocked over a camera, and attacked a group of onlookers. 900 00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:45,668 She was supposedly 901 00:58:46,752 --> 00:58:47,962 trained, but 902 00:58:47,962 --> 00:58:50,840 The scene where she stands up is a digital trick. 903 00:58:51,966 --> 00:58:54,176 She didn't do anything, 904 00:58:54,865 --> 00:58:57,784 only charged at the furniture. 905 00:58:57,784 --> 00:58:59,578 It was a really big goat, 906 00:59:00,412 --> 00:59:01,621 and when she broke free 907 00:59:02,789 --> 00:59:11,840 everyone chased after her, while she chased Alex through the corridor. 908 00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:15,260 It kept charging against the walls. 909 00:59:17,909 --> 00:59:20,536 If someone would've filmed it, 910 00:59:20,536 --> 00:59:22,997 it would've possibly been better than the film itself. 911 00:59:23,289 --> 00:59:25,499 We couldn't make her do anything, 912 00:59:25,958 --> 00:59:27,752 not even look at the camera. 913 00:59:27,752 --> 00:59:30,004 I wanted her to look directly into the lens, 914 00:59:30,338 --> 00:59:33,424 It felt like she was playing with us. 915 00:59:36,740 --> 00:59:38,992 We let the goat roam around 916 00:59:39,409 --> 00:59:46,541 while we rolled on two cameras and filmed her roaming the apartment. 917 00:59:48,418 --> 00:59:50,754 After an hour 918 00:59:54,091 --> 00:59:57,219 she finally stopped 919 01:00:01,327 --> 01:00:03,621 and gazed into the lens. 920 01:00:06,290 --> 01:00:08,000 "The goat's a bit clumsy, eh?" 921 01:00:12,254 --> 01:00:15,299 The invocation was real, so was the pentacle. 922 01:00:16,092 --> 01:00:18,406 We really wanted to do that. 923 01:00:18,406 --> 01:00:20,784 Everyone said that thing moved, 924 01:00:21,743 --> 01:00:26,832 but the only thing moving were the fleas from the bed we were shooting on. 925 01:00:51,252 --> 01:00:55,297 There was a psychic called Tristanbraker who said, 926 01:00:55,297 --> 01:00:57,717 "Santiago Segura is a smart man, 927 01:00:58,801 --> 01:01:01,867 but he has played with the forces of evil, 928 01:01:01,950 --> 01:01:03,869 and that puts him in danger." 929 01:01:05,162 --> 01:01:07,789 We found that kind of nonsense amusing. 930 01:01:07,789 --> 01:01:08,957 Suddenly, 931 01:01:10,959 --> 01:01:13,712 in a Polaroid picture of the set for the making-of, 932 01:01:13,712 --> 01:01:15,297 a beam of light appeared 933 01:01:15,297 --> 01:01:18,592 over my face. 934 01:01:19,467 --> 01:01:21,782 It was really similar to THE OMEN. 935 01:01:21,866 --> 01:01:25,953 If we hadn't seen that, we wouldn't have noticed, 936 01:01:26,203 --> 01:01:28,497 but it looked just like 937 01:01:28,581 --> 01:01:31,709 the bar piercing the character 938 01:01:31,709 --> 01:01:33,252 in THE OMEN. 939 01:01:33,335 --> 01:01:35,504 We started to believe in all the devil nonsense. 940 01:01:37,089 --> 01:01:41,093 I believe in evil, and that there are really bad people, 941 01:01:41,177 --> 01:01:43,491 but I don't believe in the devil, occult forces, or 942 01:01:43,575 --> 01:01:46,620 an Almighty God. 943 01:01:46,620 --> 01:01:49,289 Well, I'm not clear on it, I'm still considering it. 944 01:01:49,372 --> 01:01:53,418 But anyway, I wasn't afraid 945 01:01:56,087 --> 01:01:58,715 of playing a satanist from Carabanchel in a film. 946 01:01:59,466 --> 01:02:00,217 "Hi, what's up? 947 01:02:00,217 --> 01:02:01,426 We're Def Con Dos 948 01:02:01,426 --> 01:02:02,740 and we wanted to say 949 01:02:02,740 --> 01:02:08,370 that from now on, we're going to direct Alex's films, 950 01:02:08,370 --> 01:02:10,039 and Alexis going to make the music. 