Alexis Patri 3:00 p.m., September 25, 2021
At the microphone of Isabelle Morizet in the show "There is not only one life in life" on Saturday, the writer Jean-Christophe Grangé looks back on his personal and professional career.
And in particular his experiences in the cinema, a universe where the sums at stake oblige to tell that everything always goes for the best.
INTERVIEW
He is perhaps the writer who knows the world of cinema the best.
All of Jean-Christophe Grangé's novels have been adapted on screen.
Starting with his greatest success,
Les Rivières Pourpres
, brought to cinema in 2000 by Jean Reno.
However, the writer draws up an unflattering observation of the world of cinema.
He explains why on Saturday at the microphone of Isabelle Morizet on Europe 1, on the occasion of her invitation to the show
There is not only one life in life
.
"There is a rule of the tongue of wood," he said.
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"When the actors and directors are interviewed for the promotion of a film, it is the world of Care Bears", quips Jean-Christophe Grangé.
“It was always the best movie they've ever made. Everyone got along perfectly. I can tell you that in general a movie is just the opposite. Nothing goes as planned. Everyone's arguing. And at the end, when you have a movie, it's almost fluke. "
"It never goes"
That the writer, accustomed to working alone, the problem of the cinema lies in the fact that "too many people who have a voice in the chapter". "It's a team effort made with people who have huge ego and who are not at all made to unite," he explains. "So everyone has their own ideas. Ideas contradict each other. We come to compromises which are always subject to this huge question of money. In addition to weather reports, technical stories, etc. It never works. "
However, a shoot finds thanks to his eyes, his first.
"The marvelous shoot was the shooting of the
Purple Rivers
. There is an expression that the world of cinema loves: the alignment of the planets. We were able to do
Les
Rivières Pourpres
with a
lot
of money and I was able to have this indescribable happiness to see my book put into images. "
An experience which he did not fully benefit from at the time.
"I will not tell you that I was happy then, because you are stunned," recalls the novelist.
"You don't really understand what's happening to you."