Patrick Chappatte was born in 1967, in Karachi, Pakistan. He was raised in Singapore and Switzerland by a Swiss father and a Labanese mother. He's a famous cartoonist known for drawing for Le Temps, , Neue Zürcher Zeitung(Sunday edition) and the International New York Times. He also worked as an illustrator for the New York Times and for Newsweek, as a cartoonist. Many of his cartoons reflect events in Swiss and international news, such as the 9/11 attacks, the rise of the Swiss People's Party, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Chappatte lives between Los Angeles and Geneva.
- This is a cartoon drew by Patrick Chappatte at the time of Cannes Film Festival. It tackles the issue of illegal donwnloading in the cinema's world.
- Indeed, in the picture we can recognize the famous red carpet of Cannes Film Festival and also the impressive mass of fans and paparazzis. On the left of the draw, there are also the glamorous stairs and the symbol of "La palme d'or " of Cannes. In the central part of the cartoon, a scene between an actor/director/producer and a fan catches the attention of the viewer. The man is signing an autograph for a young man who is telling him that he loves his movies and that he pirated them all. The young fan looks very happy to say that while the actor/director/producer seems a little bit indifferent.
- Patrick Chappatte aims to make us react to this kind of dialogue. Here, the fan represents a real problem of society. Chappatte wants to makes us aware of illegal downloading is becoming a scourge for cinema's industry. Besides, the tone of the cartoon is very ironical because the young man prides himself to had pirated all the movies of the actor/director/producer. Overall, this cartoon says that if evereybody pirate movies, cinema doesn't a reason to exist anymore. All things considered, this cartoon is also a way to making fun of people who pirate movies. It makes them more sensitive to their illogical way of acting. (They say loving cinema while they pirate movies).
- In my opinion, this cartoon is well designed and carefully thought-out. The meaning is clearly highlighted by the scene illustrated in the cartoon. Besides, I think that it's an efficent way to make understand the problem of illegal downloading. I agree with Patrick Chappatte, pirating movies is similar to steal all the persons working in the cinema's world.
- Actually, we are in a time dominated by the screens. Everybody watch TV, series and movies. Before, people didn't have the problem of pirating movies. Indeed, one or two films were realeased in one mounth before. The idea of progress takes a very special meaning because it gives new problems to resolve. Yet, we can discuss about the price more or less expansive to go to the cinema. Pirating movies, could be a solution for people who has not enough money to go to cinema.
OK Iris.
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