Episode 49: Luc Besson On The Music Of Valerian, The Big Blue, Leon & Nikita

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Edith Bowman

Music, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to stylish movie-making, you can generally rely on the French. And one man with Gallic flair in abundance is Luc Besson.

The genial Parisian has been involved in over 100 films as either a writer, producer or director - including much loved cult classics Nikita, The Big Blue and Leon. His latest project is CGI sci-fi epic Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets, a sumptuous visual feast based on the comics he loved as a kid.

Much of Luc's work has been scored by his longtime friend Eric Serra, of which more in a moment. But in the case of Valerian, he turned to Alexandre Desplat, just to shake things up a little bit ...

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0:43.3	When it comes to stylish movie making, you can generally rely on the French.
0:46.8	One man with Gaelic flair in abundance is Luke Besant.
0:53.2	The Genie L Parisian has been involved in over 100 films as either a writer, producer or director,
0:57.9	including much-loved cult classics, Nikita, the Big Blue and Leon. His latest project is CGI sci-fi epic, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,
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