Another superstar in the French film industry has fallen.
Jacques Perrin, a national treasure actor, director and documentary legend, died peacefully on April 21 at the age of 80. ▼
Just by looking at the name, you may not be familiar with him, but if you list the following blue documentary posters, you will suddenly realize that, yes, he is the producer and director of these big French documentaries.
Produced in 2009 and released in China in 2011, "Ocean" has a Douban score of 9.1. ▼
It took five years, cost more than $75 million, 50 live-action locations around the world, and assembled 12 film crews and 70 ships to show more than 100 species of the earth and more than 500 hours of marine shooting material.
A documentary that presents the underwater world to the audience in the most delicate and three-dimensional way.
In 2001, "Migrating Birds" was produced, with a Douban score of 9.1. ▼
Known as the most touching documentary in history, it took more than three years, cost $40 million, more than 600 people around the world participated in the filming, filmed in more than 50 countries and regions around the world, and used the world's best 17 pilots to follow the wings of migratory birds, and delicately show the world in front of the world.
Released in China in September 2016, "Four Seasons of the Earth" uses anthropomorphic expression to vividly and accurately depict the inner world of animals through the perspective of animals. ▼
Jacques-Behan and his team of more than 300 people have conducted in-depth research on the habits of thousands of animals in 8 countries, and even equipped each animal with a relevant expert for 5 years. ▼
Jacques Behan was born in Paris in July 1941 to a modest family.
Due to his parents' work, he grew up in the theater, and the flexible sound and light scenes on the theater stage brought endless joy to his childhood and inspired his lofty ambitions to become an excellent filmmaker in the future.
In 1961, he made his debut with the comedy "The Girl in the Suitcase", and at the age of 25 won the Venice Film Festival crown with the feature film "Half a Man". ▼
Jacques Behan in Suitcase Girl in 1961
Played the male protagonist Perrin
In 1965, his thriller Spotlight News, which he produced as a producer, won the 42nd Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1975, his production "Victory Song" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film again.
In 1967, he played a young blonde painter in the romance film "Willow Flowers"
In the 1988 blockbuster feature film Cinema Paradiso, Jacques played the adult protagonist Toto.
Among them, the tearful scene he saw in front of the big screen of the movie he saw in his childhood has touched many viewers, and this scene is believed to be unforgettable by many fans. ▼
Remember those cute kids in "Spring in the Cattle Herding Class"?
Yes, Jacques is also the producer of this French film that has touched countless Chinese audiences, which won the 17th European Film Awards for Best Picture. ▼
Jacques Behan, who switched freely between the three identities of actor, director and producer, was not satisfied with the great achievements he had made in the film industry in the first half of his life.
In the late '90s, he decided to turn his career into documentary production, completing one masterpiece after another with amazing willpower and persistent pursuit of observing nature.
Some of the most famous documentaries that Jacques Behan co-produced: "Microscopic World", "Himalayas" and "Migrating Birds", as well as "Ocean" and "Four Seasons of the Earth", all show the beautiful yearning of human beings for nature.
He showed us the most romantic and authentic recording method, so that everyone sighed: this is what I have always wanted to see!
Jacques-Behan should be called a documentary maniac.
"The best documentaries take time and patience to capture the best moments," he says.
It is also this dedication that makes his shooting technique known as the "Eye of God".
Since the protagonists of these nature-themed documentaries are all animals, the filming work is extremely complicated. Often a shot takes days or even years to complete.
If sister's favorite is this "Migrating Birds".
Jacques Behan and his photography team took off and landed with the birds, seeing the familiar world through their powerful wings.
In this film, in order to let the birds let their guard down, the shooting team of hundreds of people basically just "flew" around with the birds in the first year, and only began to shoot with the camera in the second year. ▼
In order to shoot birds flying at close range, the crew also produced a variety of new shooting equipment, such as powered umbrellas, light aircraft and aerial simulators hidden in the size of birds. ▼
You should know that at the time of the filming of this film, that is, around 2000, the drone follow-up technology had not yet been invented, and it was not possible to disturb the natural living of birds.
Jacques Behan said:
"'Migratory Birds' sent our photographer to the sky, which allowed us to discover that the world that birds saw was so real and natural, a world that we could not observe with the naked eye, and their lives were so beautiful."
If sister feels that behind Jacques Behan's dazzling identity, one of his best Titles should be a dreaming child, watching insects in a daze, wanting to fly with birds, and swimming with fish in the underwater world.
He took countless dreams in front of the screen, loved to discover the world we live in with all kinds of beautiful children to explore together, so that dreams come true.
All the way!