951 01:02:10,039 --> 01:02:13,667 He thinks we're better suited for films than for music." 952 01:02:13,667 --> 01:02:14,710 When the shooting started 953 01:02:14,710 --> 01:02:17,963 he hadn't asked us to make the song for the film yet, 954 01:02:17,963 --> 01:02:19,423 it was a decision that was made later. 955 01:02:19,423 --> 01:02:25,909 It was a film with a big budget, 956 01:02:25,909 --> 01:02:27,911 but everything was very improvised. 957 01:02:27,911 --> 01:02:31,164 When we played the role of "Satannica" 958 01:02:31,164 --> 01:02:36,086 in the concert scene, 959 01:02:36,086 --> 01:02:37,671 we were contacted the day before! 960 01:02:37,671 --> 01:02:39,839 "From abroad they used Pantera, Ministry, 961 01:02:44,135 --> 01:02:45,908 and a couple other bands. 962 01:02:46,700 --> 01:02:48,494 Helltrash was the name of one. 963 01:02:50,579 --> 01:02:52,540 This is going to go around the universe." 964 01:02:52,915 --> 01:02:55,167 Alex was fascinated by Ministry. 965 01:02:56,836 --> 01:02:57,753 He kept telling us, 966 01:02:57,753 --> 01:02:58,712 "THE DAY OF THE BEAST has to be like 967 01:02:58,712 --> 01:02:59,630 a Ministry song!" 968 01:02:59,630 --> 01:03:00,589 I wanted Ministry. 969 01:03:00,589 --> 01:03:05,365 We asked for the copyright, but they had to be renewed every 15 years. 970 01:03:05,365 --> 01:03:07,701 We started with Siniestro Total 971 01:03:07,701 --> 01:03:08,827 and later we got Def Con Dos. 972 01:03:12,580 --> 01:03:17,210 The friendship with César was extraordinary, 973 01:03:17,210 --> 01:03:19,963 an overwhelming mental connection. 974 01:03:19,963 --> 01:03:21,881 During the shooting 975 01:03:21,881 --> 01:03:26,824 in Revolver Club, there was a Ministry song on loop. 976 01:03:29,326 --> 01:03:32,329 The idea was for us to sound like that. 977 01:03:32,580 --> 01:03:35,958 We were starting to become known, 978 01:03:36,041 --> 01:03:42,673 and Alex thought we would add interest with certain audiences, 979 01:03:42,756 --> 01:03:45,009 although we appear very briefly. 980 01:03:45,092 --> 01:03:49,409 I wanted a close-up, right? 981 01:03:49,492 --> 01:03:50,785 But no luck. 982 01:03:50,785 --> 01:03:54,372 The songs of Def Con Dos could have been perfectly written by us, 983 01:03:54,456 --> 01:03:56,875 or at least we would've liked that. 984 01:03:58,585 --> 01:04:00,086 We looked like twin souls. 985 01:04:00,086 --> 01:04:02,714 It was iconic, 986 01:04:02,881 --> 01:04:06,926 because although the songs didn't appear in the film, 987 01:04:06,926 --> 01:04:12,912 they reflected the underground vibe of the film. 988 01:04:12,912 --> 01:04:15,414 The rock'n'roll vibe, 989 01:04:15,414 --> 01:04:17,625 very urban. 990 01:04:17,625 --> 01:04:19,293 It conveys it very well, 991 01:04:19,293 --> 01:04:21,921 the hardcore punk mood of the film. 992 01:04:21,921 --> 01:04:23,631 The idea was 993 01:04:23,631 --> 01:04:31,034 using lighting and color to convey the feeling of the night world. 994 01:04:31,034 --> 01:04:37,082 The clubs, the dens, luxury, austerity... 995 01:04:38,083 --> 01:04:39,959 We basically did it with color. 996 01:04:40,251 --> 01:04:45,799 There were no pure colors, 997 01:04:47,884 --> 01:04:52,243 we tried to mix all temperatures to tell the story. 998 01:04:53,494 --> 01:04:54,787 In the bars 999 01:04:54,787 --> 01:04:57,539 we made the fluorescent lights look green. 1000 01:04:58,123 --> 01:05:02,753 We looked for the dirty vibe of some places. 1001 01:05:22,293 --> 01:05:26,589 I think that THE DAY OF THE BEAST is the first Spanish film with digital FX. 1002 01:05:31,198 --> 01:05:33,325 For the first time, digital FX were starting 1003 01:05:33,325 --> 01:05:34,994 to gain importance in Spain. 