He doesn’t need any larger boats.
Laurent Bouzereau, director of the brand new Nationwide Geographic documentary “Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story,” completely spoke to The Publish about if he thinks there shall be extra sequels made to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 basic.
“I hope not,” mentioned Bouzereau, 63. “You look at Mona Lisa and you go, ‘Oh, will we ever see a copy of the same person seen by someone else?’ I sure as hope not. So I apply the same thing to something as perfect as ‘Jaws.’”
Describing the enduring shark film as “a piece of art that stands the test of time,” Bouzereau mentioned he thinks the movie “should be re-examined constantly or discovered even by new generations.”
“Which is in fact one of the goals of this documentary film is to get people to watch ‘Jaws’ again,” the French-American filmmaker added, “or to watch it for the first time.”
“Jaws,” primarily based on Peter Benchley’s 1974 novel, was adopted by three sequels that didn’t contain Spielberg, 78, or Benchley.
The brand new documentary provides a behind-the-scenes have a look at “Jaws” with uncommon archival footage and interviews with conservationists and administrators, together with Spielberg himself.
“I was thrilled to be able to tell the story of a true masterpiece and a true auteur in Mr. Spielberg,” Bouzereau informed The Publish. “And I found myself really rediscovering it in a way way that actually I had never suspected.”
“It is a love letter,” Bouzereau added concerning the doc, “but I hope that it’s also a very inspirational film for people who may never have seen ‘Jaws,’ because it’s a story of persistence and perseverance and overcoming the odds and the triumph of the human spirit when you’re faced with a situation like Steven was.”
Bouzereau mentioned it wasn’t tough to get famed administrators James Cameron, J.J. Abrams, Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Jordan Peele, Robert Zemeckis and extra to take part within the doc.
“People were really wanting to talk about ‘Jaws.’ The only thing that was in the way was my very, very fast production schedule,” he defined. “Even though we didn’t compromise over anything, those great directors are extremely busy and to match up with everybody’s schedule is definitely a challenge.”
“However, the list was very carefully put together and had nothing to do really with the profile of the people as much as it had to do with what they represent in culture today and how great it is that from Jim Cameron to Guillermo del Toro to J.J., Jordan Peele, Bob Zemeckis, all of them own a part of ‘Jaws’ in a very unique and specific way,” Bouzereau added.
The filmmaker additionally spoke to how the success of “Jaws” impacted the “Star Wars” franchise, which debuted two years later.
“I think it does sort of continue what ‘Jaws’ has started as far as merchandising, for example,” mentioned Bouzereau. “I think there is a realization, although much more from George’s point of view, because the studio didn’t get the rights to all of the merchandising.”
“So that realization that when a film has a cultural impact, like ‘Jaws,’ people want to own it, they want to wear it, they want to listen to it constantly. You are part of a movement of people who loved something and you want the world to know it,” he continued. “And you want them to know that you’re part of the culture and you belong in the ‘Jaws’ culture and you belong in the ‘Star Wars’ culture.”
“Jaws @ 50” premieres July 10 on Nationwide Geographic and can stream on Disney+ and Hulu.
