I actually know Madonna a little,
Because I learned she'd seen
Cléo de 5 á 7and liked it.
She had optioned the rights
for the remake
to produce it in the States.
She obviously wanted to play Cléo.
Three things struck me.
She Iooks very much
Iike Corinne Marchand,
who played Cléo.
The same angelic face, so adept
at showing anxiety yet staying calm.
When I was in Los Angeles, we met.
Since she's so clever,
normally so sexy,
slinkily dressed, provocative,
she showed up at the meeting
Iike a little girl, in a cotton dress,
with Iittle ballet shoes,
and no makeup.
It really made me laugh.
She's a genius at adaptation.
Trying to show she's angelic?
She's a natural-born actress.
Her freedom of expression
may be provocative...
The word provocation
contains vocation and pro.
She's a pro. She works a Iot.
It's a sharp analysis of the word.
My provocation
is my free manner in cinema.
What happened was she wanted
to make the film one way.
Improvisational. Very different
from the American way of filming.
To get financing from studios,
you need a script.
You do it their way, or no money.
Agnès didn't want to make it their way.
Time has passed,
and my point of view has changed.
Now I'd do it the way you'd like.
She's changed her mind,
and she'd do it yourway now.
Don't they Iook alike?
Very much so.
Thanks to MADONNA
and Claudia CARDINALF
for their appearance
