vhfmh

FILM: Death of Georges Lautner, director of "Flingueurs Tontons"

 

He died at the age of 87 years. Georges Lautner, popular and prolific filmmaker, director of the cult film "The Tontons gunslingers" and many successes of Jean -Paul Belmondo, died Friday, November 22, following a long illness.

With forty films to his credit in sixty-year career of "Barbouzes" to "Cop or Hood," through the "The Professional", Georges Lautner turned with the greatest Jean-Paul Belmondo, to whom he gave some of his greatest triumphs, Bernard Blier, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Jean Yanne, Mireille Darc ...

Born in Nice January 24, 1926, Georges Lautner had discovered as a child the world of dark rooms by her mother, actress Renée Saint-Cyr, who later appeared in several of his films. He began studying law before making his first steps in cinema from 1949, as assistant director.

Ratings success

He signed his first film in 1958, "La Vie en Rose buttons". Then, in 1960, he directed "Sink or Swim", Bernard Blier, marking the beginning of a long collaboration with the actor.

In 1961, he met the popular success with "The Black Monocle" thriller that allows Paul Meurisse shine in French secret agent. Two years later, Georges Lautner knows the consecration with "Les Tontons gunslingers" comedy driven by cults replicas screenwriter Michel Audiard.

Ratings success guaranteed to each of his television appearances, the film with Bernard Blier, Lino Ventura, Francis Blanche, Jean Lefebvre and Robert Dalban celebrate Wednesday 50 years of his theatrical release. "I've never understood the miracle of 'Tontons gunslingers' through the ages," said the filmmaker, who is annoyed by this success, because other ambitions .

Close-ups and tight fit

Adept closeups, Georges Lautner knew also give rhythm to his films with a tight fit. "Michel Audiard said that he was the king of editors," recalls Remy Julienne, who performed stunts in many of his films. "He had the knowledge of popular cinema."

After the "Tonton", the duo Lautner / Audiard then connects the audience success between comedies and thrillers franchouillard gangsters, which appear in turn Lino Ventura, Jean Lefebvre, Francis White or Mireille Darc: "The Great Spy Chase" (1964), "Do not get angry" (1966), "The Suitcase" (1973) ...

In the late 1970s, Georges Lautner made two darker movies with Alain Delon ["Breasts ice" and "Death of a rotten"] before rotating who would become his great friend Jean-Paul Belmondo. "Cop or Hood" (1978), "The guignolo" (1980), "The Professional" (1981), a huge commercial success in musical theme signed Ennio Morricone, or "Happy Pa question ".

In the 1980s, success is rare, even if it still meets the public in 1986 with "The Murdered House" with Patrick Bruel. In 1992, "Bebel" which will play the hero of the last film by Georges Lautner, "Strangers in the house."

With AFP