“Hollywood Lacks Curiosity” Luc Besson Says

“Hollywood Lacks Curiosity” Luc Besson Says
On August 19, acclaimed French director Luc Besson came to Beijing to promote his latest film ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’. At the post screening Q & A session, Besson shared the film’s behind-the-scene stories and his understanding of sci-fi movies with Chinese audiences. In addition, as an advocator for world cinema, Besson criticized Hollywood for not having enough curiosity and not providing enough room for foreign films to thrive.
 Outspoken Careless's Besson scene was once again firing at Hollywood movies. As a "supporter of the world's film", Besson has targeted the Hollywood market for the lack of foreign film living space. He argues that "America is an emerging country with a lack of curiosity" and is not interested in the sci-fi genre of "America's superhero savior of the World", and has shouted to Chinese audiences: "Support your films and defend your country's movies." Besson also said: Choose Wu Yifan starred in "star Agent" not to curry favor with the Chinese market.

From "The Fifth Element" to "the City of the Thousand Star", the future world of Besson lens is always overflowing with gorgeous color and boundless imagination, human also has its own position in the huge universe.

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At the scene of the event, Besson talked about American superhero blockbusters that weren't his favorite kind of sci-fi movies. "There's a kind of sci-fi that tries to intimidate you, aliens need to resist, and there's always a superhero out there to save you, and Americans Save the world," he said. But this is not the movie I want to make. There is a kind of sci-fi that we can coexist with, and I believe we can live in peace with thousands of of alien creatures. In my movie, the villain is not an alien but a human being. ”

The "star Agent" adaptation of the French manga, which was born in 1967, was set in 28th century, when 戴恩·德哈恩 and 卡拉·迪瓦伊 played a pair of agents who could cross out of control. The film will show audiences a vast and subversive space station Alpha, where tens of millions of of people from all races live together.

It was pointed out that George Lucas's Star Wars also had a reference to the original comic book of Star agents, but Lucas once said that he had not seen the work when he created Star Wars. In response, Besson thought: "I love Star Wars, George Lucas made a great movie." Not just Lucas, but many of the world's leading sci-fi movies have ideas from the star agent. The most important thing for me is that the comic book writers of Star agents are now more than 80 years old and I'm proud to be able to shoot their work. ”

 

 

In addition to superhero-like sci-fi films, the American film market's tolerance for foreign films has also made Besson quite disparaging. In today's event, he likened the film to food: "You go to the United States everywhere is fast food, but every day eat fast food will be tired, you can occasionally eat fast food, and then eat some French food, Chinese food, Italian food and so on." Pure French movies or Chinese movies are hard to promote in international markets because they are for a particular audience. ”

Besson insists on being a "world film advocate", saying: "We are very open and curious about the old countries of France, China and Italy, we welcome different movies, but the United States is an emerging country, they lack curiosity, only like their own movies." You go to Los Angeles, you can only see American movies, and if you go to Paris you can see movies all over the world. I have always supported films in the world, hate national sentiment, and I support countries to shoot their own movies. ”

 

 

"Star Agents" will appear in the film to make Chinese audiences feel more cordial elements, and the mainland popular star Wu Yifan joined also make this film attracted attention.

In today's event, fans asked Besson why he chose to cooperate with Wu Yifan? Besson's answer is "I went to Norway and someone asked me why you chose a Norwegian actor, and my answer was--because he's a good actor." The same is true of Wu Yifan. I saw some Chinese actors, I think he is very good, very professional. ”

Wu Yifan is a star officer in "Star Agent."

Old Lu admits that some people do this to curry favor with the Chinese market, he explained: "I understand that sometimes you will be very confused, such as you put a Chinese actor in American movies, you will suspect that they do this for the Chinese market." It's true. But for me, the idea is wrong. Because my film is about 28th century, if I do not play Chinese actors, you will question, all to that time, how do you think there is no Chinese in space? I think there must be people of all countries in that era. When I was filming Joan of Arc, I didn't choose Chinese actors to curry favor with the Chinese market. ”

At the end of the event, Lao Lu told the scene to Chinese fans and media: "Support your films, defend your country's movies, and don't let anyone control what the movie should be like, some people in the world are very angry because they see your country has given the opportunity to make a movie in China and cut off foreign films. ”