The Face of Time - POV - Aarhus Universitet

A Danish Journal of Film Studies 21
I went to something called the Film Academy in Gothenburg, but
it’s not a very long education. Then I took some short courses and
did some scriptwriting workshops. That’s my film education. I also
have a painter’s education but that’s another matter. Sometimes I
look at myself as a painter making films. (Laughter.)
That would certainly explain to some degree the great attention one can
sense that you have given to the visual quality of your film. There’s a
tremendous richness in the visual experience of The Face of Time. Are
your paintings a little bit like the films that you make?
Not really. They are more… free.
Are there other short films that have inspired you?
You mean to make this film or in general?
Either way?
Well there are a lot of shorts… Many people, when they start to
make films, have a goal of making a feature film sometime in the
future – what they would see as a “real” film. But for me, a short
film is like poetry. Unfortunately it’s sometimes hard to find good
distribution for shorts, which is why people don’t value this form as
much as it deserves. I think it’s quite difficult to make short films
that say something. Because it’s short, that doesn’t make it simple.
You have to put a lot of work into it, just as when you make a longer
film. There are fewer days of shooting but that also makes it difficult
because you have to be 100 percent concentrated during those few
days of shooting so its very intense and requires a lot of planning.
Some years ago, I was also thinking I wanted to make a feature film
at some point, but now I don’t know… I really think the short is a
wonderful form.