Luc Besson: One of the Best French Directors :: Movie Film Movies Films

Luc Besson One of the Best French DirectorsThesis Luc Besson is one of the beat out French Directors of this century. His works can either be viewed as classical action packed thrillers or the viewer can go in depth and question society and morality. Besson wishes to make the viewer question the grandness of individualism, the role of each individual in society and whether the individual should go with the norms of society or follow his heart. Bessons humor, understanding of pathos and his reflections on life deserve credit. Besson draws on his own life in virtu aloney movies. Besson lacks presence of family and religion and in his movies the protagonist has to sacrifice one eff so as to attain another, which he feels to be of greater immenseness to his life. Introduction Luc Besson was born in Paris on March 18, 1959, and worn-out(a) most of his childhood living in the idyllic settings of various Mediterranean hideaways between Yugoslavia and Greece where his p arnts worked as diving instructors. A tragic diving happening when seventeen, put an end to his dreams of a career in marine biota and he diverted his interest to films and directing. He dropped out of school and move to Hollywood at the age of nineteen where he fagged terzetto years working on and learning about American films. on that point was a time when he used to watch a xii films a week so as to understand filmmaking. Considered the French like of Steven Spielberg, Besson is popular for creating fastpaced stylish and hugely budgeted films. What are noticeable in Bessons movies are the visual style, humor, pathos, and sense of direction, reflections on life and blood of modern society. (Susan Hayward, 1998) The Movies Luc Bessons movies can all be viewed not adept as movies but movies with a meaning. One of his major themes in all his movies is social existentialism - the decline of society and morality. The protagonist develops his own sense of morality and what is right and wron g in relation to their decline in society as a whole. What are noticeable in his movies are the absence of family and the demise of the community, which he brings out with great sophistication. His childhood spent near the sea and his passion for it and diving also had a difficult effect even on his work as can be seen from his movie The Big Blue.