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Renowned French writer/director Luc Besson is retiring. There are, however, enough asterisks and footnotes to that statement that the movie-going public doesn’t need to worry about an absense of Besson in any conventional sense.
From very early on in his …
Luc Besson is one of the greatest cinematic talents ever to have come out of France. From
Big Blue to
The Professional to
The Fifth Element, Besson has carved out quite a reputation for himself. He chats with Chris Neumer about retirement, casting British actors and the pains of paying to make things look worse.
French writer/director Patrice Chereau has a wonderful new film out,
Intimacy, that investigates the unique nature of relationships. Only, no one is talking about that. They're only talking about the blowjob scene. Chris Neumer talks to Chereau to get the low down on the movie, its origins and, yes, its sexual content.