Oscars Q&A: Thomas Langmann On The Creative Gamble Of Making ?The Artist?

French producer Thomas Langmann is as much of a hybrid as the film he is currently promoting: the silent, black-and-white The Artist, the Weinstein Co’s awards-season ode to Old Hollywood written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Like The Artist‘s Hollywood matinee idol George Valentin, who lives between the worlds of silent films and talkies, Langmann?s producing sensibility straddles the spheres of Hollywood and France.�As the son of director Claude Berri, he knows what French audiences want, evident in his French blockbuster producer credits Asterix At The Olympic Games and the Mesrine French criminal series starring Vincent Cassel. However, Langmann is also familiar with the American way of making movies, having cut his teeth as a gofer on such productions as Francis Ford Coppola?s The Godfather: Part III and Steven Soderbergh?s Kafka (produced by Langmann’s uncle Paul Rassam).�The Paris-based Langmann spoke to AwardsLine contributor Scott Timberg about his roots, producing style and rolling the dice on a long-lost film genre that was considered a gamble by French and U.S. standards. AWARDSLINE: You came into the film at a pretty early stage. What was it about Michel or his idea that made you want to get involved? LANGMANN: I?ve known Michel for quite a long time: I?ve known his movies and wanted to work with him on a project called Fant�mas, ... Read More »

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/oscars-qa-thomas-langmann-on-the-creative-gamble-of-making-the-artist/

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