THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN, AN EPIC ADVENTURE
Cinema Writer/Film Critic Efe TEKSOY; wrote the action, history and adventure film “THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN”, for America’s Los Angeles-based Internet Newspaper @alaturkanews.
FRANCE’S BOX-OFFICE RECORD BREAKER FILM
Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (Les Trois Mousquetaires: D’Artagnan), adapted from the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers by French author Alexandre Dumas, the immortal pen of Classical World Literature, is the first part of a two-part epic historical adventure. The film, directed by Martin Bourboulon, the director of the Eiffel Movie, received the Best Film award from The Guardian’s Best Films 2023. The production, which spent approximately 36 million Euros for each episode, is the second most expensive French production of 2023 with a total production budget of 72 million Euros (78.2 million USD). The production, which broke box office records with more than 3.3 million ticket sales in France and over 1.5 million outside France, was shot in 150 days. Unlike previous versions, this is the first French film adaptation of The Three Musketeers since Bernard Borderie’s two-part version in 1961. This new version, unlike the previous ones, has a darker atmosphere, and in terms of storytelling, it proceeds in a realistic style with an emphasis on historical aspects.
TOPIC OF THE FILM
D’Artagnan, who comes to Paris to find his attackers after being left for dead, is dragged into a real war where the future of France is at stake. Joining Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who call themselves “The King’s Three Musketeers”, the young musketeer will embark on a dangerous adventure.
Stars; François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris, Pio Marmaï, Eva Green, Vicky Krieps, Lyna Khoudri, Louis Garrel, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Patrick Mille.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SUPERHUMAN
From a sociological perspective, the Three Musketeers are advocates of social justice who fight for their country and protect the values of the people. Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci, in his work titled “Literature and National Life”; “It seems to me that the doctrinal model from which the so-called Nietzschean concept of ‘superhumanity’ originates is not Zarathustra but Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo,” he says. Nietzsche’s concept of the superman, mentioned by Gramsci, appears not only in Monte Cristo but also in the novel The Three Musketeers. Italian philosopher Umberto Eco, a medievalist esteteic and professor of semiotics, adds to Gramsci’s words in his book “Popular Novel Heroes”. Eco; “Gramsci at this point immediately disregards the fact that Rodolphe as a model precedes Monte Cristo, dated 1844 (The Three Musketeers, which features another superman, Athos, dated 1844”), he says.co; “Gramsci at this point immediately disregards the fact that Rodolphe as a model precedes Monte Cristo, dated 1844 (The Three Musketeers, which features another the Superhuman, Athos, dated 1844”), says.
SOCIAL CLIMBER CHARLES D’ARTAGNAN
Additionally, we see that the character D’Artagnan in the movie describes himself as “Charles D’Artagnan”. The name is a reference to Charles de Batz de Castlemore, Dumas’ real-life inspiration for D’Artagnan. D’Artagnan is actually the Social Climber. In other words, he portrays a bold, penniless and brave hero profile who tries to increase his social position at all costs. Umberto Eco states that this novel is a large gallery of 17th century portraits and that the musketeers represent the picaresque imagination in its pure form. Athos is a darkly handsome man, Milady is the Cruel Beauty, and Aramis is a pre-18th century priest. Gramsci says that Dumas’s populist overman should be evaluated as a reaction against the feudal understanding of racism. Thanks to the Italian philosopher Gramcsi, who reads the transformations of the overman in mass culture through the characters, we see an example of the research of ideologies expressed in the form of the history of thought in the sociology of popular narrative through the film.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Producer Dimitri Rassam said that he and the director watched many films many times for inspiration during preparation, such as Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994), The Duelists (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
-Actor François Civil, after six months of intensive preparation on fencing, sword fighting and horse riding, performed 90% of his stunts in two films himself, without using a stuntman.
-Actor Pio Marmai had to gain 10 kilos for the role of Porthos.
-The director’s father, Frédéric Bourboulon, produced Bertrand Tavernier’s D’Artagnan’s Daughter (1994). Director Martin was 14 when his father took him to visit the set. One of the reasons why Bourboulon accepted producer Dimitri Rassam’s invitation to direct this film; memories of that period in the past.
– Olympic Épée Champion Yannick Borel was the fencing trainer for François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Pio Marmaï.
THE THREE MUSKETEERS: D’ARTAGNAN
This new two-part version, presented by the French Pathe production company, is a production that will drag you into an epic adventure and fascinate you with its action scenes.
EFE TEKSOY
REFERENCES AND SOURCE
ECO Umberto. Popular Novel Heroes (Popüler Roman Kahramanları), Kemal Atakay, translate İstanbul: Alfa Yayınları press, 2016
GRAMSCİ Antonio. Prison Notebooks (Hapishane defterleri), Adnan Cemgil, translate, İstanbul, Belge Yayınları press, 1997
