Period: Home for the Holidays 1995-96
Date: February, 1996TK: Other than in your first directing work "Das Wunderkind Tate" (Little Man Tate), you didn't act in "Familienfest und andere Schwierigkeiten"?
JF: With the double burden, I loose the joy of directing. I love to sit at the set, and watch how things develop. And I want to keep the privilege, to have ideas, and that needs some amount of spare time. If you act and direct, there are no surprises anymore.
TK: How would you describe your own directing style?
JF: As a director I use my personal voice. I narrate tragic stories, but they'll be presented easily and lightheartedly.
TK: "Familienfest und andere Schwierigkeiten" can't be put into a special genre...
JF: I make author-movies and see my life from a humourous perspective. Often, I have to laugh about it. I hope that's a sign that I grew-up adult. Comedy is the best way for me to deal with the tragic aspects of life. There are burping or farting people - that's part of the family band. The humour isn't very subtile, but very direct.
TK: Your role in "Maverick" showed, that you are made for comedies.
JF: A sense of humour can only develop by maturity. I had to learn, not to take myself terribly seriously, not always be 'cool', and to be willing to make movies about death. But I have quite a light, funny side, that shows every now and again.
TK: With your production company "Egg Pictures" you're producing your own stuff. What does this power mean for you?
JF: I don't need to have more of it. I'm privileged enough and don't want to be a mini-mogul. He only has to do with wicked and not interesting things. I want to develop more integer movie stuffs, which originate from a collective consciousness, to which the audience admits because of personal reasons.
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