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Juan Ignacio Ocaña:For those who are in Spain this weekend, they have the opportunity to see an extraordidary film that will be presented to all of you, but before of that, see some images
JIC: These are some images from the film "Damsels in Distress" wich we will try to explain a bit with its writer and director Mister Whit Stillman who is joining us tonight in Intereconomia TV
JIC: Good evening Mr Stillman and first of all, thank you for be with us tonight Whit Stillman: Thanks
JIC: You talk a fantastic spanish because you have lived in Madrid and Barcelona some time
WS: I have a funny spanish accent JIC: A funny spanish! WS: Yes
JIC: Is "Damsels in distress" a comedy?
WS: Yes, it is a comedy,
I would say that it is an "smart nonsense", the whole thing
JIC: Well, it's the story o a group of girls with a certain lifestyle,
a fashion enthusiasts in wich, someday, a new girl breaks into and change the life of all of them
WS: Yes, the girls are trying to change the college life
It is a college full of rude boys and the girls want to correct their behaviour
JIC: want they to correct them? JIC: In what sense?
WS: Well, in all senses... in the sense of hygiene and behaviour
JIC: This is a movie that has just opened in Spain, and where this film was shot, Mr Stillman?
WS: We have shot near New York in a place that resembles a College but it is not a college campus, but it is another thing
JIC: We said Whit Stillman is the director, but he is the screenwriter of this movie too WS: Yes
JIC: Where the story was born?
WS: This story was born in my university, Harvard When in Harvard, I were in a politized, revolutionary years
And when I came back, some years later everybody was talking about a group of six girls
who put french parfum among people, nice dressed and that organised parties and dance balls a group of girls that definitely changed everything and I wanted to talk about that kind of girls
JIC: Were you some of these "bad guys"?
WS: Oh yes (laughs)...., I were a bit depressed at that time..
JIC: Who is the target public of this film?
JIC: Young people or people who want to recall their college years?
WS: It is good for general public, above twelve years old
WS: Young people likes the film, as well as people of my generation
JIC: The shooting was short, how long did it take?
WS: It was short, it took twenty-eight days
JIC: The actresses were not well known because of their youngness, but one of them have made important movies before this
WS: We had a very important actress, called Greta Gerwig, who in the last two or three years had become an outstanding actress in the United States, We will see more works from her soon
WS: Unless this a movie recommended for our generation I recommend it to my partner Carmen Estany because she can remember her college years better than us (laughs)
Carmen Estany: Yes, it was not long ago from now (laughs)
WS: Were you happy then? CS: Yes, indeed!
JIC: Were you some of the bad girls? (joking)
CS: I will not answer that question...
JIC: She was one of the girls who surely changed the group...
JIC: The film has opend in Spain and waits for a very interesting itinerary, I think, in times when comedy becomes neccessary...
WS: And there is a dance craze in the film The girls want to promote a dance craze, the Sambola I hope everybody would want to learn the Sambola, a dance that get together parts of the best dances
JIC: We will try here in Intereconomía to publicise the sountrack and the Sambola dance
JIC: Mr Stillman I am grateful to you to have been with us in the last minutes. I remind you the new film "Damsels in distress" (Damiselas en apuros), by Whit Stillman, whose skills in spanish are fantastic.
The movie gets close to youth in their college years, and to those who were college students years ago Thank you very much Mr Stillman
WS: Thanks very much