2024-10-29
1 小时 11 分钟My guest today is a French film director and pioneer in the world of digital imaging.
Born in Paris, he studied architecture and medicine at university before joining the film industry, he co founded Duran Dubois, a post production house that created visual effects for music videos by artists including Prince, Madonna, Lenny Kravitz and Boy George.
As a VFX pioneer, he formed a close collaboration with the director Jean Pierre Jeunet, with whom he worked on the feature films Delicatessen City of Lost Children and alien resurrection.
In 2001, my guest made his directorial debut with Vidocq, which holds the Guinness World record as the world's first all HD movie released ahead of Star Wars Episode 2 Attack of the Clones.
Two years later, he directed Catwoman, starring Halle Berry in the lead role.
Since then, my guest has produced more than a dozen Films and in 2019 co founded the virtual reality company 6th Sense VR which specializes in culture and well being.
Welcome Pitof.
Thank you very much.
So, pitov, it's the 20th anniversary of Catwoman.
I'm interested.
When you think back to that time, is it a moment you look back on fondly or is it more complicated?
It's quite complicated, to be honest with you.
But the thing is, now, 20 years later, what is fantastic is the revival of Catwoman and the new generation of audience, like see Catwoman for what it is, like a fun, you know, uplifting movie and not like back in the days where people were fighting against Batman, all that stuff.
You know, the big thing people had against Catwoman back then was Catwoman was not included in Batman universe, not in Gotham City, not in the wisdom, not any other DC Comics character.
And.
But that was a plan.
The plan was to start a new franchise and to develop around Catwoman, who's a fascinating character, something new and.
But now the young generation, you know, see things very differently or much more open and live in the presence.
And they are happy with whatever.
Happy or not happy, of course, with whatever they have.