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 The veteran German director of "Paris, Texas" said he filmed
his latest muted and somber film in 3D because it allowed him
visually to explore the depths of his characters, including
Franco as the successful novelist Tomas, who accidentally kills
a boy whose sled careens into the street.
"Truly the issue of death was not for me the governing theme of
the film. The opposite. For me, the main subject of the film was
healing and how to deal with it," Wenders, 69, told a news
conference on Tuesday.
"Not enough films deal with healing, most films deal with
wounding. And it's time to take on this subject of how you
forgive and how you forgive yourself because it is not time that
heals, that's a lie, you have to do something."
Franco, appearing in three films at the festival, said it had
not been a challenge to switch gears after starring in Seth
Rogen's comedy "The Interview", that incurred the wrath of North
Korea because it is about a plot to kill its leader Kim Jong-un.
"I did this movie at least six months after we finished filming
'The Interview'," he said.
"I like to bring myself to the movie rather than have the movie
or the character bring itself to me, meaning I want to fit the
tone of the film. I want to help the director achieve his or her
vision," Franco said.
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Another of Franco's festival films is also by a German director,
Werner Herzog, whose "Queen of the Desert" stars Nicole Kidman as
the British female "Lawrence of Arabia" spy and diplomat Gertrude
Bell in the early 19th century.
Franco said he thought Herzog, who has a reputation as a demanding
director, was in a mellow mood making his first feature centered on
a female character.
"Werner's still kind of in there, he makes a point of clacking the
slate and he's just always there ... Wim is connected in his own way
to the same degree, but it comes off as a little more gentle,"
Franco said.
Wenders's film also stars Charlotte Gainsbourg as the mother of the
dead boy and Robert Naylor as the boy's grown-up brother.
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(Editing by Crispian Balmer)
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