Therefore I chose a producer who had worked with Tommy Lee Jones [Fitzgerald produced the 2005 film The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, which was directed by Jones]. Although he has a wife and family, Robicheaux is also very solitary. But there… In New Orleans there wasn’t a single foreign film. You may not remember the intrigue but you remember the characters. You are continually disturbed by people eating next to you. Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. Tavernier: He’s not from Louisiana but he is from the South. He drove me all around New Iberia [the area of southern Louisiana where the film is set]. Jones and nearly all the other principal actors in the film are from Louisiana. Unlock This Study Guide Now Cineaste: How about people in the United States who might prefer to see your version of the film? He would like to change the world but he knows that the world won’t be changed. In The Electric Mist in particular appealed to me because of the General [the shade of General John Bell Hood, a Confederate Civil War hero, who helps Robicheaux track down a serial killer], and because of many other things. Tavernier: Well first I should say that I am a great admirer of all Burke’s books—the ones I have read, and that is most of them. He is alone because he doesn’t want his wife to be involved in his work. When I talked to people in New Orleans, they were very contemptuous of The Big Easy [Jim McBride’s 1987 thriller set in New Orleans and starring Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin]. Tommy Lee Jones worked with me on the dialog. As the movie ends, Alafair is looking through a book on the Civil War when she comes across a photograph of General John Bell Hood and his group of soldiers. Frankie And Johnny (04:07) Performed by Omer Simeon Trio. | In The Electric Mist is a film with a split personality. It was something that I felt really close to. This was the case with southern Louisiana. Dave Robicheaux arrests him on DUI charges early in the book. In a city where you have several universities, very few people care about seeing foreign films. Only once did we quarrel. IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH CONFEDERATE DEAD is Burke’s most ambitious work to date, but those who pursue the earlier volumes in this series will not be disappointed. I find Burke a writer of genius when it comes to dialog. And I didn’t want to show it as a French director. But he has dark, somber streaks that make him complex and very human. He described them as “slick New York guys”—that was all he said about them. | Never had a GMC, but my brother-in-law has one, and it’s a pretty sweet ride. But in general we got along very well and his work greatly enriched the scenario. A woman gets shot in the chest. He writes romans noirs in which characters come before the intrigue. Hij verdenkt maffiabaas Julie – Baby Feet – Balboni achter deze bloederige misdaad maar heeft nog geen bewijs. In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead Quotes Showing 1-13 of 13 “When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily.” At least the Tavernier version eschews the tacky summing up and oo!-spooky last shot mini twist that makes the U.S.-only version play like a made-for-TV movie.”. And history. Not any more. World Defying Dan God Chapter 3820. Like for Blade Runner, like for many films that have been cut or changed. Psychological thriller about a troubled Louisiana detective who uncovers a link between two murders and embarks on a surreal investigation to catch the killer. In the Electric Mist. Despite an unconvincing subplot involving psychic phenomena and a stereotypical slam-bang ending, In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead is as satisfying as any novel Burke has written. I try through my films to understand the world, to get to know people and places I know nothing about. So too his manner is horribly cheap and vulgar. I’ve had Ford trucks, I’ve got a Chevy truck now. So I am not reasonably happy, I am absolutely happy. He made it fascinating, complex, dangerous, and I wanted to learn about it for myself. He has visited the U.S. on numerous occasions and is author of two books, the monumental 50 ans de cinéma américain (50 Years of American Cinema) , and a collection of interviews with great American filmmakers, Amis américains (American Friends) . A … Tavernier: I wanted to show the beauty of the bayou, the light, the landscape. Not to mention his dream of a white she wolf who lives in a tree, descending to eat her young each morning [not in the U.S. version but in the book]. That’s the way Burke and Tommy Lee Jones refer to it. Both versions, however, are essentially flawed by the fact that [the] killer’s revelation feels deeply underwhelming. It’s an awful move. The first time we encounter the principal Mafioso in the film [Julie “Babyfeet” Balboni, played by John Goodman] it is by a motel swimming pool with plastic chairs, a décor absolument nul —no big deluxe Florida hotel. Having the two versions is something that I wanted. I did not see any American films when I was in Louisiana. The film was financed by TF1 international, with some help from the State of Louisiana because it was shot there. I was attracted purely by Burke’s descriptions of it. The Mist hit theaters Wednesday, and it's been widely circulated that director Frank Darabont's ending in the movie differed vastly from Stephen King's ending … Shipwrecked (02:35) 3. He tries to protect his house, which is a kind of oasis for him. I cannot comment. Throughout the two versions of In The Electric Mist , there are differences, some subtle, some major, culminating in an ending in which the European version leaves a great deal—perhaps too much—to the viewer’s imagination, while the U.S. version makes plain exactly what has happened. He introduced me to people, the local sheriff, took me to all the places that I later used in the film. He is someone who has already paid dearly for his moral integrity. He expresses himself in more prosaic fashion. Over In the Electric Mist. He has a very precise and very real vision of the Mafia. He says they would be too stupid to do the most simple work, such as “removing chewing gum from cinema seats.”