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Luc Besson’s “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc” labors under the misapprehension that Joan’s life is a war story and takes place largely on battlefields. In fact, it takes place almost entirely within the consciences of everyone involved. The movie does at least concede that a good part of Joan’s legend involves her trial for heresy and her burning at the stake, and these scenes may prove educational for the test audience members who wrote on their sneak preview cards, “Why does she have to die at the end?” Two of the best films ever made are about Joan of Arc: “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” by Carl Dreyer (1928), and “The Trial of Joan of Arc,” by Robert Bresson (1962). One of the worst, “Saint Joan” (1957), by Otto Preminger, had in common with Luc Besson’s movie the theory that Joan must look like a babe. Dreyer’s Joan was Falconetti, a French actress whose haunted face mirrored one of the greatest performances in cinema–the only one she ever gave. Preminger’s was Jean Seberg, found in Iowa after an international talent search. The search for her talent continued after the film was completed, and it was finally found in Godard’s “Breathless” two years later.
Besson has cast Milla Jovovich as his Joan. She was his wife at the time they started shooting. They have since split–although he says they would still be together if they could only have made movies 365 days a year, a statement that may provide more insight than he intended. Jovovich, who also starred in Besson’s “The Fifth Element,” is a healthy, cheerful, open-faced 24-year-old actress who seems much too robust and uncomplicated to play Joan.
The movie is a mess: a gassy costume epic with nobody at the center. So deficient is Besson at suggesting the conscience which rules Joan’s actions that the movie even uses another character, the Grand Inquisi Hayward, Susan. "11 Jeanne d’Arc: High epic style and politicising camp". The films of Luc Besson: Master of spectacle, edited by Susan Hayward and Phil Powrie, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007, pp. 161-174. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141811.00017 Hayward, S. (2007). 11 Jeanne d’Arc: High epic style and politicising camp. In S. Hayward & P. Powrie (Ed.), The films of Luc Besson: Master of spectacle (pp. 161-174). Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141811.00017 Hayward, S. 2007. 11 Jeanne d’Arc: High epic style and politicising camp. In: Hayward, S. and Powrie, P. ed. The films of Luc Besson: Master of spectacle. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 161-174. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141811.00017 Hayward, Susan. "11 Jeanne d’Arc: High epic style and politicising camp" In The films of Luc Besson: Master of spectacle edited by Susan Hayward and Phil Powrie, 161-174. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141811.00017 Hayward S. 11 Jeanne d’Arc: High epic style and politicising camp. In: Hayward S, Powrie P (ed.) The films of Luc Besson: Master of spectacle. Manchester: Manchester University Press; 2007. p.161-174. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526141811.00017 Copied to clipboard 1999 film by Luc Besson "Joan of Arc (1999 film)" redirects here. For the 1999 miniseries, see Joan of Arc (miniseries). The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc) is a 1999 English-language French epichistorical drama film directed by Luc Besson and starring Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway and Dustin Hoffman. The screenplay was written by Besson and Andrew Birkin, and the original score was composed by Éric Serra. The Messenger portrays the story of Joan of Arc, the French war heroine and religious martyr of the Hundred Years War. It begins with young Joan as she witnesses the atrocities of the English against her family, and she has visions that inspire her to lead the French in battle against the occupying English. Her success in routing the English allows Charles VII to take the throne. Eventually, Joan is captured by the English, tried and executed for heresy. Besson's previous film, The Fifth Element, which also stars Jovovich, was a critical and financial success, and had a positive influence on both of their careers. The Messenger was intended to follow that success and cement Besson's and Jovovich's status in film. However, it received mixed-to-negative reviews and underperformed at the box office, earning just $67 million on a $60 million budget. As a child, Joan of Arc had a violent and supernatural vision. She returns home to find her village burning. Her older sister, Catherine, tries to protect her by hiding her from the attacking English forces. While hiding, Joan witnesses the brutal murder and rape of her sister. In shock, Joan is taken in by distant relatives. Several years later in Chinon, the Dauphin and soon to be King of France, Charles VII, receives a message from the now-teenager Joan, asking him to provide an army to lead into battle against the occupying English. After meeting him and his mother-in-law Yolande of Arago 11 Jeanne d’Arc
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