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Patrice Leconte - most overlooked director on Internet?
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Author:  mary [ Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Patrice Leconte - most overlooked director on Internet?
Patrice Leconte's movies always get very little Internet buzz. Few moviefans on Internet likes to talk about his movie.

However, based on his recent US Box office record.

2000 -- The Girl On the Bridge US gross : $1.7 million
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2001 -- The Widow of Saint-Pierre US gross: $ 4 million
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2003 -- Man on the Train US gross: $2.5 million
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2004 -- Intimate Strangers US gross: $2.1 million
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This Box Office track record is modest overall but strong in the foreign language area.

It proves that Patrice Leconte has his fanbase in US.

Therefore, I can't figure out why his movies always get very little Internet buzz.
Many movie, which grossed less than all of four Patrice Leconte-directed movies, got much more Internet buzzes than all of four Patrice Leconte-directed movies. (ie. May, Dogville, Mean Creek, All the Real Girls, Equilibrium, Love Me If You Dare, Infernal Affairs........)

PS: Girl On The Bridge, Man on the Train, Intimate Strangers are released by Paramount Classics.
Author:  dolcevita [ Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:02 pm ]
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Huh, that interesting because I know all of them except Intimate Strangers, and he's even had huge actresses like Binoche in Widow.

I think it shad to do with the import nature. Imports that make headlines, Life is Beautiful, Hero, CTHD, Amelie, Motorcycle Diaries, were BIG grossers. All of them broke 15 million I believe, so they set out this foreign invasion type mania. People can relate to speaking about them communally. But in general, going into a rental place with foreign films is like going into a book store. Regardless of if the book or author is any good, the selection is just so huge that probably not more than a handful of people are familiar with the same names.

Its not just foreign films of course, there are India directors that have made a handful of movies that grossed decently, similar numbers, betwee, 2 and 4 million, and they are still unheard of. I'd list a few, but I haven't heard of any of them. :lol:

As in this case, i hadn't even noticed they were all by the same director? Mary, how did you come across this? Are you a fan of his?
Author:  mary [ Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:14 am ]
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dolcevita wrote:
Huh, that interesting because I know all of them except Intimate Strangers, and he's even had huge actresses like Binoche in Widow.

I think it shad to do with the import nature. Imports that make headlines, Life is Beautiful, Hero, CTHD, Amelie, Motorcycle Diaries, were BIG grossers. All of them broke 15 million I believe, so they set out this foreign invasion type mania. People can relate to speaking about them communally. But in general, going into a rental place with foreign films is like going into a book store. Regardless of if the book or author is any good, the selection is just so huge that probably not more than a handful of people are familiar with the same names.

Its not just foreign films of course, there are India directors that have made a handful of movies that grossed decently, similar numbers, betwee, 2 and 4 million, and they are still unheard of. I'd list a few, but I haven't heard of any of them. :lol:

As in this case, i hadn't even noticed they were all by the same director? Mary, how did you come across this? Are you a fan of his?


I'm too late to reply you, sorry...... :cry:

I think that audience demographic of Patrice Leconte's movies would be "wider" than those India movies, because his movie were released by a major studio's specialty division. (Except The Widow of Saint-Pierre , which was released by Lions Gate.)
Man on the Train is also doing surprisly well business in home-video market. This movie was one of the five movies which got "Foreign Language Title of the Year" nomination at VSDA's 2004 Home Entertainment Awards.

I didn't love The Widow of Saint-Pierre and Man on the Train, but I love Intimate Strangers and The Girl On the Bridge . :razz:
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