The only guest of "Caractères", Hugo PRATT receives Bernard RAPP in his house near Lausanne in Switzerland. Hugo PRATT says he was inspired by his childhood in Venice, Africa, Argentina to create Corto Maltese and his other characters.
The only guest of "Caractères", Hugo PRATT receives Bernard RAPP in his house near Lausanne in Switzerland. He evokes his choice for Corto Maltese to make it marine, the romanticism of the sailor. He decided to make it evolve during the Belle Epoque where a lot of things happened. He thinks he’s loved because he’s not moralizing.
The only guest of "Caractères", Hugo PRATT receives Bernard RAPP in his house near Lausanne in Switzerland. He talks about his fascist family. He explains that despite this past, his family remains his family with everything she has taught him as well. He himself is anti-fascist and thinks it is "a disease". Only an uncle rebelled against his family and became a sailor. He fascinated Hugo Pratt and told him about his adventures when he came to see him.
The only guest of "Caractères", Hugo PRATT receives Bernard RAPP in his house near Lausanne in Switzerland. He modestly evokes the relationship of his character, Corto Maltese, to women. He talks about intimacy, that his private affairs only concern his character and not him and explains that half of his audience are readers. They do not want Corto Maltese to be attached to a woman.
Hugo PRATT evokes the character of Corto Maltese he created. He talks about the transposition of comics into cinema. He says he thought of Alain Delon to play Corto, but a long time ago. "Today Alain Delon could be Corto’s father or uncle". The cinema seems complicated to him.