1004 01:05:34,994 --> 01:05:37,037 They started to mean something. 1005 01:05:37,037 --> 01:05:38,539 It was something new, 1006 01:05:38,539 --> 01:05:41,166 digital FX, 1007 01:05:41,166 --> 01:05:42,876 especially 1008 01:05:43,961 --> 01:05:46,213 when it came to shots, 1009 01:05:48,257 --> 01:05:52,198 makeup, Quetglas' work on clothing... 1010 01:05:53,199 --> 01:05:54,784 Reyes Abades 1011 01:05:56,494 --> 01:05:59,998 and his team did a magnificent job. 1012 01:05:59,998 --> 01:06:03,251 "We'd see if the take was good, and if it wasn't we'd do another one. Fuck it." 1013 01:06:05,503 --> 01:06:06,463 "Does it hurt or not?" 1014 01:06:06,463 --> 01:06:09,591 "Of course, damn. I'm hurt, but see if it was good..." 1015 01:06:11,384 --> 01:06:14,616 The effects are very well done. 1016 01:06:15,242 --> 01:06:16,493 It's like 1017 01:06:18,746 --> 01:06:22,916 when you watch ROSEMARY'S BABY, 1018 01:06:23,876 --> 01:06:26,086 you see little effects but 1019 01:06:26,086 --> 01:06:29,298 you believe them. 1020 01:06:29,298 --> 01:06:31,592 They're very realistic. 1021 01:06:31,592 --> 01:06:32,801 Plus, 1022 01:06:34,616 --> 01:06:36,993 like in all of Alex's films, 1023 01:06:36,993 --> 01:06:39,621 there's a certain crude aspect 1024 01:06:39,621 --> 01:06:45,460 that gives the film a kind of Italian realism that I really enjoy. 1025 01:06:45,460 --> 01:06:53,760 It's not the American effect of cosmetic perfection. 1026 01:06:56,575 --> 01:07:00,746 It has a European mood. 1027 01:07:00,829 --> 01:07:03,582 It can be perfect, but it needs a bit of 1028 01:07:06,585 --> 01:07:08,545 asymmetry, 1029 01:07:08,545 --> 01:07:10,547 a bit of error, because that's what's natural. 1030 01:07:10,547 --> 01:07:13,717 José Antonio Sélnchez designed the model, 1031 01:07:15,177 --> 01:07:18,576 and I made the mechanism. 1032 01:07:18,576 --> 01:07:20,620 Maybe Sénchez did 1033 01:07:22,747 --> 01:07:24,832 the hardest part 1034 01:07:24,832 --> 01:07:27,877 and I did the most simple. 1035 01:07:27,877 --> 01:07:37,741 We had to teach the disabled actor how to walk on stilts. 1036 01:07:41,537 --> 01:07:44,790 Sénchez did this very well. 1037 01:07:51,088 --> 01:07:52,589 It was a horror film. 1038 01:07:52,589 --> 01:07:54,299 It was a film of deep horror. 1039 01:07:55,092 --> 01:07:56,260 In the KIO towers 1040 01:07:56,260 --> 01:08:02,453 there would be Satan, and 5000 priests who were walking 1041 01:08:02,453 --> 01:08:06,249 through a wooden bridge that connected both towers. 1042 01:08:06,249 --> 01:08:09,294 This was our vision. 1043 01:08:09,294 --> 01:08:18,615 And there were dozens of bags full of newborn babies. 1044 01:08:18,615 --> 01:08:20,826 The Basque priest found 1045 01:08:20,826 --> 01:08:22,953 the 5000 priests who had come 1046 01:08:22,953 --> 01:08:26,665 to worship Satan. 1047 01:08:26,665 --> 01:08:30,127 He joined the queue, and when it was his turn, 1048 01:08:30,127 --> 01:08:31,962 Satan (in the form of a goat) 1049 01:08:31,962 --> 01:08:36,467 showed him his ass. 1050 01:08:36,467 --> 01:08:41,075 The great black kiss. 1051 01:08:41,075 --> 01:08:45,038 He kisses Satan's ass, 1052 01:08:45,038 --> 01:08:49,292 and like in many medieval engravings, 1053 01:08:49,292 --> 01:08:52,920 the devil's ass has a face. 1054 01:08:52,920 --> 01:08:56,007 The face was going to be the priest's, he was going to kiss himself. 1055 01:08:56,007 --> 01:08:59,698 It didn't appear in the film, 1056 01:08:59,698 --> 01:09:03,202 but the priest had a flashback to when he had seen a coven. 