News culture “He copied me” Quentin Tarantino is said to have stolen an idea from this famous French director
One of the most famous and prolific French directors of the last few decades is clear… the great Quentin Tarantino would have stolen an idea from him and not just any idea. He has recently returned to this heist, but it will have no impact on their respective careers.
What Quentin Tarantino and…
There is something in common between one of the greatest active Hollywood direc tors and one of the greatest French filmmakers. Quentin Tarantino and Luc Besson had to quit after a tenth and final film.
The funny thing is that I talked to him about it a long time ago. So you could say he copied me. I was honest when I said that. I said it after making six or seven films. It was a way to concentrate and say to myself: “If I only have ten bullets in my gun, I have to be careful with the last three.” – Luc Besson
According to him, after the success of the above-mentioned films, he even turned down numerous offers from Hollywood. In order not to give in to the appeal of Hollywood studios and that of money, he made the decision to quit directing after ten films and not after one more film.
Hollywood offered me a lot of money and I didn’t want that. I wanted to stay myself, stay pure. I found a way to resist the Hollywood siren song: tell myself that I’ll stop at 10 films and that I couldn’t continue down this path if I had two left. I needed to do something more personal. -Luc Besson
Luc Besson’s career is not over yet
Luc Besson hasn’t directed 10 films, not even 11 or 12… T he French filmmaker has directed 20 films, including the short film L’Avant-dernier. In 2023 he returned to the cinema with a personal project that grossed well at the box office. With a budget of $20 million, DogMan only grossed 4 internationally, but. This poor performance doesn’t seem to stop the director in any way. He is currently working on two new projects.
Maybe I should do another film or two because I still have a lot to say. So I can tell you that I will do three films and then I will stop. After Dracula, there are two more and I won’t bother you anymore. -Luc Besson
