What are the works of French director Lubeck Besson?

Luc besson was born in Paris on March 1959. He is a French director, producer, screenwriter, actor and editor. Because of his box office success, he is called Spielberg of France. The works are fast-paced, luxurious in style and of great commercial value. Some people say that his film is actually an American film, only made in France. My parents are both masters of water sports, and my mother is also a diving instructor. As a teenager, he dreamed of becoming an expert in the ocean and dolphins, but because of a diving accident, he had to give up this wish and turn to movies. At the age of 65,438+07, she joined Gao Meng Film Company as an assistant before graduating from high school. At the age of 65,438+09, she came to Los Angeles, USA to study film production courses for three months. Started shooting some experimental short films and served as deputy director after returning to China. 1983, Besson's film debut "The Last Battle" came out. This award-winning silent science fiction film, with a wide black-and-white screen, is said to have been shot at the age of 23 with 3 francs and 6 sous. Luc besson seems to prove to the world that in France, even if you have no professional film education and can't find investment, you can still make a unique film. Because of this, Besson was once regarded as the pioneer of young French directors, whether he likes it or not. The subway and blue sky have won luc besson a reputation at home and abroad. Although the French Cesar Award was a bit stingy when it only awarded the "Best Recording" and "Best Music" awards to Blue Sea and Blue Sky, Besson publicly stated that this film was the proudest work in his directing career. After all, this work has poured into Besson's passion and dreams as a teenager, and Besson can finally capture the light and shadow and life of the ocean he saw in his childhood with his camera. Jack, the diver in the film, finally died in the sea. More precisely, that's his real survival. Isn't Jack the embodiment of Besson's ideal?

In the 1980s, there were so-called young BBC directors in France, namely Benix, Besson and Carax (Beé Nekes, Besson and Carax). Although these three cutting-edge directors have many similarities and differences, their biggest similarity is their inexplicable preference for blue. Judging from the film "Female Singer" made by Bei Nekes 1980, blue is full of silver admiration, while Karakas is shooting a humble lineage. Besson's Blue Sea and Blue Sky is blue in tone from the title to the content. Besson's yearning for the sea and his painstakingly created romantic feelings are naturally unparalleled, and his wonderful underwater photography may also benefit the directors of Piano Class and Titanic.

"Nikita" and "Black Boy Leon" (also known as "Black Boy Not Too Cold") are the successful transitions from luc besson art films to commercial films. Nikita tells the story of how a female member of a violent group turned into a national professional agent killer. Her identity as a spy killer, her deep love and the germination of human nature constitute the uniqueness of this film, while Heizi Leon tells the story between a killer who longs for kindness and a girl who longs for evil revenge. This artistic French commercial film is still an example for film students all over the world. Many details, such as the green plants around Lyon and the wonderful dialogue "Remember never to kill women and children", are unforgettable. The green plant alone is beyond the imagination of Hollywood writers. Black Leon won the Cesar Award for Best Film and Besson for Best Director. Since 1990s, the prosperity of French art films has pushed French commercial films into an embarrassing situation. It takes a lot of courage to make art films outside France, because you have to face serious survival problems. In France, it's different. If a film artist wants to make a commercial film that caters to the public, it seems that he needs more courage. Luc besson is such an anachronistic director.

In the mid-1980s, Besson was called a promising young director by French critics after he made such artistic films as Subway and Blue Sea and Blue Sky. In 1990s, Besson was despised by French film theorists after he filmed Leon Heizi and The Fifth Element. The fifth element (1997) earned $270 million worldwide, ranking third in the world movies that year. No matter how the film critics evaluate the film, it shows us a future world in the eyes of French directors, and brings us a little historical and humanistic connotation different from Hollywood blockbusters in the narrative of computer high-tech and time and space.

Luc besson is the most striking and controversial director in the contemporary French film industry. Although the commercial success of The Fifth Element has doubled the turnover of Gaumont, the largest French film company, Besson is often described in China as a negative textbook for surrendering to Hollywood films. To this end, depressed Besson often travels across the ocean to Hollywood to find a bosom friend. The film The Fifth Element combines science fiction, adventure and fighting. This is the first English dialogue film in Europe that cost nearly 1 billion dollars. It shows the determination and courage of French filmmakers to revive their own and European film industries. The film won the technical award of 1997 Cannes International Film Festival. This story was originally conceived by luc besson at the age of 16, when Lucas' Star Wars was just released. Obviously Besson.

Twenty years later, Besson is still obsessed with his childhood thoughts. After 20 years of planning, the script has the basic elements of Besson's first five feature films. Although some critics think that The Fifth Element seems to be more like a French futuristic farce with good visual effects, when 1997 was shown as the opening film at the opening ceremony of the 50th Cheyenne Film Festival, this sci-fi film representing the future of mankind in the 23rd century still caused a sensation. In the film, the hero played by Bruce Willis flies over new york in his yellow taxi that resists gravity, which is no less than Lucas' starship. Watching Star Wars grow up, Besson finally stood with Lucas after 20 years.

