We know: any classification can be discussed! But here is the one from the editorial staff of Le Moustique, to catch up on the programs that you haven’t had time to watch
3) Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Be Cinema on demand): Adil and Bilall, the good boys
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With Bad Boys: Ride Or Diethe Belgian director duo has definitely conquered Hollywood.
Their meteoric rise has all the makings of the American dream, but it was in Belgium that Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah began their careers. Noted for their graduation film at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels, the two friends didn’t wait to co-direct their first two feature films, including Blacka sort of Romeo and Juliet transposed to the heart of the urban strips of Brussels.
Enough to catch the eye of the famous Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of a bunch of blockbusters such as Le flic de Beverly Hills, Top Gun…and the first two parts of Bad Boysreleased in 1995 and 2003. The idea being to relaunch the franchise played by another duo, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. It will be Bad Boys For Lifein 2020, followed last year by Bad Boys: Ride Or Die. Adil and Bilall behind the camera, Will and Martin in front: two winning tandems with as much box office success.
All in all, a fairly logical collaboration, as Adil El Arbi explained to Mosquito when the film was released: “This franchise is something very personal for us. We recognize ourselves in the relationship between these two characters, we are always together in good times and bad. When Will Smith and Martin Lawrence see us directing this film, there is a mirror effect”.
In fact, almost thirty years after the first Bad Boysthe two actors always get along like thieves in these new adventures rewarded with some spectacular action scenes which the two co-directors have made their trademark. What to look forward to the release of Patsers – continuation of Patser – next February 19, filmed in Antwerp. – O.C.
Bad Boys: Ride Or Die ★★✩✩
2) Gene Kelly leads the way (Arte TV documentary): Enter the dance
An exceptional actor and dancer, Gene Kelly left his mark on musical comedy.
“The easier a number looks, the more work it requires. No matter how much you work and sweat, you should never let the viewer think that you are working hard.”
A perfectionist athlete of the stage, Gene Kelly reinvented the Hollywood musical, offering it pure masterpieces of the genre, such as An American in Paris and his fabulous 17-minute ballet to the music of George Gershwin, or even Let’s sing in the rainwhich evokes the difficult transition from silent cinema to talkies at the end of the 1920s.
A comedy, certainly, but which evokes for Kelly an adolescent wound about which he confided very little: seller of gramophones equipping cinemas, his father lost his job during the advent of sound cinema and sank in alcoholism.
A tragic event which will nevertheless be at the origin of the actor’s career: “During the Great Depression, my younger brother Fred helped pay our college tuition. He earned more than the rest of the family combined from dancing. I asked him to teach me tap dancing. This is what I learned first”.
The Kelly Brothers duo is launched, marking the beginning of a vocation. Later, Gene would tap dance with the mouse Jerry and the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, constantly pushing the limits of his art and embodying the American hero par excellence, without ever becoming big-headed.
Featuring numerous archives and extracts from interviews with the actor, the documentary Gene Kelly leads the way traces the man’s prolific career, while also evoking his youth and his commitment to civil rights. A remarkable journey that has enchanted generations of spectators. – O.C.
Gene Kelly leads the way ★★★✩
1) Pretty Woman, a Hollywood fairy tale (Arte TV documentary)
A prostitute story at Disney? Unthinkable… except with Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman!
three thousand: it was the title of a scenario in which a businessman offers 3,000 dollars to a young prostitute to spend a week with him. A scabrous subject in appearance, but which director Garry Marshall will transform into a modern version of Cinderella, with the approval of the Disney house, surprisingly enthusiastic about such a project.
The rest is known: renamed late Pretty Womanthe film would become Hollywood’s highest-grossing romantic comedy. And this, thanks to its legendary duo formed by Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.
Irresistible in her role as an explosive and flamboyant female character, the young woman will reach the rank of star, while rejoicing that her celebrity status “advanced the cause of women in cinema and imposed a new standard for them to be paid like men”. The Arte documentary looks back at the genesis of this timeless film carried by the crazy talent of its main actress. O.C.
Pretty Woman, a Hollywood fairy tale ★★★✩
