Culture news “He copied me” Quentin Tarantino allegedly stole an idea from this renowned French director
One of the best-known and most prolific French directors of recent decades is clear… the great Quentin Tarantino would have stolen an idea from him and not just any idea. He recently returned to this pilferage which will have no impact on their respective careers.
What Quentin Tarantino and…
There is something in common between one of the greatest active Hollywood directors and one of the greatest French filmmakers. Quentin Tarantino and Luc Besson had to stop after a tenth and final film. If the American has been able to keep this commitment, it is different for the French. But let’s return to today’s topic for a moment. This idea of ending his career after 10 feature films came from Luc Besson and not from Quentin Tarantino. In an interview with The Discourse podcast by the mind behind The Fifth Element and Léon, he said:
The funny thing is, I talked to him about this a long time ago. So you could say he copied me. I was honest when I said that. I said it after having made six or seven films. It was a way to focus and tell myself, “If I only have 10 bullets in my gun, I have to be careful with the last three.” – Luc Besson
According to him, he even refused numerous offers made by Hollywood following the success of the films mentioned above. It was in order not to give in to the appeals of the Hollywood studios and that of money that he made the decision to stop being a director after 10 films and not one more. The future will ultimately prove him wrong.
Hollywood was offering me a lot of money and I didn’t want that. I wanted to stay myself, stay pure. To resist the Hollywood siren song, I found a way: to tell myself that I was stopping at 10 films and that if I had two left, I couldn’t go down that path. I had to do something more personal. – Luc Besson
Luc Besson’s career is not ready to end
Luc Besson has not directed 10 films, nor even eleven or twelve… The French filmmaker has gone behind the camera 20 times, including the short film “L’Avant-dernier”. In 2023, he returned to theaters with a personal project which grossed well at the box office With a budget of 20 million US dollars, DogMan only grossed 4 internationally, but. This poor performance does not seem to stop the director in any way. He is currently working on two new projects. The first is none other than Dracula: A Love Tale scheduled for 2025. The second is known as Urban Beach.
Maybe I should make one more film or two, because I still have a lot to tell. So, I can tell you that I’m going to make three films and then I’ll stop. After Dracula, there are two others and I won’t bother you anymore. – Luc Besson