6/28/2023 0 Comments Mcg moviesIt’s very different and it permeates every element of the filmmaking process. ![]() He’s very artistic and soft spoken and slight and such a sort of poet with shaping light and the way that he goes about his business. I think that was a good influence for me to go over there and work with a guy like Thierry Arbogast as a DP, who’s won three Caesars - the French Academy Awards. Everything is so literal and I like that, but I also am a huge fan of international cinema. They want to know what’s he dying of, what are they looking for, what’s gonna happen if you don’t capture the bad guy. Like when we test movies in America people want to know everything. I think there’s a higher tolerance in Europe for films being a little more elliptical and not so clearly spelled out. What are the differences and similarities in the European and American approach to action thrillers? And that’s basically it: the material coming from Luc, the idea of working with Kevin, shooting a picture in Paris as such a decidedly American filmmaker – you added that up and it seemed like a big challenge with a lot of room to go wrong, but I liked that sort of edge of your seat thrill. I just thought that that was an interesting challenge and just an incredible opportunity to work with a guy who’s won the Academy Award as a filmmaker, and just try to make some discoveries along the way and just embrace that challenge. So there was that and then I was sort of circling at the same time that Kevin was circling it. It was so smart and so well done and I love Oldman, Natalie Portman’s performance, and everything about that movie. ![]() I mean I saw Leon/ The Professional as a seminal movie for me. What jumped out at you when you were first given the script? Have some humor that you wouldn’t expect but ultimately have heart and say, “Wow, I’m really kind of moved by this bicycle moment where a father’s teaching his daughter how to ride a bike…I wasn’t expecting that from a Luc Besson-Relativity-Eurocorp-McG offering.” Hopefully we did it, man. But on this one, I mean, for me it was about capturing humanity but making it exciting in an in-camera kind of way, in that Frankenheimer way. That’s never been done, you know, which is terribly original and wonderful. It’s not like I’m making Her and the guy falls in love with his operating system. ![]() Thematically there are themes that have been explored. McG: Man I tried to stay away from that, because that would be the only reason to do the picture, you know.
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