What do you say to people who think French cinema is just mimes, abstract images, and red balloons?
Cinema is an art form and as any other art form reflects the evolution of society. It also changes all the time. French cinema is on a new curve of a change as well. It happens in a good way and in a bad way. The change is mostly stimulated by a lot of new talents and a new way of producing films. Producers began to be much more involved in the development and in the creative process. Today they pay much more attention to the audience than to the ego trip of an “author” (writer-director). At the same time the bureaucratic structure of the film industry in France is still covering up for the pretentiousness and an intellectual complex of a lot of film makers. This has been always a “cultural tradition” in France. To succeed we just have to find the right balance between “artisanal” and “industrial.” Stunt-wise, how much of District 13: Ultimatum is real and how much CGI/wire-work? All the movie is real and made by the two leading actors. They were trained in stunts (like Cyril Rafaelli)
