Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” Complex
Michael Schulman profiles the director of “Alien,” “Blade Runner,” “Gladiator,” and “Thelma & Louise,” who discusses his career and his new movie about the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby.
"He's not un-Napoleonic himself. When he's there, he's in charge, and you have complete confidence in him." — Napoleon scholar Michael Broers, on Ridley Scott