Maybe you will need a ticket and an aspirin at the same time. I’m older, so I’m trying to explore everything now,” he admitted during a masterclass at Venice Film Festival. There were only 182 special effects in that film — ‘Valerian’ was 4,000!
I’m excited [to try something new]. It’s worth it.” Still, he’s not too worried about ongoing technological changes. It’s always just a tool,” he said.
It’s a tiger — but you are a guy with a whip, speaking German to it.” No stranger to Venice, Besson wrote and produced this year’s “Father Joe,” directed by Barthélémy Grossmann. The film, which premiered out of competition, features Kiefer Sutherland as a priest fighting a crime boss played by Al Pacino. Pacino missed the press conference for the film, instead sending a video message and praising Besson: “It’s great to say his name,” he said.
During the presser, Besson said: “The good thing is I’m also a director. I don’t want to be bothered when I’m a director so I tried not to bother [Barthélémy]. As long as he doesn’t have a problem, I’m not there.” Later, he added: “I have to feel that I’m the best director to do it.
With ‘The Big Blue,’ half of it is in the water. Forget it — I had to do it. And then there are many that I love, but some of my friends can do it better than me.
Take ‘Taken’ or ‘Father Joe.’ I just love cinema and I love to share.” Recently, Besson directed “Dracula: A Love Tale” with his “Dogman” star Caleb Landry Jones and Christoph Waltz. But ‘Dracula’ is a love story — that’s the point. I believe you should do what you feel like, and I’m in love with this actor, Caleb Landry Jones.
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