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January 28th, 2010

A QUICK HOMAGE TO FRENCH CINEMA (Part 2)

Chose promise chose due, here comes the next episode:

18858980Jeanne Moreau. She’s classic amongst classics.

backstage-2005-08-gEmmanuelle Seigner. Polanski’s wife. She’s Fafi’s favourite.

18809359_w434_h_q80Nathalie Baye. Remember your schoolmate’s mother? Only better.

yiw2capbIsabelle Huppert. (What can I say, really?)

juliette-binoche-20050803-59849Juliette Binoche, ever smiling.

Image 2Emmanuelle Beart. Side A.

emmanuelle_beart_-cuba_libre-003Emmanuelle Beart. Side B.

755770_bardotAnd last but not least, the one and only Brigitte Bardot, today.


January 20th, 2010

A QUICK HOMAGE TO FRENCH CINEMA (Part 1)

Image 3Françoise Dorleac. She’s Deneuve older sister. Got that ‘tragic’ feeling.

Sophie MarceauSophie Marceau. An 80’s baby sweet dream.

Image 1Anna Karina. Godard’s muse.

romy-schneider-giancarlo-botti-L-1Romy Schneider. She’s not really french, but she counts.

tumblr_kw34dnm8vF1qzr53co1_500Marion Cotillard. She’s like the girls who were in Art class in my school.

tumblr_kvxnhnYNHl1qzr53co1_500Sophie Duez. She is pure France circa Mitterrand years.

lea-seydoux-2Lea Seydoux. Nice feet.

18823248.jpg-r_760_x-f_jpg-q_x-20070907_081649Mylene Demongeot. So sweet, I’m gonna have to give her her own NOW WHAT post soon.

gavras3And Romain François Gavras.


November 23rd, 2009

NOW WHAT? #5: ISABELLE ADJANI

C10AKA the most charming woman in french movie history,

And non-arguably the most famous Algerian actress ever.

From her teen years:

1972 Faustine promo 031972 promo Faustine 01This is 1972.

Gifle 05This 1975.

To her young rise to stardom:

1976-12 Promo Barocco - Japon1977 Christian SimonpietriTrue story: she comes from the same hometown as me.

Gennevilliers!

My aunt went to school with her.

My father used to bullshit me about how he dated her when they were very young.

bougnat abougnat bYeah, right.

Then she blew up, starring in Luc Besson’s SUBWAY:

1985 Subway 07And other very popular french and american flicks:

1990-01 More 06b1990-01 More 06cAround the mid 90’s she went a bit weird,

she married Daniel Day-Lewis and stopped acting for a while.

This is her now:

2009-03 Arte Magazin 03

Just can’t get enough, couple of bonus beats:

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April 1st, 2009

NOW WHAT? #4: HEATHER MATARAZZO

 

 

   BEFORE:

 

 

 

AFTER:

 

 

 

 

Why did you have to leave the dollhouse?

You get eternal props anyway,

 

   M.

 

 


January 29th, 2009

NOW WHAT? #3: CARL THOMAS

 

   Peeps,

 I’m not a scrupulous follower of the R’n'B scene in general, of the Bad Boy Records roster in particular. But, man, that Carl Thomas really made me raise an eyebrow or two, I can’t front. First it was the hook to ‘The World Is Filled’ on Biggie’s second album. Then, the smooth vocalising on Puffy’s ‘Been Around The World’ remix with Mase. His first hit, ‘I Wish’ (2000), got us all singing off-key “And I wish I never met her at all!..”, ask Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige. And his unexplainably overlooked contribution to Capone n Noreaga’s ‘The Reunion’ album intro, a superb rendition of Sam Cooke’s classic ‘Change Is Gonna Come’, was absolutely perfect. Matter fact, he even featured on my personal favourite R’n'B record of the naughties, the almost faultless ‘Touch’ album, by Amerie.

 

(I’m breaking down all these songs precisely because if, god forbid, you were not familiar with them by now, I’d strongly advise that you run to your iTunes store or Limewire RIGHT NOW.)

 

   I don’t understand what made Carl fall suddenly off the radar around 2003. His second album (as well as his third, apparently) went almost completely unnoticed. Seems that the tragic loss of his brother affected him so bad that he didn’t want to do any promotion anymore. Consequently, Bad Boy dropped him off and he hasn’t been seen much around ever since. I feel truly blue for Mr Thomas as I think he is one of the most gifted male vocalist in the genre today and his career story could be used as an itchy sticky note for the rest of us, word to Black Rob.

 

   Carl, hope to hear some new music from you soon,

 

     Mehdi.

 

 

PS: Picture by D-Nice from the Boogie Down Productions, check where his head’s at HERE

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