chomet se prend un retours de flamme dans les commentaires de cartoonbrew:
Brad says:
The only effect it will have is to raise it’s profile. And although Chomet is as talented as many in the business, he comes across as a bit whiney in THIS article. A strong personal point of view is fine, but on projects this expensive, it’s all about COLLABORATION. The best directors and crew (and producers) keep that in mind. All artwork done to service the final film is nothing more than a means to an end–no matter how nice.
Not everyone can be BIll Plympton!!! Now THERE’S someone dedicated to a point of view–and putting his money where his mouth is!!
Johnny says:
I think The Triplets was great. But everyone who works with Sylvain (or has worked with him recently) says he’s not what he used to be. He didn’t deliver, they kicked his butt out. Squeezed as a lemon? They payed him all they owed him. He’s just a being a bitter wanker…
Mongoose Jnr. III says:
Sylvain Chomet had a limited input on this project a long time ago. -Why choose to sue right before the release after leaving over 2 YEARS ago??
It just seems like HE’s the one trying to squeeze the lemon and make a quick extra buck in the name of “artistic integrity”, forgetting the THREE other directors and 300+ people that worked on the film.
It’s also interesting that Mike Johnson is not mentioned anywhere - he was the second director of this project after Sylvain and before Sam Fell & Rob Stevenhagen.
It’s very hard to take these claims seriously…
Raf says:
Sylvain is not the one who is to talk about morals. I worked for him a few years back, directly. The (French) production company behind the film went bankrupt, in order not to have to pay their debts.
I lost 30000 euro in the process (several months of work, plane tickets and lawyers). Sylvain knows (personally) but doesn’t care. He’s about to engage in a new film with the same production company (under a different name obviously). A few words of him could have avoided I needed to work 5 years… to fill the hole the 30000 euro made here.
“Mr. Chomet said he was seeking not money but acknowledgment as a creative force behind the film”. Honestly, I don’t have the luxury to care about acknowledgment, I’m seeking money.
You're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
— Shepherd Book
