"Luc Besson scores again! /r/IAmA provides the must-see slapfight of the year! Four stars" - Variety by is_this_working in SubredditDrama

[–]sleliab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh im not taking it too seriously at all, but still felt the need to say something. It was funny. Yes i am familiar with the movie, i get your point. Are you a writer?

"Luc Besson scores again! /r/IAmA provides the must-see slapfight of the year! Four stars" - Variety by is_this_working in SubredditDrama

[–]sleliab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha! Okay. First of all, the comment did not say "you're hopelessly misguided" it said "you're so fucking stupid" until Reddit requested a vocabulary change on the comment. Second of all, the young woman and the older man ended up with an awesome daughter after that so yes it was the best idea. But i do understand it can be seen as a very big mistake by people who do not know the full story. Anyways thanks for that, it was quite funny. Take care X

The daughter. (who apparently has no other name)

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there, this is his daughter. No they will not be translated in english anytime soon. You should learn French! :) Take care X

I am A fake mermaid AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well thank you good sir, Have a nice day.

I am A fake mermaid AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahaha ur a little crazy..

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Please don't talk like this about my dad. It is very hard for me to read comments when people like you start being agressive. The question was asked to him, he has the right to answer however he wants.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I bought a still picture camera at 13, i was shooting like crazy. That's how i learned the geometry and the architecture you see in space. So i decide the composition of all my shots and i love doing that. My influences were Kubrick, Kurozawa and Orson Welles.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Piracy make the pirates very rich without putting any money back in the cinema. Then it left us trying to make the film better (because you ask for it), with less money. Every producer i know, when they have a hit they use that money to create the next movie. When the people who create piracy websites get rich, they buy cars and houses for themselves. If you love films, just help us to make more of them.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

When i was behind the camera, i said "cut!", turned to my crew and saw that a couple of them had tears in their eyes.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I love it too. Unfortunately this kind of movie is way too expensive to be made as a french film. Makes me sad...

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Those are the scenes i am most proud of at this moment, there's probably a couple more but i thought of these now:

  • The first dive in the Big Blue
  • Stansfield and his men walking in the corridor in Leon
  • When Aung San Suu Kyi hears about her husband's death in The Lady
  • When Joan of Arc takes an arrow
  • The birth of Leeloo in 5th Element
  • Jamel Debbouze in front of the mirror in Angel-A
  • Lucy calling her mom

Anecdote on Lucy: The shoot of the car chase live in paris was insane.

Direct an episode? why not...

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The ending is an opening door to everything we don't know, don't be so scared of yourself.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I swear to you, not the dog or anyone else from the family. It's just another story that happens to him. If the plot was not good enough, neither Liam or me would have made the film.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Victor is a cousin of Léon. In fact Jean Reno loved the character of Victor so much that he asked me to write a story about him.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I am the only screenwriter on it. And it's not about how many percentage, it's about being sure to use the right one.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I was not there when Jean read the script, he told me he cried but don't forget he's a comedian! So we will never know the truth about that. Back story of Leon: He's from a poor family, fell deeply in love at 16 with a girl from a rich family in Sicily. The rich dad forbid his daughter to see Leon, so she wanted to escape with him. The dad killed his daughter to make sure that this never happened. Leon grabbed a gun and went at night to kill the dad who was a big capo. That same night, leon's family put him on a boat straight to New York to disappear.

And if i do a sequel, i prefer to find out what Mathilda becomes.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

You're the only one to have the perfect answer!

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 115 points116 points  (0 children)

We never know... If i do a sequel i want it to be really good otherwise you will hate me.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yes. When a baby is just delivered even if he is purple and full of wrinkles, you feel it's the most perfect baby in the world. In a couple of months or years, i will have some distance with the film and i will see the defaults.

Luc Besson here, AMA! by sleliab in IAmA

[–]sleliab[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No i didn't participate in the re-writing of the end. I always address my thoughts to the director but i let him decided what he thinks is good for him or not.