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THE PROTAGONIST OF WATCH
THE ''BIG BLUE'' THAT THE EXCLUSIVE
MADE AMORGOS FAMOUS
ALL OVER THE WORLD. INTERVIEW
O ΠΡΩΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ON VIDEO
«ΑΠΕΡΑΝΤΟΥ ΓΑΛΑΖΙΟΥ»
ΠΟΥ ΕΚΑΝΕ ΓΝΩΣΤΗ ΤΗΝ
ΑΜΟΡΓΟ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΩΣ.
THE STAR where the windmills are and thinking of should be really exciting, it is a beautiful PHOTO © PHILIPPE GRATON / WWW.PHILIPPE-GRATON.COM
the idea of Icarus and it is quite mythical kind of expression, of humanity and the
JEAN-MARC BARR you know. So we didn’t know at the time, sea that needs to be explored. I mean,
IN AN EXCLUSIVE but when The Big Blue became a success the whole idea behind the Big Blue is
INTERVIEW and Amorgos achieved a little bit of that human beings come from the sea
FOR 2BOARD. importance in the world because of the and that the link should always be there;
ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΉ film, Rosanna, Luc Besson, Jean Reno that the sea should be part of our lives
ΣΥΝΈΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΤΟΥ and I were part of a little myth. And that’s and we should be part of the sea. So that
JEAN-MARC BARR ΣΤΟ absolutely great. philosophy for me is very important and I
2BOARD. What are your thoughts now that you think that the diving competition will keep
return after so many years? that alive.
Interview by IRA NIKOLETOPOULOU What’s nice about this time is that the What about Greek food?
island is not polluted by tourism and Greek food is lovely; the vegetables here,
What were your first thoughts when you it is still quite exotic in that sense, as it the tomatoes have such a great taste
arrived in Amorgos, and what are your last hasn’t change that much. I think that it compared to what we have in France for
thoughts now that you are leaving again? still has the authenticity, that beauty, and example. It is natural good food, not to
It was back in 1987. I didn’t know Greece. the people are really lovely. Now that mention the great cheeses!
The whole fantasy of what you believed the international diving competition is Have you visited other places in Greece
Greece was about, as an American it was happening in September I think there’s except Amorgos?
something quite exotic. So when I came I another reason the island will continue No, I’m still virgin in the sense that I
was really satisfied because the exotic was with the myth. would love to spend some time in Athens.
here; these dry islands with no trees, the What do you think of this idea of the I would love to work there, if I could do a
white houses and the architecture I found Authentic Big Blue? film in Greece. I have filmed in Turkey, I
so seductive and beautiful. I had to feel Ιn terms of surface diving, there’s only the have made many films in Italy, I have been
a little bit the spirit of Amorgos and the self; it’s a very dangerous kind of sport in films in Slovakia and Germany. I don’t
Cyclades; feel the wind. You could, right and I don’t know much about it because really know Greece yet, it’s still a country I
above Chora. I remember climbing above I haven’t been diving too much. I’m an need to discover.
actor but from what I know I think it What about the reason you came back to
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THE ''BIG BLUE'' THAT THE EXCLUSIVE
MADE AMORGOS FAMOUS
ALL OVER THE WORLD. INTERVIEW
O ΠΡΩΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ON VIDEO
«ΑΠΕΡΑΝΤΟΥ ΓΑΛΑΖΙΟΥ»
ΠΟΥ ΕΚΑΝΕ ΓΝΩΣΤΗ ΤΗΝ
ΑΜΟΡΓΟ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΩΣ.
THE STAR where the windmills are and thinking of should be really exciting, it is a beautiful PHOTO © PHILIPPE GRATON / WWW.PHILIPPE-GRATON.COM
the idea of Icarus and it is quite mythical kind of expression, of humanity and the
JEAN-MARC BARR you know. So we didn’t know at the time, sea that needs to be explored. I mean,
IN AN EXCLUSIVE but when The Big Blue became a success the whole idea behind the Big Blue is
INTERVIEW and Amorgos achieved a little bit of that human beings come from the sea
FOR 2BOARD. importance in the world because of the and that the link should always be there;
ΑΠΟΚΛΕΙΣΤΙΚΉ film, Rosanna, Luc Besson, Jean Reno that the sea should be part of our lives
ΣΥΝΈΝΤΕΥΞΗ ΤΟΥ and I were part of a little myth. And that’s and we should be part of the sea. So that
JEAN-MARC BARR ΣΤΟ absolutely great. philosophy for me is very important and I
2BOARD. What are your thoughts now that you think that the diving competition will keep
return after so many years? that alive.
Interview by IRA NIKOLETOPOULOU What’s nice about this time is that the What about Greek food?
island is not polluted by tourism and Greek food is lovely; the vegetables here,
What were your first thoughts when you it is still quite exotic in that sense, as it the tomatoes have such a great taste
arrived in Amorgos, and what are your last hasn’t change that much. I think that it compared to what we have in France for
thoughts now that you are leaving again? still has the authenticity, that beauty, and example. It is natural good food, not to
It was back in 1987. I didn’t know Greece. the people are really lovely. Now that mention the great cheeses!
The whole fantasy of what you believed the international diving competition is Have you visited other places in Greece
Greece was about, as an American it was happening in September I think there’s except Amorgos?
something quite exotic. So when I came I another reason the island will continue No, I’m still virgin in the sense that I
was really satisfied because the exotic was with the myth. would love to spend some time in Athens.
here; these dry islands with no trees, the What do you think of this idea of the I would love to work there, if I could do a
white houses and the architecture I found Authentic Big Blue? film in Greece. I have filmed in Turkey, I
so seductive and beautiful. I had to feel Ιn terms of surface diving, there’s only the have made many films in Italy, I have been
a little bit the spirit of Amorgos and the self; it’s a very dangerous kind of sport in films in Slovakia and Germany. I don’t
Cyclades; feel the wind. You could, right and I don’t know much about it because really know Greece yet, it’s still a country I
above Chora. I remember climbing above I haven’t been diving too much. I’m an need to discover.
actor but from what I know I think it What about the reason you came back to
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