Their can be little disagreement that song, “Si Tu Vois Ma Mère” by Sidney Bechet, is a jazz classic.
Monsieur Pas de Merde is of the opinion that the introduction scene from Woody Allen’s 2011 movie “Midnight in Paris” was the best part of the film. What do you think?
Vivre Sa Vie (“My Life to Live”) is a 1962 French New Wave drama film directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
Nana (Anna Karina), a beautiful Parisian in her early twenties, leaves her husband and infant son hoping to become an actress. Without money, beyond what she earns as a shopgirl, and unable to enter acting, she elects to earn better money as a prostitute. Soon she has a pimp, Raoul, who after an unspecified period agrees to sell Nana to another pimp. During the exchange the pimps argue and Nana is killed in a gun battle. Nana’s short life on film is told in 12 brief episodes each preceded by a written intertitle. – Wikipedia
It looks like a Christmas cantata for all Navigo pass holders, but transport strikes mean it’s doubly topical. To celebrate the upcoming release of their second album “Ramages” (February 14, 2020), Rosemary Standley de Moriarty and Dom La Nena have created “O solitude”, a 2014 title inspired by music by Purcell with, in the frame, appearances by Julia Lanoë (Sexy Sushi, Kompromat) and Emma de Caunes, be careful when closing the doors.
Directed by Jeremiah. Arranged and performed by Rosemary Standley and Dom La Nena. Director of Photography : Tom Anirae. Shot and edited by Jeremiah. Bubbles by Vincent Wüthrich. Runner : Sara Guerreiro. Camera assistant : Marion Raymond-Seraille Director of production : Borhane Mallek. With Emma De Caunes, Julia Lanoé, Willow
The Paris traffic jam was caused by the consecutive transport strikes that have been happening for the past three weeks to protest a governmental pension overhaul.