Peter Jackson is seen as “a geek who managed” – 20minutes.fr

CINEMA Peter Jackson is not only the director of the “Hobbit” and the saga of the “Lord of the Rings “…

Ian McKellen (in . right) poses in her costume Gandalf with Peter Jackson during the filming of “Hobbit”, July 26, 2013. – AP Photo / Peter Jackson

Caroline Vié

• • Created 09/12/2014 at 07:15
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It is far time Peter Jackson realized the gorissime Bad Taste (1987) and confessed not to have included female characters because he had no girls in relationships. Today, the super geek has become a revered director with whom the greatest actresses Naomi Watts Cate Blanchett through Evangeline Lilly, turning with delight. In a few years, he also placed New Zealand on the world cinema map.

Beginnings delusional

Few viewers remember that the filmmaker began with films not really made for the general public. After the well named Bad Taste é where heroes literally exploded, Jackson is dedicated to the Feebles (1989), a sort of “Muppet Show” trash and Brain Dead (1992), extremely bloody zombie movie. Difficult to recognize the director of The Hobbit in these schoolboys delusions. “I do not deny any of these early works, says Jackson. They trained me and initiated special effects. ” It has calmed down a bit with the very dreamlike Heavenly Creatures (1994) and fun Ghosts Ghosts against (1996).

An intact passion for the 7th Art

If Peter Jackson then produced more commercial films, the fan still vibrates in him. “I keep intact my passion for popular culture, he says. I consider myself a geek who has succeeded. ” It is this passion that moves when he develops the HFR (High Frame Fate), a very fluid projection technique in 48 frames per second instead of the usual 24 images or when he developed an attraction inspired by his King Kong (2005) for Universal theme parks. “Talking with Peter cinema is as exciting as watching his films,” says Orlando Bloom, aka Legolas.

A benevolent master of his kingdom movie

At the head of a studio, of WingNut Films, his production company and a company WETA special effects known around the world, Peter Jackson ruled the film world without having to leave his native New Zealand. “Peter is a leader of men, a great filmmaker and an incredibly generous human being who can unite a team around him,” says his partner Andy Serkis, who was Gollum and King Kong before becoming director of a second team The Hobbit, The Battle of Five Armies. Peter Jackson showed blandly that could be a geek and have the power.

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