1057 01:09:03,202 --> 01:09:05,496 There was a sequence in which the priest, 1058 01:09:05,496 --> 01:09:08,665 with his family, 1059 01:09:08,665 --> 01:09:13,795 saw a witch gathering. 1060 01:09:13,795 --> 01:09:16,131 The ending was changed at the last minute. 1061 01:09:16,131 --> 01:09:19,176 I think the ending was really good, but 1062 01:09:19,176 --> 01:09:22,533 when they saw it, it was so devastating that they didn't dare to include it. 1063 01:09:22,533 --> 01:09:26,663 They thought killing a newborn was very violent, 1064 01:09:26,663 --> 01:09:28,748 even if it was the antichrist. 1065 01:09:28,831 --> 01:09:31,209 I wasn't sure that in a country like this 1066 01:09:31,209 --> 01:09:33,878 the audience was going to understand that a baby was shot. 1067 01:09:33,878 --> 01:09:35,129 The day of the shooting 1068 01:09:35,129 --> 01:09:38,549 Alex came up with a new ending. 1069 01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:44,326 He was unsure of that ending. 1070 01:09:44,326 --> 01:09:47,913 We had to come up with some kind of Nativity scene 1071 01:09:47,913 --> 01:09:51,667 at the construction site of the KIO towers, 1072 01:09:53,043 --> 01:09:57,381 with a gypsy famiW- 1073 01:09:57,381 --> 01:10:01,093 The ending became more ambiguous. 1074 01:10:01,093 --> 01:10:03,324 I shot the last scene in two hours, 1075 01:10:03,324 --> 01:10:05,326 when half the crew had already left. 1076 01:10:06,744 --> 01:10:14,544 They told me that they had to load the trucks 1077 01:10:14,544 --> 01:10:15,712 and leave, 1078 01:10:17,171 --> 01:10:19,257 but we still needed to shoot the last scene. 1079 01:10:19,674 --> 01:10:23,699 The encounter with the antichrist, 1080 01:10:23,699 --> 01:10:25,242 the dead baby... 1081 01:10:26,868 --> 01:10:28,912 Alex Angulo and I shot it 1082 01:10:29,788 --> 01:10:32,332 with the help of Jorge, who was still there. 1083 01:10:32,916 --> 01:10:37,963 We were debating whether to shoot the child in the head or not, 1084 01:10:40,132 --> 01:10:43,865 and we ended up not doing it because we didn't have a suitable doll. 1085 01:10:43,865 --> 01:10:48,286 We would have put the gun against his head. 1086 01:11:12,039 --> 01:11:14,791 The film was selected for the Venice Film Festival. 1087 01:11:14,791 --> 01:11:16,209 We were 1088 01:11:17,628 --> 01:11:18,712 super happy- 1089 01:11:21,673 --> 01:11:22,883 The Venice Film Festival! 1090 01:11:24,343 --> 01:11:25,531 We were all happy. 1091 01:11:25,531 --> 01:11:27,658 We met Armando there. 1092 01:11:28,618 --> 01:11:34,123 He'd told us that he was a celebrity in his country, 1093 01:11:34,123 --> 01:11:37,502 but at the festival 1094 01:11:38,503 --> 01:11:43,216 nobody asked for a picture with him. 1095 01:11:43,216 --> 01:11:47,658 He said he was very relieved, because with his new goatee 1096 01:11:47,658 --> 01:11:48,950 nobody recognized him. 1097 01:11:48,950 --> 01:11:50,202 I was like, "Yeah, sure." 1098 01:11:51,411 --> 01:11:56,833 In Venice, I remember reading some patronizing reviews, 1099 01:11:58,543 --> 01:12:03,090 especially when the reviewers weren't fans of the genre. 1100 01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:09,909 They said that it had very homemade effects. 1101 01:12:09,909 --> 01:12:16,582 But the visual and technological parts are on point. 1102 01:12:16,582 --> 01:12:23,172 While we were returning in the "vaporetto," 1103 01:12:25,174 --> 01:12:27,468 I was at the rear end 1104 01:12:27,468 --> 01:12:34,079 and saw Alex really angrily reading all the newspapers 1105 01:12:39,000 --> 01:12:41,920 in which they spoke badly of us. 1106 01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:43,964 He was quite disappointed. 