American director Daniel McCabe and his team have opened up to Variety about the making of “Grasshopper Republic” at Swiss international documentary film fest Visions du Réel, where the pic is nomi…
” at Swiss international documentary film fest Visions du Réel, where the pic is nominated in the main competition.
“We really wanted to make something that was observational, experiential, and for that reason we didn’t want to explain anything. We were able to do that thanks to Michele’s time on the ground, his dedication to making his book over several years, and the relationships he had created living in Uganda,” said the film’s editor Alyse Ardell Spiegel, also a long-time collaborator of McCabe who worked with him on his previous film “This Is Congo.
Obtaining the footage required perseverance from McCabe and his team, who made Uganda their home from October to December, between 2018 and 2021. “There was such a fascination when we were able to get up close and personal with these bugs: it became essential as part of this evocative balancing act between the human world and the insect world. What we’re trying to do is to present a sort of poetry: we want the audience to decide,” says Spiegel.
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