Leos Carax
Birthday:
November 22, 1960 in Suresnes, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Birth Name:
Alexandre Oscar Dupont
Height:
168 cm
Leos Carax made several short films and also wrote film criticism, then at the age of 24 years made a very strong first feature Boy Meets Girl (1984). The film played at the 1984 Cannes film festival and was a critical triumph. It paved the way for Carax's second feature Mauvais sang (1986) (Bad Blood). That film was a giant step forward in th...
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Leos Carax made several short films and also wrote film criticism, then at the age of 24 years made a very strong first feature Boy Meets Girl (1984). The film played at the 1984 Cannes film festival and was a critical triumph. It paved the way for Carax's second feature Mauvais sang (1986) (Bad Blood). That film was a giant step forward in the same direction that he was going in with his first film. Both films were visually stunning and focused on young love and also alienation. With his reputation and talent at its peak, he set out to make what seemed it seemed like would be another triumph. Les amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) (The Lovers on the Bridge) was the result of three long years of very difficult production; Carax spent a fortune building some of the sets and filming some mind-blowing sequences. Unfortunately, neither critics nor audiences favored what was a truly grand vision of the themes he dealt with in his first two films. Carax went into an a 8 year long exile, but finally returned with Pola X (1999). It was a departure from his other films and another critical flop. Show less «
[on Denis Lavant playing Alex in Holy Motors (2012)] If Denis had said no, I would have offered the part to Lon Chaney or to Chaplin. Or to ...Show more »
[on Denis Lavant playing Alex in Holy Motors (2012)] If Denis had said no, I would have offered the part to Lon Chaney or to Chaplin. Or to Peter Lorre or Michel Simon, all of whom are dead. Show less «
[on Pola X (1999)] The film was thought to be in three parts, three chapters. There's the one chapter in the countryside, called 'In the Lig...Show more »
[on Pola X (1999)] The film was thought to be in three parts, three chapters. There's the one chapter in the countryside, called 'In the Light.' I knew this chapter would be light, it would be green and white, green for nature. I dyed all of the actors' hairs blonde and put them in white shirts. So I was trying to find a way to expose this young girl in a shot that would be really white and surrounded by green. So the film is going from light to darkness and rust. (...) So there was a conscious [decision] of going from light to dark, and from 35mm to 16mm. [Sept. 2000] Show less «