1107 01:12:43,964 --> 01:12:45,549 In one review they said, 1108 01:12:53,202 --> 01:12:55,621 "it sounded awful," 1109 01:12:55,913 --> 01:13:01,043 but later we found out it meant "poor, but effective." 1110 01:13:01,043 --> 01:13:03,129 Alex was devastated, and 1111 01:13:05,715 --> 01:13:08,759 he conveyed that to all of us. 1112 01:13:09,635 --> 01:13:12,409 We arrived at the airport totally shattered, 1113 01:13:12,409 --> 01:13:13,910 thinking it had been 1114 01:13:14,953 --> 01:13:16,997 a failure and 1115 01:13:20,167 --> 01:13:22,043 that no one liked it. 1116 01:13:22,043 --> 01:13:26,965 Venice didn't understand the film very well. 1117 01:13:30,302 --> 01:13:33,826 There were several reasons: 1118 01:13:34,660 --> 01:13:35,661 the Pope, 1119 01:13:35,661 --> 01:13:37,204 Catholicism, 1120 01:13:37,204 --> 01:13:38,497 the devil, 1121 01:13:38,706 --> 01:13:40,374 and Christian democracy, 1122 01:13:41,042 --> 01:13:45,671 which has been our biggest problem for 50 years. 1123 01:14:01,333 --> 01:14:02,667 In Sitges I remember 1124 01:14:02,667 --> 01:14:09,508 a certain hostility from the critics, 1125 01:14:09,508 --> 01:14:14,408 but later it gained success. 1126 01:14:14,408 --> 01:14:17,370 Suddenly some really good reviews came out. 1127 01:14:18,454 --> 01:14:20,623 It was surreal. 1128 01:14:20,623 --> 01:14:22,041 I remember 1129 01:14:22,959 --> 01:14:24,251 the division of opinion, 1130 01:14:25,252 --> 01:14:27,171 something that has always happened 1131 01:14:27,171 --> 01:14:29,423 with Alex de la lglesia's films. 1132 01:14:29,423 --> 01:14:34,449 Later, it slowly became a cult film, 1133 01:14:34,533 --> 01:14:35,867 a total success. 1134 01:14:40,247 --> 01:14:43,500 At the premier in Madrid, we were at Alex's home 1135 01:14:44,167 --> 01:14:45,669 and when we left 1136 01:14:48,088 --> 01:14:49,589 to start walking to the Gran Via, 1137 01:14:52,133 --> 01:14:55,658 we looked at how many people were in the distance. 1138 01:14:57,034 --> 01:15:01,956 There was another premiere, APOLLO 13. 1139 01:15:06,127 --> 01:15:07,962 Alex was afraid. 1140 01:15:11,173 --> 01:15:12,800 A Hollywood film. 1141 01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:13,884 What would happen? 1142 01:15:14,990 --> 01:15:16,700 The APOLLO 13 premiere was empty, 1143 01:15:17,617 --> 01:15:20,245 while THE DAY OF THE BEAST premiere had an immense queue. 1144 01:15:20,245 --> 01:15:21,371 It was strategic. 1145 01:15:22,289 --> 01:15:24,958 We could have chosen 1146 01:15:26,543 --> 01:15:28,086 any cinema in Spain, 1147 01:15:28,086 --> 01:15:30,922 but I thought of premiering at the Rex theatre, 1148 01:15:31,673 --> 01:15:34,551 because with only 500 seats 1149 01:15:35,260 --> 01:15:38,075 the chaos could be important. 1150 01:15:38,075 --> 01:15:41,662 I remember with affection when they told me that there were lines. 1151 01:15:41,662 --> 01:15:43,748 I saw them from my home because I lived nearby. 1152 01:15:44,665 --> 01:15:46,042 It fascinated me. 1153 01:15:46,042 --> 01:15:46,959 In effect, 1154 01:15:46,959 --> 01:15:48,419 we premiered the film at the Rex theatre, 1155 01:15:49,170 --> 01:15:53,257 and during the first week impressive lines formed. 1156 01:15:53,257 --> 01:15:55,176 The thing is that the earnings were quite low, 1157 01:15:55,176 --> 01:15:57,157 because the Rex was really small. 