Who are the big names in Hollywood that Luc Besson fought against during the production of "The Big Blue"? ?

"The Big Blue" synopsis

Modeled after the legendary freediver Jacques Mayol, this film depicts the friendship between a young man who loves the deep sea and interacts with dolphins, and his best friend. A deep-sea fantasy filled with compassion for the ocean, divers, and dolphins.

"You realize that there are many paths that don't bear fruit, and how complicated the simple path can sometimes be."

This text, filled with bitterness and grudge, is the prologue to a photo book published in 1996, and describes the process of producing a certain work by a director. That work is ``The Big Blue,'' which is the main character in the photo book, and the director is, of course, Luc Besson, who was the driving force behind the completion of the film.

``The Big Blue''. Modeled after the legendary freediver Jacques Mayol, it depicts the friendship between a young man who loves the deep sea and interacts with dolphins, and his best friend, and is a film that is loved by the core fanatics known as "The Big Blue Generacion" who still love movies at the time of its release. have. It's not an exaggeration, but it's a deep-sea fantasy full of compassion for the ocean, divers, and dolphins that will go down in movie history.

However, Besson says that, contrary to the film's incredible transparency, behind the scenes there were some fishy tactics unique to the film industry that people don't want to believe. For now, let's take his side and proceed with the discussion.

Index

• A shocking encounter that made a 17-year-old boy turn to movies
• Warren Beatty suddenly intervenes in "The Big Blue"
• A young Frenchman who gets caught up in the movie business.
• Rights that were transferred before the script was drafted

A shocking encounter that made a 17-year-old boy turn to movies

The beginning was like a coming-of-age movie. 1976. Besson, then a 17-year-old genius diver, headed for southern Italy with his favorite fins as soon as he finished his final Baccalaureate exam in June, when the sea finally started to shine blue. To immerse myself in scuba diving. However, Besson's excessive diving, totaling 180 times over three months, took a toll on his 17-year-old body, worsening his sinusitis, and his doctor banned him from scuba for the rest of his life.

Besson, deprived of his purpose in life and depressed, bursts into tears one night after watching a movie shown at an ancient theater. Watch a free diver dive 100 meters below the surface of the water and resurface to the divine sight. That's how I met Jacques Mayol. At that time, Besson vowed to himself, ``Someday, someone will have to make a great movie about the ocean.''

"The Big Blue" © Photofest / Getty Images

The following year, in 1977, Besson chose film as an alternative to diving and decided to make ``The Big Blue'' as an outlet for his energy. This was, so to speak, the end of the youth film, and at the same time, the beginning of the real industry's inside drama.

Seven years later, in 1984, Besson was working on `` Subway '' and was a little fed up with the Diva demeanor of leading actress Isabelle Adjani, but that hardship was overcome by his feature-length debut, `` The Last Battle, '' released the previous year. I managed to clear it with the patience I had cultivated over time. The problem is Warren Beatty, who was invited by Adjani to tour the studio. At the time, Beatty had won the coveted Academy Award for Best Director for ` `Reds '' (1981) and was set to co-star with Adjani in his next film, ``Ishtar'' (1987).