Steve McQueen's new documentary, 'Occupied City,' presents uncomfortable juxtaposition—and that’s exactly what the director was going for. VF's beccamford reports from Cannes:
’s heart, because it’s where his directorial debutmade its way into the world back in 2008. He remembers the 15-minute rapturous applause of an audience who had just discovered a promising new director, taking the stage with starafterwards for a Q&A—and the conversation the next day around the festival, which was all about why the film wasn’t in the Competition lineup.
For the documentary, McQueen filmed slice-of-life moments in modern-day Amsterdam, and paired them with voiceover that describes the atrocities committed in those exact locations by the Nazis. It’s an uncomfortable juxtaposition — and that’s exactly what McQueen was going for. “I thought that it would be a radical idea to do that, to make a picture without archive footage. Just the present day, being illustrated by the past,” says McQueen.
He’s also aware that it can be demanding to absorb both the present day visuals and the horrific stories being told. He doesn’t expect audiences to take in both at every moment — that’s part of the experience. “Sometimes you are in it and it's too much information, and you're just looking and you're not listening. Sometimes you’re listening, and you're not looking at the images,” he says. “It's just going to classical concerts. You're not holding it all in the head.
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