THE STORY OF… While he was a young journalist, François Busnel was preparing to interview Meryl Streep for a film based on a novel that he considered unsuitable for the screen. However, the feature film will upset him, to the point that he is unable to carry out his interview. Then begins a memorable meeting with the actress.
We are in the early 2000s. François Busnel, known for his show “The Great Bookstore” was a film journalist at the time. He’s about to interview Meryl Streep, who stars in the film “The Hours,” directed by Stephen Daldry.
“Frankly, it can’t work”
The feature film is the adaptation of the eponymous novel by Michael Cunningam. A work that the journalist adores.
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He then feared seeing the film, leaving with a very critical preconception that he regrets today: “I said to myself: ‘Frankly, it can’t work, the book is unadaptable, perfect, implacably mechanical’.”
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However, from the first minutes of the work, François Busnel is captivated. “I come out of everything, of myself, of the cinema room. I am thrown into the film, stunned, stunned, knocked out! » he remembers.
When the session ends, he, like the people around him, are silent, unable to say anything. François Busnel details, “I walked for two hours in Paris, like a zombie! “.
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“Forget that you are a journalist”
After what is probably “the biggest cinematic shock” of his life, François Busnel looks into the interview with Meryl Streep that he has to conduct but fears being “unable to write anything” about the feature film. Two days after the session, he met the American actress and explained his discomfort to her.
The latter shakes his hand and says: “Forget that you are a journalist. Tell me how you felt. » Then, instead of an interview, a discussion begins. A memorable memory for the host, who only rewatched this film once, 20 years later, with still the same pleasure.
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