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Alex: I'm going to wind up a loser. Yet I stood a chance. I wanted to be someone outstanding: flyer, traveler, musician... Can't I be reborn?
Leos Carax
Leos Carax (Leos Carax), born on November 22, 1960 in Paris, France, is a French director, screenwriter and actor.
In 1980, he directed his first short film "The Strangle of Melancholy". In 1983, he directed his first film " Boy Meets Girl "
[1]
, which was nominated for the Best Debut Award at the 10th French Film César Award
[2]
, and won the 37th Cannes International Film Festival Youth Award - Best French Film Awards. In 1986, he directed the love crime film " Mauvais sang "
[3]
, which won the Special Mention Award of the International Art Film Alliance Award at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1991, the love film " Lovers on the Ninth Bridge " directed by him was released
[4]
, which was nominated for the 46th British Academy Film Awards Film Award-Best Non-English Film Award
[5]
. In 1997, directed the short story "Untitled". In 1999, he directed the love movie " Pola X "
[6]
, which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 52nd Cannes International Film Festival. In 2002, directed the short film "Carla Bruni: Quelqu'un m'a dit". In 2008, with Bong Joon ho , Michel Gondry co-directed the fantasy film " TOKYO! "
[7]
. In 2012, Leos Carax won the Golden Leopard Award of Honor at the 65th Locarno International Film Festival
[8]
In the same year, he directed the fantasy film " Holy Motors "
[9]
, for which he was nominated for the Best Director Award at the 38th French Film Caesar Awards
[10]
.
Early Experience
On November 22, 1960, Leos Carax was born into a middle-class family in Paris, France. Like many legendary directors, Karax had no formal film education. At the age of 13, he broke away from his parents by rearranging the letters of his original name, Alexander-Oscar-Dupon, to Leos Carax. When he was 17 years old, Carax came to Paris and began to watch a lot of old movies in the film archives, like his predecessors of the "New Wave", many of them were silent films, and of course there were also many classic works of the "New Wave". At the age of 18, he started working for Cahiers du Cinéma, writing about Jean-Luc Godard
.
Performing Experience
In 1980, he directed his first short film "The Strangle of Melancholy". In 1983, he directed his first film " Boy Meets Girl "
, which was nominated for the 10th French Film César Award for Best Debut Award
and won the 37th Cannes International Film Festival Youth Award - Best French Film Award.
In 1986, directed the love crime film " Mauvais sang " starring Denis Lavant and Michel Piccoli
, which tells the story of Alex and a beautiful woman Anna embarking on a life and death journey, won the 37th Berlin International Film Special mention at the International Art Film Federation Award, Alfred Bauer Award at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1991, the love film " Lovers on the Ninth Bridge " directed by him was released
, which was nominated for the 46th BAFTA Film Award - Best Non-English Film Award
. In 1997, directed the short story "Untitled".
In 1999, he directed the love film " Pola X " co-starring Guillaume Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve
, which was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 52nd Cannes International Film Festival. In 2002, directed the short film "Carla Bruni: Quelqu'un m'a dit". In 2006, he was the director of the short film "My Last Minute". In 2008, he directed the musical short "Mr. Dung's Praise"; in the same year, he co-directed the fantasy film " TOKYO! " with Bong Joon ho and Michel Gondry . , co-starring Yu Aoi and Kagawa Teruyuki
.
In 2010, he co-directed the fantasy short film "42 Points and a Dream" with Kenneth Angel , Asia Argento, etc. In the same year, he served as the judge of the Golden Goblet Award for the main competition unit of the 13th Shanghai International Film Festival
. In 2012, Leos Carax won the honorary Golden Leopard Award at the 65th Locarno International Film Festival
; in the same year, he directed the fantasy film " Holy Motors " co-starring Denis Lavant, Edith Scob and Kylie Minogue , which tells the story of a man in " "Parallel Space", experienced stories of murderers, beggars, CEOs, monsters and other identities within 24 hours
, and was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival
and the best French film Caesar Award. Film Award
, he was nominated for the Best Director Award at the 38th French Film César Awards for this film
. In 2014, directed the short film "Gerhardiva".
In 2021, the film " Annette " directed by Leos Carax will become the opening film of the 74th Cannes Film Festival and will be shortlisted for the main competition unit.
Personal Life
Leos Carax's parents are journalists. In 1991, she dated Juliette Binoche while directing the film Lovers on the Ninth Bridge . After the film, Carax was abandoned by French cinema, and he and Juliette Binoche split. In 2005, he adopted a Russian baby girl
.
Character Evaluation
Leos Carax is a French director
with a personal touch, with a personal language style of "answering irrelevant questions"
. As a special director, he has a sensitive, neurotic and elusive character, which is unforgettable review).
Although Leos Carax is a veritable "low-production director", he occupies an irreplaceable and noble position in the hearts of many filmmakers and fans
. His feature film debut "Boy Meets Girl" is a rhapsody in which love and desire, hope and despair roll over in the film. Since then, his film "Mauvais sang" has continued the gloomy tone of the previous film, but this grotesque film covers science fiction, love, highway and noir elements. In addition, he skillfully used long shots to vividly show the scene of the hero Alex running and rolling, which has become the epitome of all his films .
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