Luc besson on turning rihanna into a 28thcentury cleopatra and being stood up by prince ryan gilbey from the fifth element to lucy, besson s gendersplicing scifi films have never played by. As lucys egghead confidant morgan freeman, befuddling his way to a paycheck tells us, most humans only use. Luc bessons valerian looks like all your scifi dreams. The film is inspired by the french comic books which besson read as a. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer. The arthur series refers to a series of fantasy novels for children written by luc besson, a film director and producer, and published from 2002 to 2005 in france, the united states and the united kingdom. Film profile for luc besson, director, born 18 march 1959. This is the soundtrack to the luc besson film angela. If they were to tap into the rest who knows what could happen. The first trailer for director luc besson s scifi action film lucy, starring scarlett johansson as a drug mule given godlike powers by an experimental substance, has been released. The details of the soundtrack album for luc bessons scifi action thriller lucy have been revealed. It stars scarlett johansson, morgan freeman, choi minsik, and amr waked. The director of lucy, a sciencebased action thriller about a woman who gains access to 100% of her cognitive abilities, tells andrew pulver. The son of two scuba instructors, he was born in paris on march 18, 1959, and spent most of his youth following his parents on the club med circuit between greece and yugoslavia.
So shes ideal for luc besson s lucy, a heady, loopy action extravaganza out this weekend, in which she plays a. Voir plus didees sur le theme cinema, film et cine. As the brain capacity of scarlett johanssons character lucy rises. His edits and cutaways crackle with hyperactive references, and lucy s exploits in superhuman badassery are dotted with tongueincheek humor. Luc besson on the origins of lucy the french filmmaker gets cerebral with this scarlett johansson action movie about the smartest woman ever. Luc bessons scifi epic valerian looks like the fifth element. But this isnt to say that lucy is cold as a film or as a character. Luc bessons valerian to be released by stx hollywood. Luc besson on the risks of valerian and that time james cameron took me for a moron. Scarlett johansson, morgan freeman, choi minsik, amr waked. Soundtrack details for luc bessons lucy film music. He has contributed to many projects as either writer, director, producer, or a combination of the three.
Also included is the original song sister rust performed by blur frontman damon albarn, as well as. The first trailer for luc bessons valerian and the city of a thousand planets is finally here and its got everything you could want in a big sciencefiction movie. In his 2014 book titled great myths of the brain, christian jarrett quotes directly. The dumbest movie ever made about brain capacity the. Films include leon, le cinquieme element, and lucy. Director luc besson deals in the mindblowing as much as the physical in this crazyquilt collision of limitless and 2001. Lucy is a 2014 french science fiction action film written and directed by luc besson and. The movie is about both arthur and the minimoys and arthur and the forbidden city, and it follows it very well, if my memory is correct. Luc bessons surprisingly metaphysical lucy the new yorker. A turn in a conversation is interrupted by a closeup of a mousetrap, an explosion is replaced by a man exhaling. Going in style 2017, a remake of the 1979 film about retirees who plan a bank heist. Freemans later films included the comedies ted 2 2015. Luc besson s most popular book is arthur and the minimoys.
What started as some casual leafing through books on the topic turned. The details of the soundtrack album for luc besson s scifi action thriller lucy have been revealed. Books by luc besson author of arthur and the minimoys. Luc besson has 22 books on goodreads with 9808 ratings. Lucy trailer scarlett johansson 2014 video dailymotion. Lucy scarlett johansson and writerdirector luc besson make an effective duo in this agreeably goofy scifi thriller. Luc besson books list of books by author luc besson. Jang and his minions are on lucy s case as the action shifts to paris. Considered the french equivalent of steven spielberg, filmmaker luc besson has a reputation for creating fastpaced, ultrastylish, and hugely budgeted films with mass appeal. Lucy by luc besson luc besson, scarlett johansson, morgan. Then again i didnt labour over the science to over complicate the overall enjoyment. 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.
He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of the big blue 1988 and the fifth element 1997, as an adolescent bored in school. Luc besson denies that lucy 2 is in active development, while also criticizing journalists for making up the story in the first place. Luc bessons scifi superheroine movie lucy will spend. The prospect of a new, big scale scifi movie from the fifth element director luc besson is exciting enough. Lucy 2 not in development says luc besson screen rant. If you find yourself asking whats real and what isnt, ive won video interview. Enjoy the dazzling adventures of film director luc besson s arthur and the minimoys and arthur and the forbidden city together for the first time. This ridiculous, highly watchable, at points startlingly psychedelic action thriller is probably luc bessons best film since leon which isnt saying a great. Nov 04, 2014 luc besson, the director of nikita and leon, is a man who knows his way around an action film. After spending his entire childhood diving, an accident rendered him unable to dive again, and he turned his. There are fun and entertaining answers that sum up the mechanics of the movie and its novel presentation already given, so i wont reiterate them. Luc bessons lucy is fastpaced and eyepopping if silly. Anja garbarek daughter of the contemporary jazz composer jan garbarek has composed much of the score, 14 of 18 tracks which also features new recordings of songs from some of her other albums, including her album briefly shaking.
I expect it to arrive at any moment and cant wait to see it. Luc bessons lucy 2 is still happening, and its thanks. In lucy, a heroines brain fires on all cylinders the. Whats true, though, is that we only use 15% of our neurons at the same time, he told the guardian. Luc besson s new film, valerian and the city of a thousand planets, has been welcomed by many critics in terms similar to the ones with which i enthused recently about michael bays. Jul 23, 2014 french director luc besson has done something quite unexpected with his new film lucy, possibly unintentionally. Eric serra disintegration from lucy original soundtrack.
