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How did “Off the Beaten me: colonial issues, the question Hugo Vieira da Silva: The
Track” come about? of art in a colonial context, and process was as follows: first, the
Hugo Vieira da Silva: The the question of modern art and graphic novel was a trigger point
genesis of the project is strongly how it relates. From then on, I for the project. I was interested
related to two aspects that wanted to make a movie largely in Gauguin at the time because
interest me: firstly, the question about Gauguin, but which later of the question of his life, in its
of colonialism, which comes became a movie about Segalen, multiplicity, and, at the same
from my last film, “An Outpost the relationship between the two, time, the graphic novel brought
of Progress”, a theme I've been because it seemed to me to be a Victor Segalen to me because I
reflecting on a bit; the second post-mortem relationship, and to was already adapting his point of
aspect is the question of art and work on that relationship, because view. There was something very
the arts, also in this colonial it raises questions that interest strong about the work, which was
context. These were the two me culturally. the story of Gauguin, narratively
themes that interested me. In presented in flashback, in which
this sense, a French graphic The movie is an adaptation we saw Gauguin, a present,
novel about [Paul] Gauguin came of an original graphic novel. visible, and main figure in this
into my hands, introducing the What was the process of graphic novel. My interest in
perspective of Victor Segalen. I writing the script like, Victor Segalen led me to read his
read the graphic novel and found together with Claudia complete work, both short and
a series of topics that interested Bottino? fragmentary. From then on, it

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