Far from Men: Q&A with actor Viggo Mortensen
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Published 2016-04-28
02:20 Introduction by Viggo Mortensen
05:20 Q&A with Viggo Mortensen and Madeleine Dobie
March 28, 2016 a Q&A with lead actor Viggo Mortensen, in conversation with Madeleine Dobie after the screening of Far from Men directed by David Oelhoffen.
Featuring a career-best performance from the multi-talented Viggo Mortensen and a superb original soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Far from Men is a gripping tale of morality and friendship set during the Algerian War, against an imposing mountainous landscape.
The year is 1954, the war is beginning and village schoolteacher Daru (Mortensen), an ex-French Army soldier, is caught in the crossfire. Born in Algeria but Spanish by lineage, he’s a man out of time and place, perceived as alien by both locals and colonisers alike. So when he reluctantly agrees to escort a dissident (rising star Reda Kateb, of A Prophet & Zero Dark Thirty) to a regional police station to face trial for murder, a series of incidents and revelations force the question of where Daru’s loyalties truly lie.
Based on a story by Albert Camus, writer/director David Oelhoffen’s masterful, breathtakingly-shot drama bears all the hallmarks of a classic frontier drama, yet carries strong contemporary resonances. It was widely acclaimed at the Venice Film Festival where it premiered in Official Competition.
Viggo Mortensen has consistently earned acclaim for his work in a wide range of films. Some of these include Jauja, Loin des hommes, The Two Faces of January, A Dangerous Method, The Road, Eastern Promises, Appaloosa, A History of Violence, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
An event presented by Columbia Maison Française and The Albert Camus Estate as a part of Camus: A Stranger in the City
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All Comments (11)
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What an inspirational man Viggo is. Not afraid to speak his mind, highly intelligent, thoughtful and compassionate.
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one of my absolute favourite actors of all time...amazing man
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An amazing human and artist.
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In light of the stunning scholarship and thoughtfulness of both the accomplished artist in many media, as well as an impressive polyglot, Viggo Mortensen, and the justifiably esteemed Columbia University professor of francophone/postcolonial literatures and cinemas, Madeleine Dobie, all I might add to the discussion is that another Columbia University affiliated Dobie, the character in the 1959 to 1963 American TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" often pondered deep thoughts at the foot of Columbia's famous Rodin sculpture "The Thinker" (bien sûr, "Le Penseur" en francais). That's all I have to add, sadly enough.
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fav actor and person in the film area for me. Multilingual, argentine speaker, well red, and even an oscar winner. But his best movies are experimental like "Jauja".watch it on youtube
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He will always be Aragon to me
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...and always changing hair colour, genius
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How can we Do?
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Don't you take your hat of when inside of a building? and more over when you attended a interesting show as a signal of respect for the people that is working... Just a though. Not hating.
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Rick smells
