POALOF DVD Commentary Masterpost
Here are all the different scenes of the DVD commentary I’m translating. I’ll try to update it after every new post ! A huge thank you to @bereaving who’s the one who makes ALL the gif sets here. A true hero.
Céline’s words of introduction on the DVD/Blu-ray
Céline comments on the very first scene of the film
Céline talks about the boat + jumping in the water scene
Céline comments on Marianne’s arrival on the island
Noémie talks about how her costume helped her to get into the character of Marianne
Céline talks about the castle
Céline explains the importance of the workshop set
Céline talks about her new challenge with the sound reconstitution
Céline explains how she used light and candles in her film
Céline talks about Sophie’s role and the creation of a new horizontal dynamic between the characters
Céline comments the discovery of the faceless portrait and the match cut with the headless dress
Céline talks about the role of the countess and her horizontal relationship with Marianne
Céline on creating Marianne’s workshop and the importance of the curtain
Céline explains why and how she created the desire to see Adèle/Héloïse’s face
Céline talks about the first exchange of glances between Marianne and Héloïse
Adèle explained how she prepared for the role of Héloïse and how she perceived her character
Noémie looking like a tired kid at Christmas
Céline and her desire to show the work of the painter
Céline talks about the scarves and Adèle’s gazes
The beach as the end of the world for Héloïse
Céline talks about the first time she heard Adèle’s voice as Héloïse on set
Céline talks about the sound work on the waves and the unexpected good weather in Brittany
Céline Sciamma: “This is important. The character drinks beer.”
Céline talks about filming the painting
Céline talks about the first real exchange between Héloïse and Marianne and about a key sentence of the film
Céline talks about the difficulty of not having a model and the art of self portrait
Céline and Adèle talk about the first scene of intimacy between Héloïse and Marianne
Marianne is the first character to burn during the piano scene
Céline commenting on one of her dreamed scenes, that was the “but I also felt your absence” scene
Céline talks about how the first portrait is presented to the audience
Céline explains how she wanted to resolve conflict differently from most other films
Céline talks about guilt and fire
Céline comments on the portrait on fire and its meaning
Céline explains how she created the delay of conflict
Céline explains how the film dynamic changes after Marianne shows Héloïse the first portrait
Céline talks about the arrival of a third character in the frame
Céline talks about the relationship between Héloïse and her mother
Noémie explains how she approached the role of the painter
Céline on filming desire in the “look at me” scene
Céline comments the representation of menstruation in her film
Céline Sciamma : “New territory. A world without the countess, a three person world.“
How Totoro has inspired Céline Sciamma
Céline explains her love for the kitchen place and its signification
Céline talks about the difficulty of the sequence shot of Marianne preparing to draw Héloïse and the importance of the candles
Céline talks about the technicality of the scene where Marianne draws Héloïse in secrecy
Originally, the “if you look at me, who do i look at” scene was the scene of the first kiss
Céline talks about the one and only wide shot on Marianne
Céline comments on Adèle’s innocence when shooting the card game scene
Claire Mathon talks about filming Adèle and Noémie’s faces
Céline talks about her desire to film the art of embroidery
Céline talks about the representation of sorority in the film
Céline explains the importance of the reading scene of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
Claire Mathon comments on the silhouettes scene
Céline Sciamma and Claire Mathon talk about the bonfire scene
Céline explains the thought and making process of the first kiss scene
Céline talks about the new dynamic of the film after the first kiss
Céline comments on the first ghost apparition
Céline talks about her tribute to Persona in the second kiss scene
Céline explains the scene of intimacy in the morning
Céline and her pockets obsession
Céline talks about the complexity of the abortion scene
Céline explains why it’s important to represent the abortion within the film
Céline and Noémie talk about their chemistry with Adèle and how the environnement created by Céline helped them
Adèle explains why filming the sex scene was something she enjoyed doing
Céline comments on the second ghost apparition
Céline Sciamma : “we hope to democratize this method of hydration”
Céline, Adèle and Noémie talking about the scene of conflict
Céline talks about the beginning of the end of the love story
Céline said they picked the most emotional take for the “forgive me” scene
Céline explains how the silence she created helps the audience to focus on their own breathing and own emotions
Céline and her desire to talk about miniatures
Céline and Adèle talk about page 28 and the explanation behind that figure
Céline comments the mirror scene
Céline says she wrote the “don’t regret, remember” scene for the last audition of Noémie and how her chemistry with Adèle moved her
Céline comments on the last bed scene
Céline talks about the effect of seeing the man back in the frame
Céline explains the necessity of writing about women’s desires
Céline talks about Marianne and Sophie’s goodbyes
Noémie being very moved (and pale) during Adèle’s last day of shooting
Céline comments on the “turn around” scene
Céline comments on the first ending of the film
Céline commenting the exhibition/ Louvre scene, which was the last scene that was shot for the film
Céline reading the script of the final scene of Portrait (+ the audio)
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