Feb 2006 00: 22 OFF: Have you been interviewed about the Danish Muhammad cartoons? 00: 26 WOLINSKI: No, I refused. What could I have said, beyond the same old thing: “We laugh at everything. This is what we do. No subject is off limits.” 00:35 WRITTEN: “The Iranian President is stronger than Muhammad.” 00:36 CABU: For the first time ever, a worldwide chain of events has been started by a drawing. That’s rare. 00:44 CABU : As Riss said, everyone is expecting our frontpage to be a big Muhammad face. 00:51 VAL: Indeed, I do think that everyone is expecting our big Muhammad face. 00:58 OFF: Even Sarkozy had a surprising comment on this. Did you hear what Sarkozy said? 1:02 OFF: Sarkozy chose his words carefully. 1:10 OFF: One day, we will have to remind him of what he said. What did he say exactly ? “I prefer an excess of caricature to an excess of censorship” 1:10 OFF: I might end up voting for Sarkozy! CABU: Of course ! 1:16 OFF: That’s why I always say that I don’t like to draw Sarkozy. He enjoys the attention too much. 1: 20 They love it. Even when we attack them, they love it. 1: 24 What can we do? That’s our job! To go after them! WRITTEN “Burn Charlie Hebdo !” 1: 29 The more you attack them the happier they are. 1:32 CABU: In the USSR they didn’t have the right to make a cartoon of Brejnev ! No ruler of the Kremlin has ever been caricatured! 1: 38 WOLINSKI: No need to go to the USSR. When I was working for the communist paper L’Humanité nobody ever drew George Marchais or any leader of the Communist party. That was just not done! 1.50 And in Cuba there are plenty of cartoonists, plenty of satirical papers. But no one would dare draw a cartoon of Castro. 2:01 So, we are lucky. 2:03 OFF: Yes, we are lucky. France is a paradise. 2:06 Do you think we’ve got the cover yet? 2:07 This cover will make a splash. 2:15 VALL: It has to be strong and powerful. 2:18 RISS: It has to be political. Not a camel fucking type of front page. 2: 22 FOUREST : “Don’t touch my Muhammad.” I love that. It’s the angle of the whole issue this week. All the greater since it makes us go from “Don’t touch my buddy” the anti-racist slogan of the 80’s to “Don’t touch my Muhammad.” Not a fight against racism anymore, but against blasphemy. For that reason the message is really great. 2: 39 Why wouldn’t Muhammad deliver a nice message? Something warm to his supporters, the fundamentalists. “One has to know when to stop a protest movement...” 2: 50 Muhammad, Mr. Nice Guy ! Muhammad overwhelmed by his supporters. 3: 00 CABU : Recess is over ! OFF: What could he say? WOLINSKI : Muhammad looks at the drawing and says : “Frankly, it makes me laugh !” OFF : That’s the idea. 3 : 09 WOLINSKI : First time that the Danes have made me laugh ! 3:19 OFF: Now we need to actually draw Muhammad. I don’t feel like drawing a grimacing face... CABU: It has to be the first time that Danes make me laugh. Something like this. 3:33 OFF. If we picture him grinning, that’s an unexpected angle. We don’t need more. 3:36 I like the facial expression. 3:39 CABU: Because he looks nice? FOUREST: He is cracking up. 3: 46 XXX: And the drawing means that we are respectful of your faith. We give it a chance. It means that Muhammad is nicer than you. That you guys are the caricatures. 3 :56 WRITTEN: Muhammad: “This has to be the first time the Danes make me laugh” FOUREST OFF : Bunch of morons... Be loved by morons... It’s hard to be loved by morons. 4 : 03 Not bad ! 4 : 11 It looks great. WRITTEN: “It’s hard to be loved by morons” 4 : 12 VAL : Muhammad, tired of fundamentalists. FOUREST : Muhammad on Prozac ? 4 : 16 This is awesome. Let’s put : Muhammad overwhelmed by fundamentalists, rather than « by his supporters »... And then he says : It’s hard to be loved by morons. 4 : 25 In any case, what’s clever here is that we don’t actually depict Muhammad. 4 : 28 We can’t see Muhammad’s face. That’s a fact. 4 : 38 Very strong. 4 : 40 His pose is posture. The whole thing is good. This one is weaker. 4 :46 So. Let’s concentrate. Any regrets? Among all the ones posted here ? WRITTEN : “This has to be the first time the Danes make me laugh. » “Burn Charlie Hebdo!” VAL: The most relevant cartoon, the one that nails it is this one. When one takes on fundamentalism... 5: 02 OFF : It’s the best one. No doubt. 5:05 VAL : And it reflects the entire paper. For once the frontpage matches the content. 5: 08 Any objections?at comments could I have made, beyond always saying the same old thing: “We laugh at everything. This is what we do. No subject is off limits.” 00:35 WRITTEN: “The Iranian President is stronger than Muhammad.” 