“We were so ready [with Valerian] that we were early, which is unheard of in the history of the sci-fi film.” Quote by Luc Besson
“My biggest surprise is probably the level of involvement of all the artists [in Valerian] who participated at every level.” ArtistLevelsSurpriseInvolvement Author:Luc Besson
“I was kind of surprised that, about 99 percent of the people grabbed the thing [in Valerian].You know it's their thing. And I'm very impressed by that.” PeopleKnowsKindPercentImpressed Author:Luc Besson
“You know, it's not my film [Valerian], it's really their film. It's very strange. And maybe because it's more when you comes to the Marvel films it's way much more organized and plan, you know, they planned. Okay, we have Thor here, we have this and then we do The Avengers, and then we group. You know, it's much more organized. So maybe there is a little less freedom at the end for the creative people. Where I did the entire opposite. I let them help me, you know. So that's also why maybe they were so involved.” PeopleKnowsWayLittlesEndsHelpingFilmCreativePlansGroupsStrangeInvolvedOkayOppositesOrganizedHelp MeCreative PeopleAvengers Author:Luc Besson
“For example, in your house, you have the heater on the ground itself. Here, it's the gravity. No matter where you are, that's where the gravity is coming from. It's almost like a carpet that you put down. If you're on the other side, it doesn't matter to us because we're still walking on the ground. Actually, at the beginning of the film [Valerian], we see when they install the gravity system.” IfsStillsMatterFilmHouseSidesExampleWalkingWhere You AreGravityCarpet Author:Luc Besson
“That's the storyboard that we have in the beginning [of Valerian]. It's an easy shot. It's just a spaceship coming in. That's the first layout. On the first layout, we see the timing of the shot and the speed. It starts to get some shadows, and we see that everything is moving in the back.” FirstsMovingEasyShotsShadowSpeedTimingSpaceshipsMoving InLayout Author:Luc Besson
“That's a KORTAN DAHUK. That's the first alien we see in the film [Valerian]. That's another artist. The first one was Chinese, the one with the space station. This one is American. Personally, that's my favorite alien. I love him. I love his profile and his face. There is such a sweetness and almost a sadness in his face.” FirstsFilmFacesArtistSpaceSadnessMy FavoriteAliensChineseStationsSweetnessProfileI Love Him Author:Luc Besson
“Sometimes I see people finish a film and they go, "Yeah, that was good. Where are we going to eat?"” PeopleSometimesFilmYeah Author:Luc Besson
“We have [in Valerian] a bible that's 600 pages. There are five pages on each alien and where they come from. Even the address you can check on the map. On the star map. It's real numbers.” RealStarsNumbersFivePagesChecksAliensAddressesMaps Author:Luc Besson
“I wrote the entire history of Alpha because the space station was around for 500 years. I have 30 pages on the history of Alpha. Every ten years what happens. They took control and what happened. Every 80 years, they have to change the communication system because it doesn't work anymore. Some aliens come with new technology, and suddenly you can change the electric system. We wrote the entire story [for Valerian]” YearsStoriesHappensSpaceTechnologyHappenedCommunicationTenPagesAliensStationsElectricNew TechnologyAlphas Author:Luc Besson
“When Cara [Delevingne] and Dane [DeHaan] arrived, I told their agent, "They need to know all this." I gave them the 600 pages. I said, "You have to learn everything. You're a cop. You need to know the names." I don't want him, when he meets an alien to go, "Whoa" like this. I want him to know if this guy is peaceful.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsSaidGuyNamesPagesPeacefulAgentsAliensCopThis GuyWant Him Author:Luc Besson