As early as in "Blue Sea and Blue Sky", luc besson showed his fascination and pursuit for big productions and big scenes. Starting from The Fifth Element and Joan of Arc, Besson drifted away from the film form to which he once belonged, and turned his attention to the international market. Not only did he play tricks on the genre, but the production cost was also escalating, which may be the main reason why Besson was criticized in his own country. At this time, Hollywood began to recruit talents from all over the world, and John Woo and luc besson became its first choice. Besson's French romantic style and John Woo's oriental hero complex are ignored and imitated by Hollywood. Besson finally used The Fifth Element and Joan of Arc to prove that entertainment blockbusters are not exclusive to Hollywood. The French can not only make low-cost, small-scale art films, but also make commercial blockbusters that are profitable all over the world. A Frenchman can "compete with them" on American soil. Besson today seems to be a successful example. We can think of him as a commercial film director of the same type as Spielberg without hesitation, but we don't know that Besson paid a huge price for today's arrival.

As the first high-cost European film, the fifth element 1997 summer movie was not optimistic at the beginning, and the French audience accustomed to watching art films and the American audience influenced by Hollywood commercial blockbusters did not have much interest. The critics' reaction is that the derogatory meaning is greater than the positive one, and the most fatal part of the film lies in its huge cost of $654.38 billion. But a miracle happened. The fifth element actually overcame its congenital deficiency and ominous omen, and was widely shown in several major western countries in less than a month. The film made a lot of money, but critics still kept a low profile on Besson and the film.

Luc besson didn't waver in his pursuit and belief because of these comments, but wanted to make a film that both French and Americans applauded. His "Joan of Arc" selected the appropriate blend of history and reality, nationality and international, and received rave reviews after shooting. Joan of Arc is the goddess in the eyes of the French. She created an immortal legend with her own life. There are countless film and television works about Joan of Arc, but only three films are worth leaving in the film history. They are: The Passion of Joan of Arc, directed by Dreier, drew a beautiful full stop for the silent film era; The Passion of Joan of Arc directed by Blethen is extremely faithful to the religious plot and the original trial materials; Luc besson's epic film Joan of Arc, which took three years to shoot.

Blethen's The Fire of Joan of Arc only intercepts a historical fact that Joan of Arc was tried and burned at the stake, showing the heroine's religious belief and the real moment of history. Joan of Arc by luc besson shows the magnificent Hundred Years' War between Britain and France and Joan's romantic feelings as a girl and a French soldier. Like Blethen, luc besson is also a lonely explorer in French films, which is perhaps the only similarity between these two French directors of different times. Perhaps it is this unique similarity that makes them like Joan of Arc more, but their interpretations of historical figures are different. In luc besson's director's notes, we can see Besson's evaluation of Joan of Arc: Joan of Arc is our ancestor, and what was captured between her faith and innocence was lost in her time, just like what we lost in our own time. In this film, Besson expressed his unique thinking about this period of history: "Does the human mind have to follow such a tortuous road to discover the goodness hidden behind evil?"

Luc besson, a lonely film explorer, even in his commercial blockbusters, we can feel his ultimate understanding of history and life and touch his mental journey as a French soldier. Whether it's Jack in Blue Sea and Blue Sky, the killer in Black Leon or Joan of Arc, we all think this is luc besson.

Main work

Director works

Arthur and His Mini Kingdom Arthur and the Invisible Man (2006)

Angels Angels (2005)

Messenger of Joan of Arc: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

The fifth element (1997)

This killer is not too cold Leon (1994)

Atlantis (199 1)

Nikita Nikita (1990)

Blue Sea, Blue Sky, Big Blue, Happy (1988)

Subway (1985)

The last battle was the battle of Denyer, Le (1983).

Screenplay works

Violent Block 2: The Ultimate Suburb 13 ultimatum (2009)

Hurricane Rescue (2008)

Arthur and His Mini Kingdom Arthur and the Invisible Man (2006)

Taxi Express 4 Taxi 4 (2006)

Angels Angels (2005)

Despair Express 2 Transporter 2 (2005)

Danny the Dog (2005)

Ghost of Car Theft (2005)

District 13 Suburb 13 (2004)

Taxi (2004)

Undercurrent 2: Angel's Revelation Crimson River 2: Angel's Revelation (2004)

Tulip Fangfang (2003)

Michelle Vellante (2003)

Taxi Express 3 Taxi 3 (2003)

Life Change Express Transport Vehicle (2002)

Kiss of the Dragon (200 1)

Enterprise warrior Shankasi -Les samoura? Modern time (200 1)

Mustard (200 1)

Outstanding dancer (2000)

Taxi Express 2 Taxi 2 (2000)

Messenger of Joan of Arc: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

Taxi Express Taxi (1998)

The fifth element (1997)

This killer is not too cold Leon (1994)

Point of no return (1993)

Nikita Nikita (1990)

Blue Sea, Blue Sky, Big Blue, Happy (1988)

Subway (1985)

The last battle was the battle of Denyer, Le (1983).

Producer's work

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