Nacho Arenas, Director of Blow The Horn - A 2026 Woodstock Film Festival Interview - 10/12/26

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First of all, my, uh, thank you so much for, uh, for having me, and thank you for having watched the film, so I appreciate it, and, uh, I'm ready, uh, to answer any questions you have.

Awesome.

Yeah, I mean, thank you for joining me today, and hey, hey, thanks for making a film like this.

Uh, one that I could really sink my teeth into and, uh, you know, so many movies nowadays are passive viewing for me, especially as a, as a critic, as a pundit, and this is not one of those, man.

So I really [laughs] love that I could wrestle with this one.

I immediately had to re-watch it, Nacho, and that's not always common either.

So like, uh, I just thank you for that, and, uh, I just loved how wrapped I was, uh, with Blow the Horn.

So you get the play, right? You, you read the play.

What had you engaged with it the, the way I think your audience as well?

You know, first the play being, uh, the playwright being Argentinian, there were a lot of, uh, a lot of things that were different and, uh, Spanish has a certain way to play with the words, with the dialogue, with the vocabulary, with the, um, with the comedy, believe it or not.

Uh-

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... because the, the play is actually marketed and written as a comedy.

All the awards were basically for, uh, as a play, and then, uh, uh-

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... later on as a film, um, you know, just done as a comedy.

I decided to dim the lights and put a spotlight on something that was different, and in order for me to translate the play and then to adapt it, I really collaborated and wanted to work, uh, with Matias to honor the text.

Mm.

Um, stay true to the themes and the essence and the beats, but at the same time, you know, obviously change it for an American audience, for, uh, uh, you know, for an audience that would understand a little bit more about the humor and, uh, how the conversations were, uh, uh, were going.

And then there's a lot of cynicism that, uh, that comes into play.

So I got the chance to read the play and then immerse myself in it.

Um, I love the play, and I love how it deals with, uh, with issues and power dynamics, uh, within couples that were, uh, interesting to me.

So that was the first reaction that I had to the play.

Then there's another reason, and then there, there are the reasons why I did the film, so.