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LoveintheTimeofCholera

REPORTER：Nowthethemesofisolationanddelusionare

alsoprentinLoveintheTimeofCholera,anewfilmbad

onthedeeplypersonalnovelbyColombianNobelprizewinning

authorandthemanoftencreditedasthegodfatherofMagical

theTimeofCholera

tellsthestoryofahopelessromanticplayedbyJavier

Bardem,yep,theverysameactorwhojustwonawardsgalore

asthepsychokillerhavingabadhairdayinNoCountryfor

racterFlorentinodevotesmorethanfifty

yearsofhislife,hopelesslyinlovewiththefragrant

Fermina,playedbyItalianactressGiovannaMezzogiorno.

,

allowshimtoonceagainprofesshisadorationandstakehis

claimforheraffections.

JAVIERBARDEM：Ihavewaitedforthisopportunityfor

fiftyoneyears,howlongI

havelovedyou,fromthefirstmomentIcasteyesonyou

eetyouonceagainmylove,eternal

fidelity,everlastlove.

GIOVANNAMEZZOGIORNO：Florentino,plea,getoutof

here!Getout,anddon'tshowyourfaceagainfortheyears

pethatIburiedyouin

that.

REPORTER：Letitbesaidinthemeantime,Florentino's

spentmostofhisadultlifesleepingwithmorethat600

womenandunusualwayperhapstodisplayhiternalfidelity.

Thescreenplay'sbeenadaptedbyRonaldHarwood,who'shad

enormoussuccessoflatewithTheDivingBellandthe

irectedbytheBritishfilmmakerMike

Newell,perhapsbestknownforFourweddingsandaFuneral,

DonnieBrascoandHarryPotterandtheGobletofFire.

Howeverthingshavenotgonesowellforthislatestproject,

's

certainlyanunenviabletasktotryandcondenMarquez's

Imeetup

withdirectorMikeNewell,Iaskedhimfirst,wasn'the

dauntedbytheproject?

MIKENEWELL：IdiditbecauI,Ilovedwhatthebook

said,ofthewaythatitsaiditandeventhoughIfeltthat

itwasn'tgoingtobepossibletodothebookwithouthaving

thebooksomuchthatIwantedtodowhatI

could.

REPORTER：Whatwerethebiggestproblemsthereforyou

whenyoulookedattheadaptationfromthebook?

MIKENEWELL：Wellthebiggestproblemswerestylisticin

away,meatof

noteswhenthescriptfirstcameinandhesaidverygood,eh,

'squite

cantankerous,um,buthesaid,whereismystitchwork?AndI

thought,whatonearthisstitchworkmean?AndIrealized

thatwhathemeantwasthatyouneverdiscoveritina

straightline,thecharactersarealwaysyoutofalotof

lineandhe''slikemaking

strudeldough,youfoldit,youpunchitout,youfoldit

again,youpunchitout,that'ink

that'swhathemeantbystitchwork,thewayeverythingif

foldedandthenembroideredandthenfoldedandembroidered

n'tgivehimhisstitchworkbecauifyou

trytodothat,thethingwillturntosludgeinfilmterms,

itwasalwaysthere,I

thinkitisthereandatthesametimetherewere

compensatingthingsforme,whichmeanthat,whileknowing

thatIshouldstillgoon.

REPORTER：Letstalkaboutthecasting,theyounger

sly,

fidentwere

youthatthatcouldbebridged?

MIKENEWELL：Ithinkreallythegreaterdifficultyis

whydidn'withJavier

becau,Javiercouldsupremelydotheoldagebuthe

couldn'tdotheyoung,youcouldn'tgethimbelow24,itwas

,Iwasveryunwillingtochangethe

storytothedegreethatIfeltitwouldbechangedifI

simplysaid,lookthisisaboutaguywhofallsinloveat24.

SowedoubledhimandasfarasGiovanna,thegirlwhoplays

theloveofhislifeisconcerned,shecouldmaketheage.

AndIknewthatthatwasavery,itwasadangerousthingto

doandsoIlookedandIlookedandIlookedforthesame

trickanddidn'tfindit,simplydidn'tfinditandsowhat

amIgonnado,thereweare.

REPORTER：It'salmostlike,makeabiggerpointofit

,

isthatfair?

MIKENEWELL：Yes,totallyfair,sure,coffinandnail.

REPORTER：Okay,letstalkaboutsomebiggerthemeinthe

inevitablythesociopoliticalbackgroundofthis,inthis

novel,aboutthechangein,intheadvancesinmedicineand

what,whobeingreprentswhichistheconfuterandtackling

thingslikecholeraagainst,ifyoulike,theoldfashioned

romanticismthatFlorentinoreprents?

MIKENEWELL：Tostartwiththat'saveryelegant

ionworksintheuh,

'mnotsurethatIhadspaceforthat.

Ithinkwhenyouaskthissortofquestion,andIaskeditof

nk

toyourlf,wellwhyareyoudoingit,whatisgoingtobe

there?Ifyou'renotdoingthisstuffandwhatIsaidwas,

thatthereisadirectquoterightintheendofthemovie

whichisalmostthelastparagraphofthebook,thatisin

,

uh,Idiscovertomyjoythatitwaslifenotdeaththatwas,

uh,he,asyouwatchthepeoplegrowing

older,withallofthecharacteristicswhichItriedtogive

them,thewritingthenovelsays,thatgrowingolder,is,is

atriumphifyouhavenotbeendefeated,growingolderisa

rriedawayatthetitle,whatdoesLovein

theTimeofCholerameans?DoIbelieveinlove?Islove

anything?Iwasabsolutelynotconvincedthatlovewas

anything,certainlynotaspracticedbyFlorentino,youknow,

alifelongdevotiontowardsonewomanand623lovers,um…

REPORTER：Virginityofthesoul,Ithinkit'scalled.

MIKENEWELL：Allright,okay,IwishedI'dthoughof

that,

REPORTER：Youhavedonesuchawideassortmentoffilms

inyourlife,yourcareer.

MIKENEWELL：Actually,Iwouldscrewcareer,screw

onceinawhilemaybeoneortwopeopleare

actuallygoingtogoandeitinwhichcatheymightthen,

hey'vereadthebook,thenthat'sgood

news.

REPORTER：It'sveryaltruistic,doesthat?

MIKENEWELL：Wellyeah,butImeanthere'sno,during

theolderworldrvice,ittakes.I'mnotllingthemovie

throughyou,I',andIgot

mybumbittenprettybadly,Ididn'audience

goestoethismovie,itisgoingtofeel,eh,tosome

peopleasiftheyownit,itisthebible,it'sonepiece,

itsoneof,youknow,thehalfdozengreatestnovelver

written,um,howcoulditpossiblybesmudgedandfingeredin

,buttherearealotofpeoplewhoaregoingto

eit,whowon'thavereadthebook,whomightreadthebook

again,whowilltakewiththemakindofmiasmaofhow

wonderfulSouthAmericaisandthenthey'lldiscoverthebook

whichwillshowthemreallyhowwonderfulSouthAmericais,

andthatwriteris,andthatwillbegood.