Besson has been nominated for, and won, numerous awards and honors from the foreign press, and is often credited as inventing the socalled cinema du look movement in french film. Luc besson is a french film director, writer, and producer known for making highly visual thriller and action films. With rie rasmussen, jamel debbouze, gilbert melki, serge riaboukine. Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasyadventure. The lady is a 2011 frenchbritish biographical film directed by luc besson, starring michelle yeoh as aung san suu kyi and david thewlis as her late husband michael aris. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets wikipedia. The lady is a biographical film about burmese political prisoner and nobel laureate aung san suu kyi michelle yeoh.
Tom jolliffe double bills luc besson s nikita and leon think back to the 90s. Yeoh called the film a labour of love but also confessed it had felt intimidating for her to play the nobel laureate. From the fifth element to lucy to his newest, valerian and the city of a thousand planets and really, thats just scratching the surface of his wideranging, decadeslong career, french. The big blue is a 1988 englishlanguage film in the french cinema du look visual style, made by french director luc besson. Lucy is a 2014 french science fiction action film written and directed by luc besson and produced by his wife virginie besson silla for his company europacorp. Documentarian like in its photography never has the ocean seemed so vast. A very good friend of mine watched the film and said. The film was shot in taipei, paris, and new york city. Luc besson europacorp placed under court protection in. With jean reno, gary oldman, natalie portman, danny aiello. Luc, there is one thing you have to learn and that is when you have nothing to say shut up. Atlantis is a 1991 french documentary film about oceans, filmed over a twoyear period by luc besson.
I genuinely think that if more people were to see this film. For so much of the film, besson rests on the shock appeal of showing a. The films of luc besson was a nonprofit project made solely for entertainment purposes, not aimed at breaking law. With jeanmarc barr, jean reno, rosanna arquette, paul shenar. Combiningstunning underwater cinematography and a hypnotic score by eric serra, bessons singular vision defies dialogue or narrative structure to explore ocean life as youve never seen it before. Our recommendations also include night on earth, ozark, and more. Anna was supposed to be french director luc besson s comeback movie after the galactic flop that was valerian and the city of a thousand. The big blue released in some countries under the french title le grand bleu is a 1988 englishlanguage film in the french cinema du look visual style, made by french director luc besson. Luc besson s europacorp has been given a sixmonth reprieve to restructure its debt, after being placed under court protection in france. It is based on the french science fiction comics series valerian and laureline, written by pierre christin and illustrated by jeanclaude mezieres. Valerian and the city of a thousand planets french. Le grande bleu the big blue is a film about the big blue oceans, so obviously luc besson figured this flick should open in blackandwhite.
The rivalry between enzo and jacques, two childhood friends and now worldrenowned free divers, becomes a beautiful and perilous journey into oneself and the unknown. This stunning film has to be one of the most beautiful ever put to screen. National catholic register while making his 1988 aquatic feature the big blue, director luc besson the fifth element became fascinated with the sea and wanted to spend an entire film simply exploring it. Atlantis is more visual art than nature film and a must see for any luc besson fan. Atlantis is acclaimed filmmaker luc bessons aweinspiring celebration of the beauty and wonder of the world beneath the sea, expanding upon themes touched on in his huge hit, the big blue. Without question this is certainly luc besson s most personal work. Enzo challenges jacques to collect a coin on the sea floor but jacques refuses. The french film maker of so many incredible diverse visions defying standard story tropes and cliches that make his films some of the most unique cinematic experiences to come out of frances cinema du look movement from the 1980s. He then spent two years capturing the extraordinary footage for atlantis, a pure documentary that eschews educational discovery channel narration in. Should director luc bessons pedophilia really be forgotten.
The film is a heavily fictionalized and dramatized story of the friendship and sporting rivalry between two leading contemporary champion. Then the real jaqques mayol, who worked in the film as a diving and story consultant took besson diving with him. This involved interviewing suu kyi s friends, family, and confidants, some of whom would only be interviewed after being guaranteed anonymity. It was also an era that saw a french director hit it big in hollywood. All 17 luc besson movies ranked from worst to best taste. Except for the very end, all the photography is below the surface. With the comic book film valerian and the city of a thousand planets coming out soon, i thought now would be the best time to discuss the director of the film. He directed or produced the films subway 1985, the big blue 1988, and nikita 1990. It stars scarlett johansson, morgan freeman, choi minsik, and amr waked. Growing up with scubadiver parents, besson has long had a fascination with the ocean and has translated that to his onscreen work in films such as the big blue and atlantis. Living in such close harmony with the ocean had a profound effect on besson. Italy atlantis is a 1991 french documentary film about oceans, filmed over a twoyear period by luc besson. Pages other community the shining earth videos from angel a film by luc besson.
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