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MollyBloom
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 Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:21 am Post subject: films about/in Paris in 1920s-1930s |
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Anyone have any suggestions about films that take place in Paris in the 1920-30s? I have seen a lot of classic French films so I am looking for more period films. I already saw The Sun Also Rises.
Maybe some focusing on artists/musicians/literary figures of that time... |
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Ya-ta Boy
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| Does 1938 fit your time frame? Not a movie, but Sartre's 'Road to Freedom' trilogy is a bang up lit work. When Isme drives that knife through her hand, ya gotta love her. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| I think it might...I'll look it up. |
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Jake.K
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:00 am Post subject: |
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Tovarich?
It's a classic comedy |
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BreakfastInBed
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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They might not all work for you but these come to mind.
The Razor's Edge -haven't seen any of the films but it's partly set in Paris during the era you're interested in.
Tom and Viv -about Vivienne and T.S. Eliot, don't remember if it is set in Paris.
Henry and June -Henry Miller in Paris.
Paris was a Woman -Documentary mostly about Gertrude Stein I think
An American in Paris -set a decade or so after the period you want and filmed in the US but the mainstream American perceptions of Paris evidenced in the film can probably be related to the historical era you're interested in. Plus it's a neat movie.
Under the Roofs of Paris -French film from 1930. Maybe worth a look.
L'Atlante -Might not be useful, but one of the all-time greats. Painfully beautiful.
ps I'm too lazy to dig back for your Joyce thread; I finally finished Ulysses. Read it alongside the New Bloomsday Book. On the first go through I'd say I enjoyed reading the Circe episode best. It was an exciting experience, like making a new friend you know you will have a long and fruitful relationship with. |
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Fishead soup
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Une Chan Andalou- Classic Surrealist film made by Louis Buniel and Salidore Dali. Begins with a real shock. |
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MollyBloom
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| BreakfastInBed wrote: |
They might not all work for you but these come to mind.
The Razor's Edge -haven't seen any of the films but it's partly set in Paris during the era you're interested in.
Tom and Viv -about Vivienne and T.S. Eliot, don't remember if it is set in Paris.
Henry and June -Henry Miller in Paris.
Paris was a Woman -Documentary mostly about Gertrude Stein I think
An American in Paris -set a decade or so after the period you want and filmed in the US but the mainstream American perceptions of Paris evidenced in the film can probably be related to the historical era you're interested in. Plus it's a neat movie.
Under the Roofs of Paris -French film from 1930. Maybe worth a look.
L'Atlante -Might not be useful, but one of the all-time greats. Painfully beautiful.
ps I'm too lazy to dig back for your Joyce thread; I finally finished Ulysses. Read it alongside the New Bloomsday Book. On the first go through I'd say I enjoyed reading the Circe episode best. It was an exciting experience, like making a new friend you know you will have a long and fruitful relationship with. |
L'Atlante is one of my favorite films! Michel Simon is amazing.
You should bittorrent the movie "Bloom." I just watched it and I loved it. I seriously cried about 7 times, out of joy and sympathy for Leo Bloom. (I get really sensitive about Joyce and all things Ireland-related.) The Circe episode was brilliantly thought out and Stephen Rea was amazing as Bloom. Alvaro Lucchesi played Buck Mulligan and he was hilarious. I think it became one of my favorite movies. I was disappointed, though, because they left out one of my favorite lines spoken by Bloom in the Calypso episode:
"- Afraid of the chickens she is, he said mockingly. Afraid of the chook-chooks. I never saw such a stupid pussens as pussens.
Cruel. Her nature. Curious mice never squeal. Seem to like it."
film website: http://www.ulysses.ie/home/default.asp |
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Underwaterbob
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| Not quite your time frame, but Round Midnight is an excellent movie about a Jazz Musician (excellently portrayed by Dexter Gordon) in Paris in the 1950s. It's definitely worth a watch. I'm a bit biased. Gordon's probably my favourite tenor player ever, I love his sloppy-cool style. |
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BreakfastInBed
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
You should bittorrent the movie "Bloom." I just watched it and I loved it. I seriously cried about 7 times, out of joy and sympathy for Leo Bloom. (I get really sensitive about Joyce and all things Ireland-related.) The Circe episode was brilliantly thought out and Stephen Rea was amazing as Bloom. Alvaro Lucchesi played Buck Mulligan and he was hilarious. I think it became one of my favorite movies. I was disappointed, though, because they left out one of my favorite lines spoken by Bloom in the Calypso episode:
"- Afraid of the chickens she is, he said mockingly. Afraid of the chook-chooks. I never saw such a stupid pussens as pussens.
Cruel. Her nature. Curious mice never squeal. Seem to like it."
film website: http://www.ulysses.ie/home/default.asp |
Sold. I'll look for it tonight! |
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