What did the biggest set and The Lovers on the Bridge hit in French film history bring to director Léos Carax?

The two after “Pont Neuf”

However, although Escoffier remained a good understanding of the taciturn Carax for a long time, the two had a falling out after a fight. Although there may have been various reasons, Escoffier subsequently decided to move his main activities to the United States. As if the experience he had accumulated with Carax, he has worked with excellent directors with strong personalities, such as Harmony Korine's `` Gummo '' (1997) and Gus Van Sant's ` `Good Will Hunting '' (1997). The collaboration continues.

Carax, on the other hand, parted ways with Binoche, who was both a comrade and a lover, and imagines that it was a very difficult time for him. Eight years after ``Pont Neuf,'' he hired a different cameraman and completed his work `` Pola

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For Carax, movies were about life itself and human relationships. For Carax, who didn't understand the professional practice of meeting staff he didn't know only for filming and then disbanding after the shoot, and having few staff members to get along with, Escoffier was an important partner he couldn't let go of, as he could talk about anything.

Carax then reconciled with Escoffier, hoping to work with him. Just as they promised to work together next time, Escoffier suddenly passed away from heart disease in Los Angeles in 2003 at the age of 52. In that year, director Harmony Korine, who had worked with Escoffier on ``Gummo,'' produced ` `Mr. Lonely '' (2007), which also starred Denis Lavant and Carax.

Text: Koji Eguchi

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"The Lovers on the Bridge"

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