Richard Ayoade‘s follow up to his directorial debut Submarine had its world premiere at the BFI‘s 57th London Film Festival so we went along to ask him aboutThe Double
What was the atmosphere like on set?
It was horny, primarily charged erotically and kind of quite cruel.
Did your experience directing Submarine change how you directed The Double? Do you feel your style has grown?
I mean I’m older but submarine I adapted from Joe’s (Joe Dunthorne) book and I kind of wrote that on my own just consulting with Joe to see if I was really wrong, with this it was Avi (Avi Korine) idea to adapt it and I worked with him and it was great experience. Was great not writing alone in a room.
Was filming one actor playing two parts a challenge?
Technically hard to do as when there are scenes with both in you can’t actually see it live so you take a lot of chances with shots and you don’t see the final scene together until editing. It’s made the scene a lot less hard then it was as the real task was at editing.
The Double is to be released in 2014 we will update when more information received
What was the atmosphere like on set?
It was horny, primarily charged erotically and kind of quite cruel.
Did your experience directing Submarine change how you directed The Double? Do you feel your style has grown?
I mean I’m older but submarine I adapted from Joe’s (Joe Dunthorne) book and I kind of wrote that on my own just consulting with Joe to see if I was really wrong, with this it was Avi (Avi Korine) idea to adapt it and I worked with him and it was great experience. Was great not writing alone in a room.
Was filming one actor playing two parts a challenge?
Technically hard to do as when there are scenes with both in you can’t actually see it live so you take a lot of chances with shots and you don’t see the final scene together until editing. It’s made the scene a lot less hard then it was as the real task was at editing.
The Double is to be released in 2014 we will update when more information received