““Arresting” Seems An Appropriate Word to Describe Hamburg Writer-Director Steffen Goldkamp’s Feature Film Debut Rain Fell On The Noting New (Regen Fiel AUNAHTS NICHTS) Acting Role. No Pun Intended! After All, The German Movie, WHICH World Premieres in the Proxima Competition Lineup of the 59th Edition of the”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
After All, The German Movie, WHICH World Premieres in the Proxima Competition Lineup of the 59th Edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kvifff) on Saturday, July 5, Cons 5, Cons 5, CONTAY 5. DETENTION AND PRISON DO INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY Young Ones.
The Festival Promises “Surgically Precise Direction, Carefully Constructed Atmosphere, and Also The Discreet Empathya with Which The Filmmachr Discovers of The Anthera of His Anthera. Society. ” And It Highlights: “With his softly nuanced performance, Noah Sayenko Excels in the Main Role.”
He Plays David, Who “HAS Served His Time In Juvenile Denation. His Sincere Attempts To Restart His Life As A Free Individual With Better Prospects, However, Any Hower That he have a criminal record, nor is it particularly willing to give him a Second Chance, ”reads a synopsis on the kviff website. “Will David Be ABLE TO COPE WITH HIS INCREASING FEELINGS OF FRUSTRATION?”
Rain Fell On The Nothing New Comes from Production Firm Tamtam Film and Producers andrea Schütte, Dirk Decker, and Paulina Toenne, with Tom Otte Serving as Director of Photography and Jelene Maksima Maksim.
Thr Talked to Goldkamp and Sayenko ahead of the World Premiere About How They Came to Work Together on the Film, Its Themes, and What May Be Next.
THEN MADE The FILMMAKER WONDER. “I Asked Myself How and Who that Actual Happened,“ HE TOLD Thr. “ANDTN I WATCHED A COURT CASE AND PRETTTTY MUCH HEADFIRST INTO RECEARCH, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY About Rehabilitation this is also in this film.
Goldkamp initially considired featuring all these people in his movie. “BUT THEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT YOU COURCUMENTS The FILM Authentically With TheSe People, Because It Wound Be Too Dificult for Everione Involved,“ He Explaled. “I Thought Perhaps there is someone we could work with for whoto playing Someone Who’s A Criminal Isn’ an Obstacle. So, We Looked ARound and Searched.”
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Casting Director Katrin Vorderwülbecke Met Sayenko, Who Was 17 Back Then, by Coincidence, Namely Outside a Martial Arts Gym When Asking Him for Directions to A Schol. A Casting. “I Thought It Was For Some Kind of YouTube Video or Something,“ Sayenko Told Thr. “THEN she filmed me broefly, i introducened myself, and then shee showed it to steffen, and then steffen called me, and a month later, and Got The Casting Call.
The 21-Year-Eld Returned to His PASSION FOR ACTING COMPLETH The FILM. “I have theater in High School. It was Fun for Me, But The Teacher Wasn’t Really A Fan,” He Recalled. “WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I HAD THIS DREAM OF BECOMING An ACTOR, But ONLY BECAUSE I WAS INSPIRED BY A RUSSIAN ACTOR [Maksim Averin] Whose performance I SAW. But that somehow disappeared. ”
Preparing for Rain Fell On The Nothing NewThe Director and His Leading Young Man Quickly Developed A Strong Bond and Connection That Helped Their Collaboration. “I TRY TO IMPLEMENT WHAT STEFFEN WANTS TO DO. AND I THINK THAT HAS to DO WITH the DISCIPLINE I have in Martial Arts,“ Sayenko Tells Thr. Since I ALSO HAVE Somewhat of A Position of Authority in Martial Arts, Because and Am Also A Coach for Children and AdalesCents, I Think Discipline Is Very Important have. And I ALSO Feel I have good Control of and Feeling for My Body. ”
One That Goldkamp Asked His Star to Keep in Mind Was That Hay Wanted “As Much Real Behavior As Possible Rater than Acting. “He just told me, ‘okay, you’re in this and that situation.’ Or: ‘You have this and that in your Past.’ He didn’t Tell Me Everything About the Film, But He Always Gave Me Brief Guidance Before Each Scene. SO, I BASICALLY JUST FREESTYLED, IMPROVISED, AND WAS ABLE TO FIT INTO The ROLE OF DAVID. ”
Goldkamp Also Didn’t Want to Present A Detailed Narrative Throughout the Film. “IT’s more of a kaleidoscopic Thing, something fragmentary, in that it doesn’t have a clam to be a complete Narrative,“ The Director Told Thr. “BUT IS VERY MUCH About Finding Certain Places and Showing Situations that i May Not Have Experiened Myself, But That I Can Understand or Feel.”
