Five Inspirations is a series in which we ask directors to share five things that shaped and informed their film. Magnus von Horn's Sweat is playing exclusively on MUBI starting July 23, 2021 in many countries in the series The New Auteurs.
INSPIRATION #1
The portraits of Philip IV of Spain by Diego Velázquez
When I’m writing I often look at them to remember that character is the most important.
INSPIRATION #2
Burial, Tunes 2011-2019
For work mood.
INSPIRATION #3
Dogme 95
I never tried to make a film with the Dogme95 rules but it has really inspired my thinking of storytelling.
INSPIRATION #4
Shopping malls
Looking for beauty in the ugly. This is me and producer Mariusz Wlodarski in the shopping mall where we shot the first scene of Sweat.
INSPIRATION #5
Social media
I don’t post a lot and my Instagram account is private but I really value what I have been able to observe and what others have shared with me. It’s where Sweat started.