. The Bayou in southern Louisiana takes center stage in director Bertrand Tavernier’s latest, “In the Electric Mist,” starring Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard and Mary Steenburgen. As Burke says—he told me this several times—Louisiana is not an American state anymore, it is the Third World. Martial God Asura Chapter 4724: Snowdomain Divine Palace? Due to his erratic driving, Dave determines Elrod is driving his Lamborghini drunk and sets to arrest him. There’s Clifton Chenier, Nathan Williams, Michael Doucet [the Cajun fiddler who founded the band BeauSoleil ]. He explained its history, the political context. I’ve never been drafted or enlisted. This past summer, Image released Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World, and they will release Tavernier’s In the Electric Mist sometime in spring 2009. Cineaste: And your version of the film will be released in Europe? Cineaste: How about Levon Helm [formerly one of the leaders of The Band ] who plays the General? In the Electric Mist (2009) ... As the movie ends, Alafair is looking through a book on the Civil War when she comes across a photograph of General John Bell Hood and his group of soldiers. I like men who fight, who have shadows and who are not always right. I have made a film which is, first of all, a French production. You don’t have any characters. In an interview in conjunction with the screening of his version of In The Electric Mist at the Utopia Cinema in the ancient southern city of Avignon, the director refused to comment on his dispute with Fitzgerald, which took more than a year to resolve following shooting in the spring of 2007. Tavernier: The fact that he is such a complex character. He seeks to protect his moral integrity. Tavernier: No, it would have been impossible to set it anywhere else other than southern Louisiana. America's leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema. I’ve got a fairly complete synopsis from our preview page: scripted by Jerzy Kromolowski , Mary Olson-Kromolowski and Jones, this is an adaptation of James Lee Burke ’s novel, which centers on Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux. Of course, it could also disappear into its own misty oblivion. With those earlier films, I didn’t feel ready to go to the States to film. He said blueish. Instead it exists in two versions, neither of which has thus far exactly taken audiences and reviewers by storm. Out With N Word (02:56) 7. He crosses paths with some angry people and, consequently his life is at risk. I don’t have anything in common with such people. The producer keeps the rights for the States. A Portrait Of Dave (02:49) 9. Leslie Felperin, writing in Variety , compared the two versions thus: “The U.S.-only version of the pic… pares back so much of the backstory, that ends are left lying loose everywhere. Cineaste: So, just as movie buffs debate the significance of the unicorn in Blade Runner and whether or not the Harrison Ford character was himself a replicant, they’ll be able to argue about what you meant with the fishing sequence and Dave Robicheaux’s soliloquy on the latex salamander he’s using as bait [neither in the U.S. version, nor the book]. The European version opens with a lovingly depicted journey through the southern Louisiana bayou. Cineaste: How do you see the new generation of American filmmakers? A dead body is show in the morgue. Get all the lyrics to songs on In the Electric Mist and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Taglines It’s closer to Bangladesh than the rest of the U.S. Cineaste: You stayed with him before starting work on the film? I had already filmed in the states, in Tennessee [ Mississippi Blues, 1984] and New York [a sequence in Round Midnight, 1986]. Bertrand Tavernier : Nothing. The Ultimate Student Chapter 3253. Ryan Rilette, who plays Jimmie, is from the Ninth District of New Orleans, where we filmed some sequences. I worked a lot with him on the screenplay. In the Electric Mist has a bad ending. It may well become a cult movie for that very reason, examined time and again to explain fundamental differences between American and European ways of moviemaking. But when I make a film, I am not a movie buff. Is his long love affair with America and its cinema over? Cineaste: I wouldn’t put you down as a violent man. With Harlan Coban it is just intrigue, intrigue, intrigue, with a new development in every chapter. With Tommy Lee Jones, I talked about art, literature, painting, politics… and Bush. It’s already got the disadvantage of being narrated by the protagonist, but the end goes and changes the protagonist for a cute fade out. Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. Maybe… perhaps I should not suggest this now, but there could perhaps come a time in the future when a DVD will be released with both versions on it. Mary Steenburgen, who plays Bootsie, Robicheaux’s wife, is from Arkansas. And afterwards you feel manipulated. And on the soundtrack I use people from Louisiana. While on an investigation into a series of grisly murders, veteran detective Dave Robicheaux (Jones) navigates his way through the Louisiana bayou and the dark, sultry world of New Orleans mobster "Baby Feet" Balboni (John Goodman). Detective Dave Robicheaux onderzoekt de moord op een hoertje. It was a good way to settle the situation. My stays varied from a week to ten-fifteen days. They are badly cared for, full of holes. No glamor. Then again, in Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) , in 1981, you took Jim Thompson’s novel Pop 1280 and changed the setting from a West Texas boom town to French West Africa. I found that very interesting. It was Tommy Lee Jones’s idea to have him and Levon Helm. 5. I thought it would be exciting to have a background that allowed me to show the state of New Orleans and to say at least something about the political situation in Louisiana today. For example, I’ve done two films about war. The Confederate Dead End (02:39) 10. In the Electric Mist Quotes. She begins to turn the page but turns back and as we see a close up of the old photo; standing in the back among the Confederate soldiers, is Dave Robicheaux. Tavernier: Very, very little. It was also very easy to work with John Goodman. He had made some other films that were interesting too— The Pledge, Wise Blood. Once again, it's been great. Tavernier: No, no, of course, I’m not. John Goodman told me my film is one of the most exact films made about Louisiana. Subscribe A detective in post-Katrina New Orleans has a series of surreal encounters with a troop of friendly Confederate soldiers while investigating serial killings of local prostitutes, a 1965 lynching, and corrupt local businessmen. DVD saved me in Louisiana. In France I prefer to go to the cinema to watch movies. Tommy Lee Jones must think so too, because fully a fifth of “In the Electric Mist” running time consists of Tommy driving in his GMC, parking his GMC, standing around his GMC… Never had a GMC, but my brother-in-law has one, and it’s a pretty sweet ride. I told him to remember that he was a third-generation Italian, so no Italian accent. In the world. Electric Mist Lyrics: 6000 matches / Are burning on slowly / Ashes to ashes / If faking, the dead will rise / I’ll get on it, I mean, right away / I’ll be making my way through the electric mist The Beginning After The End Chapter 321. 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