1158 01:15:57,157 --> 01:16:01,244 They later showed it in other cinemas, 1159 01:16:01,244 --> 01:16:08,376 but the strategy of premiering at the Rex was mine. 1160 01:16:08,376 --> 01:16:11,755 THE DAY OF THE BEAST became one of the most emblematic films of the year, 1161 01:16:11,755 --> 01:16:13,590 everyone watched it. 1162 01:16:13,590 --> 01:16:16,468 It was a success, and a fantastic film. 1163 01:16:16,468 --> 01:16:19,909 When we sold it abroad it translated really well, 1164 01:16:23,370 --> 01:16:25,331 and it began to be an important film. 1165 01:16:29,627 --> 01:16:34,715 When I saw the film, I said 1166 01:16:34,715 --> 01:16:37,927 that what just happened was really important. 1167 01:16:37,927 --> 01:16:39,157 It was the beginning 1168 01:16:39,157 --> 01:16:41,284 of a new golden age, 1169 01:16:41,284 --> 01:16:42,994 even if it's a cliché to say this, 1170 01:16:42,994 --> 01:16:44,621 of the Spanish fantasy genre. 1171 01:16:44,621 --> 01:16:48,500 If people dared to follow Alex's trail, 1172 01:16:48,500 --> 01:16:52,128 the lovers of the genre would live happy days. 1173 01:16:52,128 --> 01:16:53,672 Like every movie, 1174 01:16:54,673 --> 01:16:55,799 THE DAY OF THE BEAST 1175 01:16:57,133 --> 01:16:58,426 has gained importance with time. 1176 01:16:58,426 --> 01:17:00,491 Alex brought freshness, 1177 01:17:02,535 --> 01:17:03,577 innovation. 1178 01:17:04,203 --> 01:17:05,538 Or maybe he forced it. 1179 01:17:07,665 --> 01:17:11,710 I don't know how to explain it, 1180 01:17:12,670 --> 01:17:15,714 but it marked a milestone. 1181 01:17:15,714 --> 01:17:17,842 It has an unusual power 1182 01:17:18,592 --> 01:17:19,718 in the genre, 1183 01:17:20,240 --> 01:17:21,658 and in Spanish cinema. 1184 01:17:21,658 --> 01:17:23,785 I think when we saw it, 1185 01:17:25,578 --> 01:17:28,248 people who wanted to make films 1186 01:17:28,248 --> 01:17:30,166 saw that it broke something, 1187 01:17:30,166 --> 01:17:31,876 a barrier in the industry. 1188 01:17:31,876 --> 01:17:34,921 I still believe it's one of the best films by Alex de la lglesia, 1189 01:17:34,921 --> 01:17:37,590 and one of the best films of contemporary Spanish cinema. 1190 01:17:38,174 --> 01:17:38,925 A great film. 1191 01:17:38,925 --> 01:17:41,282 What fascinates me is what it's caused. 1192 01:17:41,282 --> 01:17:44,785 THE DAY OF THE BEAST represents a new type of cinema. 1193 01:17:44,785 --> 01:17:46,328 It didn't only excite me, 1194 01:17:47,329 --> 01:17:55,504 but it also opened so many doors for me. 1195 01:17:55,504 --> 01:17:59,175 It's an unforgettable film. 1196 01:17:59,175 --> 01:18:01,865 I believe it's a fundamental part of Spanish cinema. 1197 01:18:01,865 --> 01:18:03,908 THE DAY OF THE BEAST is 1198 01:18:03,908 --> 01:18:07,579 the essential film in understanding Alex de la lglesia's cinema. 1199 01:18:07,579 --> 01:18:10,331 It's maybe the film that defines me most. 1200 01:18:14,502 --> 01:18:18,131 The passion for the histrionic, exaggeration, horror, 1201 01:18:18,131 --> 01:18:20,425 the tenderness of a small individual 1202 01:18:20,717 --> 01:18:22,260 as the main character, 1203 01:18:23,616 --> 01:18:25,618 disenchanting endings, 1204 01:18:25,618 --> 01:18:27,786 all of this is 1205 01:18:27,786 --> 01:18:30,748 part of the films I make. 1206 01:18:31,457 --> 01:18:32,499 It's... 1207 01:18:35,628 --> 01:18:39,715 the most remembered film, 1208 01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:42,134 and the one I'm best known for. 1209 01:18:42,134 --> 01:18:43,948 It fills me with joy. 1210 01:18:43,948 --> 01:18:45,533 It's a film I deeply love. 1211 01:18:50,580 --> 01:18:51,623 "Attention! 1212 01:18:52,582 --> 01:18:54,626 The best is yet to come."