Paul Thomas Anderson’s cinema has resonances at multiple levels. From your debut with Boogie Nights (1997), that drama not without humor about a young man who experiences in the porn industry of the seventies, through the exceptional Drunken of Love (2002) and the monumental choral history about love Magnolia (1999), has demonstrated interest in deep human dramas loaded with irony and critical eye to talk about the society around him and love under those circumstances.
One battle after another (2025), which can already be seen in cinemas, is no exception. With issues such as the persecution of migrants in the United States, racism, climbing of white supremacy, military authoritarianism, repression and paramilitary movements, history combines action, drama and satire to focus on the reaction of Bob (great Leonardo DiCaprio), an exrevolutionary hidden for 16 years, when he must wake up from the psychotropic lethargy Willa (Chase Infiniti) of the persecution of old Colonel Lockjaw (Sean Penn).
To do this, it is helped by a support network that has remained active and helps both in their escape attempt. In addition to the Sensei Sergio (Benicio del Toro), who has to fix a clandestine migrant support situation.
We briefly talked with Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti and Benicio del Toro.
4 minutes with the cast
About what attracted them to both history and their characters to make the movie:
Benicio del Toro: For me, there were three letters: PTA, Paul Thomas Anderson. When a director of that caliber, with his career, calls you, you simply say yes. And then read the script. Once I read it, I thought my character had a great plot arc, a lot of emotion and it was fun. And the story as a whole seemed fascinating. And I thought: Isn’t it obvious to say yes?
CHASE INFINITI: I feel that my reason is practically the same. But while auditioning for the movie, I fell completely in love with Paul’s process and how I talked about the story and Willa. And then I met these two in the process (Leonardo, sitting on his right, and Benicio, sitting on his left) already Regina (Hall, who plays Deandra) during my readings. And I fell in love with his process, his work and his way of communicating with everyone.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I think we are all going to have the same answer. We do not decide, Paul decides. You know, Paul decides that you will be in the movie. And then discover that they had revealed it. I love movies that have a tremendous amount of thought put on them. And Paul has been developing this for 15 years. It is so current for the world we live in, but it has a great satire in it. It is a spectacular action movie and has many different layers. He really created an unexpected world with twists and twists. And you think: “Oh my God, how can I say, not to be part of a movie like this? Especially with an author like Paul, you want to be part of his filmography at any price, do you know?
About what was the most difficult scene to film:
Benicio del Toro: For me it was, I think it is not the introduction, but the sequence in which the character of Leo and my character cross the store and enter the room where we have all these families, the migrant families, and then enter the apartment and leave (develop through spaces closed from several sequence planes). And since everything is moving, it’s like a manual. And then you have to say your dialogues, you have the camera and you have to be very alert. It was difficult, but also very funny. We worked with non -professional actors, which made it very interesting and fun for both. We had a great time, but we had to pay attention, because you could hit the camera. And you don’t want me to hit you a Vistvision camera. It is quite large.
CHASE INFINITI: I feel that my biggest challenge was the sequence of car persecution (impressive on IMAX screen) because all that sequence has so many moving parts and so many specific moments that I thought, okay, I have to make sure to follow all my performance, but also make sure not to forget all these external things that are happening around me.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO: I think for me, you know, my character, in a way, was defined as the film advanced. We had many crucial moments in history where you could have made obvious decisions. And the challenge was not to make those obvious decisions. There is a kind of cliché that you think a revolutionary is going to commit to be heroic. And simply consolidate that idea that his heroism is the mere act of moving forward. He makes mistakes over and over again, but he is there to be his father (from the character of Chase, whom he refers to a speech look) at the end of the film. And, you know, simply the dissolution of the traditional ideas of what a hero is, as we advance in the course of the film, was the challenge. And I’m glad we made those decisions because they created a human character with whom I think people could identify.
*Javier Pérez He reports, chronicle and interview, as well as film critic and coverage of cultural issues. Directs Hole. Nobody wants to accompany him to the cinema: he does not stop eating popcorn or talking about anything else.
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