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The idea of this short film
came a long time ago.
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For a very long time. l've thought
about Ravel's Bolero.
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a piece of music that l truly dislike
and find excruciatingly boring.
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Too bad for the Bolero's lovers.
l do apologise.
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The reason why l started
considering Ravel's Bolero
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is because
l couldn't help thinking
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about the drummer
- a modern time hero to me -
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and what he has to go through.
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A person who during 20 to 22 minutes
- the duration of the Bolero -
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is standing in front
of his side drum
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and must content himself
with doing...
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And that rhythm is guiding
the whole orchestra through.
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which means that
if the drummer feels low.
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gets distracted.
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and gets out of rhythm.
the whole Bolero collapses.
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And then l thought. if one evening.
he is not feeling well
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or his mind is somewhere else.
how will he cope?
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That's where the idea came from.
it's as simple as that.
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a single shot
on Ravel's Bolero drummer.
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l worked with a real orchestra.
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we redid a short version
of the Bolero. 8 to 10 minutes
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and l asked Jacques Villeret.
who you can see here.
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an actor l adore.
to be the drummer of the Bolero.
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