1905 Movie Network News A few days ago, some foreign media reported that Canadian director Xavier Dolan announced his withdrawal from the film industry in an interview, in which Dolan said: "I don't want to spend another two years on a project that almost no one watches, I put too much enthusiasm but in exchange for disappointment, which makes me wonder if my film is bad, I know it's not." When the world around me began to fall apart, I didn't understand the point of telling a story. Art is useless, and dedicating yourself to film is a waste of time. ”
Later, Xavier Dolan responded in a post on social media: "Of course art is important. Movies are certainly not a waste of time. Sometimes, the words are taken out of context and the meaning is lost in translation. I'll clarify it in the near future. Also, I'm fine. From this point of view, Xavier Dolan is quite dissatisfied with this report, and does not necessarily really want to withdraw from the film industry, so much so that he plans to clarify the relevant remarks in the near future.
Xavier Dolan wrote and directed his debut film "I Killed My Mother" at the age of 19, and won three awards at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival with the film, becoming a high-profile emerging director, and then Dolan continued to create a feature film at an average rate of 1.5 years and won many international awards.
In 2012, the film "Two-Faced Lawrence" won the Queer Palm Award at the 65th Cannes Film Festival; In 2013, the film "Tom's Farm Trip" won the Febisi Award in the competition unit of the 70th Venice Film Festival; In 2014, the movie "Mommy" won the Jury Prize of the Main Competition Unit of the 67th Cannes Film Festival; In 2016, the film "Just the End of the World" won the Grand Jury Prize at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
Despite winning numerous awards, Dolan's work has received mixed reviews and has encountered Waterloo many times. "Just the End of the World" was criticized by the media as "like a MV", and the latest film "The Death and Life of John Donovan" has a freshness rating of only 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.