Alfonso & Jonas Cuarón Revisit 'Gravity' at Busan — SkimNews
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- Alfonso Cuarón told a Busan masterclass on Thursday that his priorities have inverted with age: "Life as an experience is what I now care about the most," contrasting with his younger self when "film was everything and life was just part of it."
- Alfonso and Jonas Cuarón attended an Imax screening of "Gravity" at BIFF, the 2013 space survival drama Jonas co-wrote and which earned Alfonso the best director Oscar.
- Jonas Cuarón identified "rebirth" — characters confronting loss and finding a way forward with limited dialogue — as the core emotional engine of "Gravity."
- The "Gravity" production deployed a custom-built LED light box inspired by a Rolling Stones concert display, robot-controlled cameras, and extensive CGI to simulate shifting light on actors in digital space environments.
- Alfonso Cuarón invoked Alain Resnais to explain his camera philosophy — "There are 1,000 possibilities to place a camera, but only a right one" — and used the same logic to argue virtual reality cannot replace cinema.
- Jonas Cuarón premiered his film "Campeón Gabacho" at Busan's World Cinema section for its Asian premiere and praised Korean genre filmmaking, citing "The Host," "Parasite," "Hope," and "No Other Choice."
- Alfonso Cuarón said he wants to make a comedy and learn from younger filmmakers, while Jonas said he is focused on a newly completed film.
Why it matters: A two-time Oscar winner publicly reordering his priorities from craft toward lived experience is notable from a director of Cuarón's stature, and his stated desire to make a comedy and learn from younger filmmakers signals a possible tonal pivot. Jonas's "Campeón Gabacho" Asian premiere marks the next Cuarón generation arriving at one of Asia's top festival circuits.
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