Comments on: ‘Blue’ Is The Ugliest Color? Abdellatif Kechiche Fires Back At His Palme d’Or-Winning Actresses

By: caro

caro — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

When the director is named David Fincher or Lars Von Trier ,the actors have no problem how complicated the filming can be

By: JAmie

JAmie — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

I love this film and the drama going behind it. Lol. I love Lea Seydoux though.

By: DRAMA

DRAMA — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

Omg, more drama please!!

Spill the beans, playlist reporter!! =)

By: Liv

Liv — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

Really, Indiewire? Actually, I would say it's a"bummer" when a director takes advantage of actors put in his trust and exploits them and makes them feel unsafe which would be apparent to anyone who read Seydoux and Exarchopoulos' interview at Telluride. No one should be subjected to that. (And, yes, I've seen the film.)

By: John

John — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

"How indecent to talk about pain when doing one of the most spoiled and peculiar jobs in the world!" [If you're an established actor.]

Fixed it.

By: good god

good god — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

It's not exploitation if the actors knew well what was going to happen and agreed to do it. Key word is "agreed". And anyone who thinks this is bad work ethic then they've clearly never worked on an independent film. Actors are the most well pampered people in all of film history. I feel more sorry for whoever the boom mic operator was, honestly.

By: abfidy

abfidy — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

This is amazing. Please never stop fighting in public.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

It might of have been morally unethical or emotionally difficult. But wise up. At least it wasn't like a John Landis shoot.

By: MDL

MDL — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

It seems to me that, whomever you are, if you give yourself wholeheartedly to a role then you have a right to complain if the director is hard to work for or is unnecessarily demanding. The idea that Seydoux is not allowed to have an opinion because she is rich and famous is pretty stupid. It seems the director was embarrassed and wanted to get her to shut up by shaming her for being famous. Bad tactic.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

I love it when artists bitch at each other. Sometimes the backstory is better than the film.

By: Aaron Helton

Aaron Helton — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:43 +0000

DURKA DURKA MUHAMMID JIHAD!!!!!!!!! "Artists"???? AHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA These are not artists.

By: lauren

lauren — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:42 +0000

Wow they just found out that he got off watching those scenes… nothing but porn in artsy fartsy sheer and tattered clothing.

By: MARK

MARK — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:42 +0000

You're telling a story about the humanity in your characters but in the process you denigrate your cast treating them like your pawns I say message fail, and you're a hypocrite. The "Art" and RED CARPETS can take a back seat to human dignity. Where's this man's humanity?

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:42 +0000

Reminds me of when Kate (or should that be, 'Ingrate') Winslet complained that James Cameron made her stand in a studio water tank which — gasp! — wasn't heated. Oh the horror, the horror!

By: Trent

Trent — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:42 +0000

This is getting so ugly. I feel so sad for the film. Too much negativity. Abdel should really relax a little bit or he won't get good actors to work in the future!

By: mohamed

mohamed — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:42 +0000

ilove you

By: Lucien

Lucien — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:07:42 +0000

I'm french so I can tell that in France Abdellatif Kechiche have a very bad reputation here. Working with him is a Nightmare for the actors. "Blue is the warmest color" have more than 750 hours of rushes, a little bit long for a movie don't you think?
Pus, it not only Seydoux and Exarchopoulos who complain about their director, the French Audiovisual and Cinematographic Union criticised the working conditions from which the crew suffered. According to the report, members of the crew said the production occurred in a "heavy" atmosphere with behaviour close to "moral harassment", which led some members of the crew and workers to quit. Technicians accused him of harassment, unpaid overtime and violations of labour laws.
So personnaly I totally understand the choice of Seydoux and Exarchopoulos to never work with him again.