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Luc Besson: Visual France
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Besson has routinely found himself under attack by critical essays with titles like "Besson Murdered My Cinema." Besson, nothing if not obstinate, makes no apologies for his work. "In France we have this problem," he said. "We cannot admit that movies are ... an industry, that a movie is also fun."
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Already a huge hit in Besson's native France, Arthur and the Invisibles opens nationwide in the United States on Jan. 12. Besson, Highmore and Farrow recently spoke with reporters at a New York City hotel.
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``Kiss of the Dragon'' kicked into France with $1.9 million, boosted by the hype for Luc Besson, the picture's co-writer and producer. The actioner scored $380,000 in Malaysia, 365,000 in Singapore, $250,000 in the Philippines and $191,000 in Indonesia.
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Since then EuropaCorp has produced more than 50 movies, 20 of which Mr. Besson has written or co-written, and two that he wrote, produced and directed. Since opening in Paris last Christmas his “Arthur and the Invisibles ” — a Harry Potteresque children’s adventure that is a hybrid of live action and innovative 3-D animation — has earned nearly $110 million. And “Taxi 4,” the latest in a series of action comedies that Mr. Besson has written and produced, has taken in over $50 million in France alone in since mid-February.
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Filming Angel-A on his native soil turned out to be advantageous for Besson in another, more practical way. Because he’s revered as something of a national hero in France, the filmmaker got to shoot scenes at landmarks like the Eiffel Tower without any police interference.
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