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Shooting the Messenger: Luc Besson at War with Joan of Arc

Pages 243-269 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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Filmography

  • Annaud, Jean-Jacques, dir. The Name of the Rose. France/Italy/West Germany, 1986. 130 mm.
  • Besson, Luc, dir. The Fifth Element. France, 1997, 136 mm.
  • Besson, Luc, dir. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. France, 1999. 160 mm.
  • Bergman, Ingmar, dir. Det sjunde Insiglet or The Seventh Seal. Sweden, 1957, 96 mm.
  • DeMille, Cecil B., dir. Joan the Woman. USA, 1917. 138 mm.
  • Dreyer, Carl Theodor, dir. La passion de Jeanne d'Arc. France, 1928. 110 mm.
  • Jordan, Neil, dir. Interview with the Vampire. USA, 1994. 123 mm.
  • Scorsese, Martin, dir. The Last Temptation of Christ. USA, 1988. 164 mm.
  • Zeffirelli, Franco, dir. Hamlet. USA/UK/France, 1990. 130 mm.

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