Scarlett johansson is an intriguing blank in luc besson s lucy, which is stranded somewhere between a strangerinastrangeland action thriller and apocalyptic science fiction. Used textbooks do not come with supplemental materials. One of the most respected names in french film studies, susan hayward, sketches besson s filmmaking career and processes to date, placing the films within their. Luc besson on the risks of valerian and that time james. The professional had written and directed the 2014 scifi action film, lucy, starring scarlett johansson as the eponymous character. The trailer for luc besson s lucy arrives with scarlett johansson tearing up taipei as a superstrong, hyperintelligent metahuman. Jang which he obviously doesnt want to do because hes afraid. Besson is associated with the cinema du look film movement. The plot points may sound kind of silly on their own, but by the end, lucy literally sits through a sequence in which she realizes that time. Even luc besson admits that the 10 percent brain power premise in lucy s pure myth.
Luc bessons scifi epic valerian looks like the fifth. Luc bessons most popular book is arthur and the minimoys. Luc besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. Nine years ago, luc besson came across a theory that humans only use 10% of their brain capacity. Arthur and the invisibles by luc besson overdrive rakuten. The official movie novelization ebook written by luc besson, christie golden. Luc besson is a french film director, writer and producer.
One of the hottest international properties to come out of the new wave of french filmmakers in the 1980s, luc besson is a director with a simple mission and a dazzling visual style. Scarlett johansson kicks all kinds of butt in the upcoming scifi action thriller lucy from director luc besson. Soundtrack details for luc bessons lucy film music reporter. Join arthur as he embarks on a journey to the land of the minimoys, a tribe of people less than one. A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. A decade ago, luc besson seemed burned out as a filmmaker. At the start for example, lucy s boyfriend richard pilou asbaek is trying to get her to deliver a case to mr. Luc paul maurice besson is a french film director, screenwriter, and producer. Sanity entertainment is australias leading retailer of movies, tv shows, blu ray, gaming, music, books, pop vinyl and official merchandise.
Luc besson biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. We seemed to have lost our previous copy so i ordered this one. Now, besson directs scarlett johansson in lucy, an actionthriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. The first half of lucy contains the most energetic and purely entertaining filmmaking besson has produced since the fifth element, packed with pulpy action, pseudoscience, title cards, spedup montages, and teasing associative cuts. Luc bessons valerian, michael bays transformers, and.
With scarlett johansson, morgan freeman, minsik choi, amr waked. The story centers on a woman johansson who falls prey to sinister underworld forces, but who gains superhuman abilities that allow her to strike back at her oppressors. Lucy soundtrack from the motion picture by eric serra on amazon. The french director transformed european cinema with the futuristic scifi the fifth element, and his europacorp studio is behind action hits taken and the transporter.
I love a good audio book, so i listened to jim dales excellent performance and loved every second. The early trailer for luc bessons new film, lucy, promised giddy. Luc besson s bigbudget scifi epic valerian and the city of a thousand planets is moving to another galaxy, and will now be released by stx entertainment, along with several other europacorp films. I wrote an article about lucy that appears in the september issue of american cinematographer, highlighting the beautiful lighting of cinematographer thierry arbogast, afc while preparing the article, i had the opportunity to have a lengthy and interesting conversation with directoroperator luc besson this post presents the first part of an expanded version of my interview with him, going. Taken and leon creator luc besson s scifi superheroine movie, lucy, will have the studios biggest ever budget according to europacorp ceo christophe lambert, as quoted by jeuxactu, theyre. Jul 25, 2014 the early trailer for luc bessons new film, lucy, promised giddy digital wizardry, and the movie delivers, in a way that surprised me. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, andor producer, including the transporter series. Possible loose bindings, highlighting, cocked spine or torn dust jackets. I saw that it would have a pulpfiction setup though. Morgan freeman and scarlett johansson headline this europacorptf1 films coproduction directed by luc besson, and released by universal pictures. The cover of lucy brought to my attention, leon, which i had not heard of. Along the way, lucy explains that sounds are music that i can understand, like fluids. The son of two scuba instructors, he was born in paris on march 18, 1959, and spent most of his youth following his parents on the club med circuit between greece and. The 5 badass women who inspired scarlett johansson in lucy.
Scarlett johansson gets a rude awakening here as an. Lucy 2 is currently in the works with a script by luc besson, pushed on by the commercial failure of besson s valerian and the city of a thousand planets. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read valerian and the city of a thousand planets. The momentum in combination with the 90 minute runtime, kept myself entertained for the entirety. Original question what is the real theory behind the movie lucy. The end of the movie goes completely off the rails, but in a way that is. As a child of undersea divers, director luc besson, who is perhaps best known in the u. Not all superheroes hitting the big screen this summer were born on the comic book page. Luc besson is a wonderful writer, the fifth element is also excellent. After seeing footage and images from valerian and the city of a thousand planets in hall. The early trailer for luc besson s new film, lucy, promised giddy digital wizardry, and the movie delivers, in a way that surprised me.
Director luc besson uses some great imagery to push the story along. As susan hayward wrote in her 1998 book, luc besson, nikita undergoes an elaborate civilizing ritual. Luc besson celebrity profile check out the latest luc besson photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The film was shot in taipei, paris, and new york city. Eric serra i am everywhere from lucy original soundtrack. Jun 16, 2014 le grand bleu, leon, le cinquieme element. See all books authored by luc besson, including the fifth element.
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