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We just had to cancel [an eventat New Yorks Lincoln Center].
It was very sad, but of course understandable.
I came back [to Brazil] two days earlier than planned.
But Ive been home for eight days now and no symptoms.
I feel healthy and lets hope that it remains that way.
Im based in the northeast of Brazil, a city called Recife about 2 million people.
Theres no law enforcement on the streets asking people, Why are you here?
but there is a lot of information about why and how you should stay home.
But like everything in Brazil, I can already see a class divide.
Bolsonaro he was still insisting on Saturday that a little cold wouldnt get him down.
Thats basically what he said.
Im very concerned about whats going to happen in this country.
Its like a comic-book-villain kind of situation that were observing here and its quite insane.
So he goes out and shakes hands with about 300 people.
And then youll find that his entourage that went to the U.S., theyre all getting sick.
Theyre all testing positive for coronavirus.
The association with the cynicism going on in Brazil is very clear.
I can tell you that because I keep looking at Twitter.
Its called an ego search.
Being isolated, watching a dystopian Western, and then the mayor comes to town and everybody disappears.
People are saying that [the movie is] a prediction.
Im fascinated by just observing what a piece of culture does to culture itself.
The film keeps being discovered by new people.
And Australians discussed the past with indigenous populations.
So theres really nothing new.
[My wife Emilie Lesclaux and I] have two 6-year-olds, and our kids have two working parents.
We saw thePink Panthercartoons from the 60s and 70s, which is something that I grew up watching.
I showed themThe Kidby Chaplin on Saturday, and they were very impressed.
Yesterday, I showed themThe Wizard of Oz, and they were intrigued/frightened because its really a weird film.
We saw some Rihanna music videos, that was good.
If you let things run free, Netflix becomes a very bad babysitter.
Maybe its the algorithm [children] always end up watching the same crap.
Now theyre beginning to talk about discs, which is a good thing.
Most nights we have a second film screening for the adults, usually older films.
Were going the opposite direction.
We forgot about everything.
It had nothing to do with any of the current affairs.
Its a love story, it takes place in Paris and London in 1937.
I have a lot of scripts to read.
I havent been very productive over the last week, but this morning I began to do something.
And now Im talking to you, and Ill file this under work, so Ill feel happy.
