'Murderer's House' - University of Victoria
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R.R.: So you‟re a storyteller in the sense that you are not judging what happened. You<br />
are just presenting it.<br />
H.S.-B.: Yes.<br />
R.R.: Her last question is: “Were you trying to move discussions <strong>of</strong> feminism, history,<br />
and memory to a new level in this film?”<br />
H.S.-B.: Yes. I think film is a wonderful tool to stimulate people. Film, in the way I<br />
want to use it, should be stimulating, and give not only information, or just emotion, but<br />
it should give them a complex and wonderful sight [view] <strong>of</strong> the world. And this can be,<br />
in this film, putting together pieces [<strong>of</strong> different media] like fairy tale, and documentary,<br />
and fiction, like in a mosaic…different colours also…This can also happen in a very<br />
strictly told story. It‟s not a question <strong>of</strong> form; it‟s a question <strong>of</strong> truth. A search for truth.<br />
It‟s not a question <strong>of</strong> whether there are dragons or c<strong>of</strong>fee glasses in the frame. It‟s not<br />
important. It‟s important that the sense <strong>of</strong> what is happening is true. And truth is also<br />
always a very complex thing. As you can see from the yin-yang structure, it is a complex<br />
thing. There is always a point <strong>of</strong> black in the white and a point <strong>of</strong> white in the black. It‟s<br />
always turning. The black replaces the white and the white replaces the black, like day is<br />
replaced by the night and night is replaced by the day. Summer is replaced by autumn,<br />
and autumn is replaced by winter, and winter is replaced by spring. That is the way our<br />
lives function. In a way, when it‟s summer, we have the impression that the world is<br />
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