13 ore 27 gen 2022 anni - VARIETY Johnny Depp Andrew Levitas MINAMATA INTERVIEW via Zoom

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Johnny Depp was in the UK at this time and the JDC suspects this is Jeff Beck’s house or guest accommodation.

Unfortunately we have been unable to find any good quality photos of Johnny Depp as he does not appear to have a HD camera or the wifi in rural England does not support HD.

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Johnny Depp and Andrew Levitas Discuss Timeliness of ‘Minamata’ and Capturing the “Inner Light and Hope for Mankind”

By Jenelle Riley

Even if you don’t know the story of heralded photographer W. Eugene Smith or the Japanese fishing village of Minamata, you are likely familiar with the photograph Tomoko and Mother in the Bath. The 1971 black-and-white photo captures Ryoko Kamimura cradling her severely deformed daughter Tomoko, a victim of Minamata disease, in a Japanese bath. The photograph was one of many featured in a 1972 issue of Life magazine depicting the horrors of the disease, a form of Mercury poisoning that was caused by industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation’s chemical factory. Smith and his wife, Aileen Mioko Smith, lived in the town from 1971 to 1973 to document the effects of Minamata disease.

Now the story of the Smiths and Minamata has been brought to the big screen by filmmaker Andrew Levitas, starring Johnny Depp as Smith, Minami as Aileen and Bill Nighy as Smith’s editor Robert Hayes. Smith is portrayed as a challenging artist, initially reluctant to journey to Minamata, but eventually drawn into activism as he learns about the people and their stories. The film goes into a limited release on Feb. 11 in select theaters across the U.S.

At a Q&A for the film, Levitas and Depp (who is also a producer on the film) spoke about what compelled them to bring this story to the big screen. To make the film, Levitas and his crew reconstructed Minamata in painstaking detail, with Levitas’ goal to put the actors in what he calls “a 360-degree space where they could just live.” The result, says Depp, “Was almost like living in a documentary.”

I’d love to start at the beginning with Johnny, because I think you’ve been familiar with Eugene Smith’s work for some time. At what point did you know you wanted to tell not just his story, but specifically about his time in Minamata?

Johnny Depp:
I had been somewhat fascinated by Eugene Smith for many years. His photographs were beyond intriguing, and then you read about his experiences in the Second World War and such. A wonderful photographer who’s since made her exit, Mary Ellen Mark, knew him and I asked her about him. She said that he introduced himself as W. Eugene Smith, and she said, “What does the W stand for?” And he said, “Wonderful.” And I thought that answer explained him in an instant; kind of curmudgeonly, he definitely had his slings and arrows. So he’s a fascinating character.

On top of that, then you learn about the horrors in Minamata and this crotchety old mean bastard going there to try and help these people and falling in love with these people. And [falling in love with] his wife in the process. This story should be known worldwide. These mistakes continue all over the planet and they should be looked at, there should be someone looking into these things. I feel so happy that we got to tell the story as the story needed to be told.

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