”it’s not a new adaptation dracula It’s not a horror movie. It’s a great love story using this character as a backdrop. I think it’s close to beauty and the beast. “You can even remove his name from the title,” he marvels. luc bessonand other brilliant film directors. 5th element, Professional (Leon) Either Nikita is tough as hellWhen we talk about the adaptation of Bram Stoker’s famous 1897 novel.
At the premiere in Spain, dracula –The original version was titled: Dracula: A love story (Dracula: A love story) –, Besson visited the 58th Sitges Festival to give a presentation. his 22nd movieThere he talked about why only vampires exist. background of the plot.
“When I reread the novel, I realized that it was a love story. Everyone talks about blood and horror, but this is a man who waits centuries to say goodbye to his wife, and it’s very romantic. What happened to him for 400 years? What was life like at that time? No one knows and no one will tell you. I want to know that. I want to see how the century has changed. I went to Florence, Versailles and Germany. Because I wanted to see all these places. I think that’s why I was drawn to this character,” added the French director.
Regarding, comparison Along with the movie classics of Coppola, Murnau, Herzogor more recently nosferatu (written by Robert Eggers) or dracula (written by Radu Jude) – a satire close to Dracula, a very happy and happy dead manby Mel Brooks –, Besson makes it very clear that he wants to escape any kind of influence.
“The film is a very personal perspective of the artist. It’s as if you put your model on a table and there’s something around it. Modigliani, Dürer, Soutine, Picasso, Dali. No two people draw the same picture, Even though they all started from the same thing. All of his works will be great. “Modigliani would have dark eyes and long necks, Dali would have long legs…that kind of thing,” Besson explains.
Makeup for over 6 hours
He is better known for his role as Vlad the Impaler. Count Dracula, we found the actor Caleb Landry Jones (3 ads in the suburbs, the dead don’t die), Besson is already cooperating dogman (2023).
“We’ve been friends ever since we worked on that movie and he’s a genius. He will always take away all pain, fear, love, and loss effortlessly and generously.”, director Besson praised the actors who gave their all to the older version of the vampire.
“He had to wake up at 4 a.m. to get ready and shoot at noon. The makeup time was about 6 hours. He fell asleep many times while they were working together. I remember him trying on costumes, makeup, and wigs a few weeks before we started. suddenly appeared in the studio hallway. of people were scared and screaming. Then I had to apologize to everyone,” Besson laughed as he recalled this funny anecdote.
Landry Jones is very good with Oscar-winning actors Christoph Waltz (Asshole, django unchained), he plays a priest who fights creatures of the night.
“Kristoff is amazing. Very professional, humble and kind. The two had so much fun together. One is from Austria, another is from Texas, and I’m from France, but everyone We are connected to art, painting and music. It was very creative to have the three of us together,” confessed the director, who also praised his work on his debut film. zoe blue dracula’s new lover Daughter of Hollywood actress Rosanna ArquetteBesson met “a few weeks ago” but did not reveal his true identity during the rigorous casting process.
The major strengths of this version of Dracula, directed and written by Luc Besson, include: Music: Danny Elfman (Frequent collaborator of Tim Burton), Art direction: Patrice Garcia (common in Besson’s filmography and responsible for the film’s constant purple color) and especially Costume design: Corinne Blouin (femme fatale) and its 2,000 period costumes filmed some of Finland’s most complex scenes as part of a team of 940 professionals that Besson likened to an “army.”
”I wanted to shoot in France, but it doesn’t snow because of global warming, even though Trump says it doesn’t exist.. “For this reason, we were forced to go to Lapland,” Besson concluded with a message to the US president. Transylvania’s new destination is very different from what we already know, a place where love lasts forever.
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