Be French, play some music & be subversive!
To my great shame, I did not notice that the excellent Etre et Avoir was on the telly last night (on BBC2, to be precise) - what a shame, as this is quite an interesting documentary on a rural primary school in France... Anyway, you can if you want catch it on video or DVD... (I do have a copy, but it's got no subtitles, I'm afraid!! - so only for the most daring!)
Apart from that, this week, this Tuesday more specifically, the French Institute will be celebrating the Fête de la Musique - quite an impressive extravaganza of various styles of music and songs, from France and beyond...
The whole programme of festivities is described here... I am really happy that other outlets, such as Cabaret Voltaire, are taking part! Hopefully this whole concept will catch up!! I know I will certainly try and check it out!!!
However, if your heart leans more towards Cinema, you may catch up with the excellent & subversive Journal d'une Femme de Chambre (tonight Monday & tomorrow night), as part of their Luis Buñuel Season. Adapted in 1964 from a novel by Octave Mirbeau, this film presents the ruthless ambition of chambermaid Célestine (Jeanne Moreau) through manipulation. Sex is power... Information is power... Just a brilliant film really!!!
Should you however miss it for whatever reason, you can still catch up with another offering from Buñuel : the amazing Belle de Jour.
Starring Catherine Deneuve, as icy & beautiful Belle, a housewife who fills up her afternoons by working in a high class brothel (or does she? - that is one of the questions!), Buñuel's vision oscillates between reality and fantasy to depict masochism, exhibitionism & voyeurism with une élégance certaine. If after all this, you decided not to go, what can I say?
It would be your loss!!
Anyway, both films are on at the Filmhouse: check it out!
posted by Lise @ 10:43 AM
12 Comments:
Ahhh, Belle du jour, what a great film.... maybe one for the next cinema class ??
ha, that would definitely seriously hot things up in the classroom!!!
:-)
Need to find some worthy male material to take part in the class first then I think....Johnny Depp doesn't wanna learn French does he ???
He's been stolen by Vanessa Paradis - I guess the least he can do is to speak French!!!!
Well, he doesn't need to speak French, only....well, enough of that, its only 10am and I'm having phantasies of Jonny and me doing ahem....
Anyway, saw you added our blog as a link, cool ! C u tonite......
Temperature definitely rising!!!
hey lise! whats up. im bored - missing classes!
hehe, I am engulfed in a terrifying ordeal as I have to translate a financial report...
:(
One can't always do what one wants, sadly!
Lxox
Hi there, by the way stole your Make Poverty History Banner, as I liked it very much....
Sure you don't mind ...forgot to ask you r u going to the concert on the 6th July ??
hum, no, not going mainly because I didn't get a ticket - I am that pathetic at the moment.....
sorry - I couldnt make it to the party. I went for the raceforlife 5K run yesterday - it was very nice fun. How did the party go? i had wanted to ask you if I could put a link to your blog from mine?
Hey, don't worry about it... Your race was more important (my b/day is every year....)!
Thx for the link - much appreciated indeed, and I will reciprocate if that's OK with you...
Lxox
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