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Feb 19, 2024 · But as you’ll see from our conversation, Jeunet doesn’t share a lot in common with his optimistic heroine. And that’s the point: The filmmaker, who had previously made “Delicatessen” and “The City of Lost Children” (both with co-director Marc Caro ), wanted to do something hopeful, even though he’s a glass-half-empty guy himself.
Feb 14, 2024 · Recently, Jeunet, who is as busy as ever these days currently working on an adaptation of Valérie Perrin’s “Fresh Water for Flowers,” spoke with the assistance of his American-born wife Liza Sullivan, who he met as an assistant editor on “Alien Resurrection,” about the legacy of “Amélie,” capturing the spirit of his home country ...
Mar 14, 2016 · The titular heroine’s search for love and meaning in Montmartre made the world fall for her and the city as viewed through her eyes. Amélie, released in 2001, is one of the UK’s highest-grossing foreign language films.
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Feb 14, 2024 · ‘Amélie’ director Jean-Pierre Jeunet reflects on the very French, very successful fairy tale he imagined after leaving Hollywood: ‘We made something a little fake.’
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- The Title Character Was Named After Emily Watson.
- Jeunet Found His Star on A Movie Poster.
- A Whole Bunch of Girls Are Named Amélie Because of it.
- The Apartment Interior Scenes Were Shot in A Studio. in Germany.
- The Musical Score—Or Lack of One—Might Be Why The Film Didn’T Play at Cannes.
- It’S The Highest-Grossing French Film Ever Released in America.
- The Coffee Shop Became A Tourist Attraction.
- It’S A Very Colorful Film, But Blue Is Rarely One of The Colors.
Director and co-writer Jean-Pierre Jeunet wrote the part, in French, for English actress Emily Watson, and named the main character Emily. When Jeunet realized Watson’s considerable acting talent didn’t come across as well when she wasn’t speaking her native language, he revised the script to indicate Emily had grown up in England. But Watson event...
According to Jeunet, he was walking the streets of Paris not long after Emily Watson dropped out, pondering her replacement, when he saw a poster for Venus Beauty, featuring one Audrey Tautou. “I was struck by a pair of dark eyes, a flash of innocence, an unusual demeanor,” he said. “I set up a meeting and she tried for the part. After 10 seconds, ...
Assuming, in this case, that correlation equals causation. In 2000, the year before the movie came out, there were 12 babies in England and Wales given the name Amélie. The number shot up to 250 in 2002, and by 2007, there were around 1,100 new Amélies per year. The number has held steady ever since. The trendwas similar in the U.S., with Amélie no...
Cologne, specifically. Jeunet shot there, rather than at home in France, to qualify for tax incentives.
There was a bit of a brouhaha when Amélie opened in France to rapturous reviews and then wasn’t invited to play at the Cannes Film Festival, even though such invitations are common for homegrown critical favorites. Jeunet said the festival director just “didn’t find the film very interesting,” but there was another twist: the selection committee ha...
Amélie made $33.2 million in the U.S., easily surpassing the $20.4 million made by the previous record-holder, La Cage aux Folles(though not if you adjust for inflation).
Jeunet used a real cafe, really called Café des Deux Moulins, for Amélie’s workplace and the center of much of the film’s action. Next time you’re in Paris, you’ll find it at 15 Rue Lepic in Montmartre, looking approximately like it does in the movie, except that now the crème brûlée is named after Amélie, and tourists are always taking pictures of...
In general, the color palette is warm, with lots of reds, yellows, and greens; though another French movie has since implied otherwise, blue is not a warm color. When you do see blue in Amélie, it’s usually to provide contrast, and it was often added in post-production.
Nov 28, 2004 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet worked for years to make the film version he wanted of the novel 'A Very Long Engagement,' a story with his favorite sort of heroine.
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May 23, 2010 · May 21, 2010. A JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET film can be easy to detect, if not always simple to dissect. Quirky characters, intricately designed sets, exaggerated color tones and a tilt toward the surreal...
