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25.02.2024 - 20:57 / deadline.com
Director Pablo Berger never thought he’d earn his first Oscar nomination for an animated feature, mostly because he never thought he’d direct animation. That is, until one morning, when he was looking through his vast library of books and decided to read Sara Varon’s 2007 graphic novel Robot Dreams, the bittersweet story of the friendship between a dog and a robot. As soon as he put down the book, the multiple Goya-winning Spaniard knew he’d found his next film. That chance reading led to a premiere at Cannes, multiple awards and an Oscar nomination — all for a movie that hasn’t even seen its main U.S. release yet.
DEADLINE: How did you first encounter the graphic novel for Robot Dreams?
PABLO BERGER: I collect books with no words. When my daughter was two or three, I wanted to share the experience of my love of books, so I could read the wordless books with her and she could read them by herself. So, I just started this collection, and it has become my dearest collection of hundreds of books that have no words.
I got Robot Dreams in 2010 and I loved it. I thought it was fantastic and unique and when I got to the end of the book, I was deeply moved. And when I’m talking about deeply moved, I was in tears. I know this could sound a little bit too much, but I was visualizing the film while I was reading it. If this book has moved me this deeply, I thought maybe I should just make this film. I never in my life thought about making an animated film. I come from live-action. This is my fourth film. I love animation as an audience, as a cinephile, but never in my life, not even once, until I read this book and the end moved me so deeply.
DEADLINE: What about the book resonated with you?
BERGER: The fact that it’s wordless
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