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The coolest guy from Mars I've ever met.
— Bono (U2)

Alors que le dernier film de Austin Chick, August , est présenté au festival Sundance, ce dernier revient sur sa collaboration avec David Bowie.

January 16, 2008
Austin Chick, August
"It was definitely a challenge to do something that was period when, in all the obvious ways, the world looks the same."

R: I love David Bowie's role here -- he's funny, he's horrifying and totally surprising. How did he become associated with August, and how did you approach the challenge of directing him?

AC: Before we shot that scene he and I had spoken on the phone a couple of times, but we hadn't met about it. We hadn't rehearsed. He showed up, knew his lines and was an absolute joy to work with. He had a bunch of stuff he'd worked out on his own -- a bunch of different colors to the way he eviscerates Hartnett in that scene. He was really game to playing around with it, and one of the things that he and I talked a bunch about was the idea that Ogilvie really takes pleasure in what he's doing. He sees a bit of himself in Hartnett's character and sees this as an opportunity to teach a young man a lesson -- not destroy him forever. But you can tell he sort of relishes it. I spent the whole day saying, "Oh my God; I'm directing David Bowie."

R: But why David Bowie? And how did you get him?

AC: I got a call from someone saying David's agent had read the script and asking if we'd be interested in him for the role. I'm a huge fan, but I hadn't really thought of him. Yet even as he's this cultural icon, he also brings this power and class to the part. The first thing we were told, though, was: "David's read the script, and he loves it. But we have to warn you: It's really, really difficult to get him to commit to anything." They kept trying to lower my expectations. I got a call a few days later saying David's really interested in independent cinema and he sees everything, but that he watched my first movie, XX/XY, and it wasn't his cup of tea. And I thought, "Yes! David Bowie saw my movie." I didn't fucking care if he liked it. Anyway, he still had to think about it.

Two or three more days went by and I get this call saying David only watched the first few minutes of XX/XY. He watched the rest, and he loved it, and he wants to do August. Then we had that series of phone calls. Everyone was on pins and needles that day.

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Première bande annonce pour August  (May 15, 2008)