I like to apply storytelling methods and techniques to try to frame the story in an interesting way, but you can never control what's happening.
Jørgen LethFor me, poetry has a strong link to my filmmaking. My films learn from my poetry. In poetry, you're free. You start in the corner and you don't know where it leads you. I have no message, I have nothing I want to tell, I just start and I see where it leads, and it's a big surprise and relief if it's good. That's the ideal state for filmmaking.
Jørgen LethHaiti is the best cure against melancholy; it is also the most creative place for me to be. My productivity has increased enormously since I moved to Haiti. That's where I write my stories, develop my ideas and write nonstop, so it's a productive time, not a sleepy time.
Jørgen LethI like the idea of chance coming into filmmaking, in shooting, in editing, and I do make space in my rules of game for chance.
Jørgen Leth