For a while Bruce Willis was in movie hell, he’d almost disappeared and when you did see him it was as a shadow of his former self. Then he came back and slapped me in the face with Hostage and my recent home viewing of the stupendous Tears of the Sun. He’s back, he has projects in the pipeline, and there is fresh desire to see him again.
The French think so too, for as the BBC report, they’ve just been made an officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, one of France’s highest cultural honours. Obviously this has nothing to do with Florent Emilio Siri directing Hostage, but all to do with, in the words of French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres:
…he symbolised “the power of US cinema” and the “mythical proportions” of its characters.
“Your roles cannot be reduced down to the fight against good and bad which is so popular in the US film industry, even if you have killed lots of villains,”
I loved that last comment. Still, it’s a great award from France, and something to be really proud of. Now get on with Die Hard 4.0 will you?
