Edward Berger is having a wonderful, extended moment in cinema.

Who isnt, you know?

the German filmmaker says with a slight smile.

Edward Berger and Ralph Finnes on Conclave Set

Bond, I grew up with it.

Those movies, I watched them diligently from back to front, of course I would be.

But whether I would ever be in the discussion list, I have no idea.

There really is no discussion, there is no future for me in it at the moment.

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Be that as it may, Berger is certainly keeping himself busy.

Its kind of the opposite [of my last movie], Berger muses.

I want to scratch an itch that I dont know how to scratch with a movie.

Youre trying to get to the bottom of it, and making this.

I want to do the opposite.

Its a provocative ambition.

Come back soon for more of our conversation about that movie with Edward Berger.