gaspar noé interview by OLIVIER ZAHM portrait by PIERRE-ANGE CARLOTTI anatomy of a movie (“climax” a musical horror film) RELEASED IN THE US MARCH 2019 OLIVIER ZAHM — How many films have you made in total? GASPAR NOÉ — Five. I’ve also made one 40-minute film, Carne. Climax is my fifth feature. production OLIVIER ZAHM — I understand the film was wrapped quickly. GASPAR NOÉ — I spent about two weeks filming, a month preparing, and two-and-a-half months on postproduction. We filmed in strict chronological order on a single set, an abandoned school in Vitry, in the Paris suburbs. We invented the story day by day. Well, I scammed the producers a bit, saying that filming would last two weeks. It actually took three weeks. All in all, I spent four-and-a-half months on everything, from casting to postproduction. The production director and I went into fits of laughter when we saw…