Leos Carax
Leos Carax
Alex Christophe Dupont, best known as Leos Carax, is a French film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was Boy Meets Girl, and his notable works include Les Amants du Pont-Neufand Holy Motors. His professional name is an anagram of his real name, 'Alex', and 'Oscar'...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 November 1960
CitySuresnes, France
CountryFrance
I'm not especially interested in actors or their life, double, triple identities and all that.
I changed my name when I was 13. I don't know why but it made sense at the time. I wanted another identity. I wanted to reinvent myself.
I mostly don't submit to talking about my work because I would like another talk about real life.
I don't think men were meant to be interviewed.
I've always been interested in invisible worlds, and I like to visit digital worlds, you know, any world that's imposed on us.
When I made my first film, I had hardly ever seen a camera before, and I was a young man when I arrived in Paris from the suburbs. At the time, I didn't talk much. I was very shy, so the bluff served me. I was telling people that I had no money, and that I knew how to make films, but I had no proof.
I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.
There's a real cowardice in the movie business. If you don't meet the right crazy people, you can't do it.
When I was 16, I felt very relieved to discover cinema. It was like an island where I could see life and death from another perspective. Every young person should be interested in that island. It's a beautiful place.
I like tragedies, whether they're sci-fi or something else, but I can't say I know much about any genre in particular.
I'm not against the virtual world; it's fascinating, but I don't like the way they try to impose it on us. It's a thing imposed by rich countries.
Video is freeing, but also lazier. You have to recreate the love of the moment.