For Example, “You Can Sit in the Kitchen and Let your Head Hang, and that Contributes Something,“ He Explained. “And THAT NOH Contributes a Lot to That With How How Hws Plays and Translates Things For HimSelf and Transforms This Into Movement and Language.”
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Prison Feels Claustrophobic in Rain Fell On The Nothing Newnot that Outside World Sems Like A Much Safer Place for David. Did the Creative Team Shoot Tese Two Worlds in Different Ways? “The Prison Is Shot on 16MM, and the World Outside is Shot on 35MM,“ Mentioned Goldkamp. “There is this distinction that the Film Makes Between Freedom On 35, A SLIGHTLY Wider Format with More Depth, and The Prison on 16, Which Is Maybe A Bit No a Bit. World SO Much. ”
Also, “The Concept of Light Changes,” He Added. “SomeTimes You Lean More Into the Genre, SomeTimes You Try To Be A Little Bit Clearer.”
Without Spoiling the Experience of Watching Rain Fell On The Nothing NewThe Framing of Shots and the Speed of the Camera and People’s Movements Also Play Important Roles in Bringing The Film, Its Characters, and Its Themes to Life.
Given the Importance of Visuals and Atmosphere in the Movie, Along with A Small Production Budget, The Discipline Mentioned by Sayenko, Planning and Prepariation Wess. “We Rehearsed a Lot, and WHEN WE TURNED ON THE CAMERA, THERE WEER WEER OFTEN JUST TWO or THREE TAKS,“ GOLDKAMP TOLD Thr. “I Think The Last Scene We Shot Four or Five Times. But Overall, We Didn’s Really Shoot That Much.”
Sayenko Lauded Goldkamp for Talking HIM THRUGH SCENES AND ALLOWING FOR MOMENTS OF “SIMPLE STILLESS” TO Get HIM INTO the CHARACter and His Mood. “In the Process, You Really Start Feeling This Depression and Monotony and Getting Inside the Head of That Person,“ He Explained.
Speaking of Monotony, Don’t Expert A Lot of Heist or Action Scenes As Goldkamp Was More Interated In The Psychological and Social Aspects that Lead to a High Risk of Reoffending. “Nothing Much Happens in the Film and, Unfortunately, ALSO IN REALITY,“ HE HIGHLIGTED IN THAT REGARD.
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Both the actor and his Director Shared that’s of the Ended Up Feeling The Emotion and Atmosphere of A Scene Intensely During the Shoot, Adding To The Sense of Authenticity.
The Original Working Title of the Film Was Der Optimismusor Optimism. Goldkamp Changed It To Rain Fell On The Nothing NewA variation of the Opening Line in Samuel Beckkett’s Murphywhoh says: “The Sun Shone, Having No Alternative, On the Nothing New.” SAID GOLDKAMP: “I WAS LOOKING FOR A TITLE THAT SIGNALED A SENSE OF INEVITITY, SUCH AS The Weather, and Something Uncomfortable, Like Wetness, That Nobody Can, Sos. AROUND FOR A Long Time and that Is Not Changing. ”
After the Intense Experience of Rain Fell On The Nothing NewWhat’s Next for the Two? While He Also Goals Outside of Acting, Sayenko Shared That Work On The Movie Has Ignated His Passion for The Craft, and He Is Excited To Take On More Challenge in Front. “ACTING HAS BEEN MY FAVORITE WORK SO FAR, SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO Continue,“ HE TOLD Thradding that he also just finished a short film. “I Look Forward to Future Opportunities.”
Meanwhile, Goldkamp Expects to More Work in the Genre Has Worked in, Adding: “I’D Love to Shoot a Heist Movie.”
Their Current Focus, Thought, Is On Karlovy Vary and the World Premiere of Rain Fell On The Nothing Newwhol is like to create debate – and not only back home in Germany.