00:36 CABU: For the first time ever, a worldwide chain of events has been started by a drawing. Rare enough. 00:44 CABU : As Riss said, everyone is expecting our frontpage to be a big Muhammad face. 00:51 VAL: Indeed, I do think that everyone is expecting our big Muhammad face. 0058 OFF: Even Sarkozy had a surprising comment on this. 1:00 OFF: One day, we will have to remind him of what he actually said. What did he say exactly ? “I prefer an excess of caricature to an excess of censorship” 1:10 OFF: I might end up voting for Sarkozy ! CABU: Of course ! 1:16 OFF: I always say that I don’t like to draw Sarkozy, even negatively, because he just loves the publicity. 1: 20 I know I am right. They love it. Even when we attack them, they love it. 1: 24 What can we do? That’s our job ! To attack them ! WRITTEN “Burn Charlie Hebdo !” 1: 29 The more you attack them the happier they are. 1:32 CABU: In the USSR they didn’t have the right to make a cartoon of Brejnev ! No ruler of the Kremlin has ever been caricatured! 1: 38 WOLINSKI: No need to go to the Soviet Union. When I was working for the communist paper L’Humanité nobody had ever drawn Marchais the French Communist party chief. That was just not done! 1.50 And in Cuba there are plenty of cartoonists, plenty of satirical papers. But no one would dare make a cartoon with Castro. 2:01 We are lucky. Yes, we are lucky. 2:03 OFF: France is a paradise. 2:06 Do you think we’ve got the cover yet? 2:07 The cover will be a hit. 2:15 VALL: It has to be political. To be powerful. To be solid... 2:18 RISS : Not a camel fucking type of front page. 2: 22 FOUREST : “Don’t touch my Muhammad.” I love that. It’s the angle of the whole issue this week. All the greater since it makes us go from “Don’t touch my buddy” the anti-racist slogan of the 80’s to “Don’t touch my Muhammad.” Not a fight against racism anymore, but against blasphemy. 2: 39 Why wouldn’t Muhammad deliver a nice message? Something warm to his supporters, the fundamentalists. One has to know when to stop a protest movement... 2: 50 Muhammad, Mr. Nice Guy ! Muhammad overwhelmed by his supporters. 3: 00 CABU : Recess is over! WOLINSKI : Muhammad looks at the drawing and says, “Frankly, it makes me laugh!” OFF : That’s the idea. 3 : 09 WOLINSKI : First time that the Danes have made me laugh! 3:19 OFF: Now we need to actually draw Muhammad. I don’t feel like drawing a grimacing face... CABU: It has to be the first time that Danes make me laugh. Something like that. 3:33 OFF. If we picture him grinning, that’s an unexpected angle. We don’t need more. 3:36 Nice expression. 3:39 CABU. Because he looks nice? FOUREST He is cracking up. 3: 46 XXX: And the drawing means that we are respectful of your faith. We give it a chance. It means that Muhammad is nicer than you. That you guys are the caricatures. 3 :56 WRITTEN: Muhammad: “This has to be the first time the Danes make me laugh” FOUREST OFF : Bunch of morons... Be loved by morons... It’s hard to be loved by morons. 4 : 03 Not bad! 4 : 11 It looks great. Caption: “It’s hard to be loved by morons.” 4 : 12 VAL : Muhammad, tired of fundamentalists. FOUREST : Muhammad on Prozac? 4 : 16 This is awesome. Let’s put : “Muhammad overwhelmed by fundamentalists,” rather than “by his supporters“... And then he says : “It’s hard to be loved by morons.” 4 : 25 In any case, what’s clever here is that we don’t actually depict Muhammad. 4 : 28 We can’t see Muhammad’s face. That’s a fact. 4 : 38 Very strong. 4 : 40 His pose is posture. The whole thing is good. This one is weaker. 4 :46 So. Let’s concentrate. Are there any of these that we might regret? WRITTEN : “This has to be the first time the Danes make me laugh.” “Burn Charlie Hebdo!” VAL: The most relevant cartoon, the one that nails it is this one. When one takes on fundamentalism... 5: 02 OFF : It’s the best one. No doubt. 5:05 VAL : And it reflects the entire paper. For once the frontpage reflects the content of the paper. 5: 08 Any objections? DIRECTED BY Jérôme Lambert & Philippe Picard PRODUCED BY Stéphanie Colaux François Landesman EDITOR Françoise Tubaut CAMERA & SOUND Isabelle Fermon Thomas Perlmutter THANK YOU Florence Martin-Kessler WITH Jean “Cabu” Cabut -(1938 - 2015) Caroline Fourest Laurent ” Riss” Sourisseau Philippe Val Bernard “Tignous” Verlhac (1957 - 2015) George Wolinski (1934 - 2015) ADDITIONAL SUPPORT Bonne Compagnie SERIES RESEARCHER Lindsay Crouse / the New York Times COORDINATING PRODUCER Kathleen Lingo / the New York Times SERIES PRODUCER AND CURATOR Jason Spingarn-Koff / the New York Times