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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Many of us admire that film, which is just called Amélie here. Or even Amelie, without the correct accent.
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In France Amelie is called “Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain”.
The director, Jean Pierre Jeunet has realised after : ”Un long dimanche de fiançailles” about the WW1 with the same esthetic. I found it quite intricate with a lot of characters. We must be well awake, and ready to see the same actors than in Amelie plus Jodie Foster. Nevertheless it’s a very beautiful film dealing with WW1 in a realist way. Go and see it !
http://wwws.warnerbros.fr/movies/unl...lash-640.html#
Our last successful film is “les choristes” that reminds me of “Billy Elliot”
http://www.leschoristes-lefilm.com/
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Originally Posted by mrnoodle
Wal-Mart. It's cheap, soulless, mass-produced crap, marketed to cheap, soulless, mass-produced people. I'm pretty sure the mark of the Beast will be that stupid smiley face on the commercials.
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“It's cheap, soulless, mass-produced crap, marketed to cheap, soulless, mass-produced people” I will copy it. I hope you’ve got no patent on it !
In France Walmart is still not here but we’ve got clones named : Leclerc, Carrefour, Auchan, Casino… (They sell also lettuce but no rifles !). It’s the same problem. 20 years ago medias were proud to say that we were the first in the world to invent such sh.. and bring cheap material happiness to middle class families (which are sometimes now unemployed). “Communism promised heaven, Leclerc made it !”. Now nobody boast about them.
Is it common in the US to talk about the mark of the Beast ? In France it’s not well known. As we’re a Cartesian country you’ve got chance to be seen as mad for most of French people .
I was looking forWalmart's smiley and found others symbols.
They are not really positive : the 666 gencode over US and the star of the Illuminati… Brrr
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Originally Posted by mrnoodle
(2) Pierre Capretz,
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Pierre Capretz : ???
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Originally Posted by marichiko
I wish the French wouldn't have given us all those existentialists like Sartre and Camus - very depressing.
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Yes if you want real French headaches you can read Sartre or Proust. But I’ve appreciated Camus “la Peste” despite it’s not funny.
I’ve heard that French (and Belgian, like French fries) comics are not well known abroad despite the latest ones are very creative. You can have a look at some (sorry it’s not those I prefer) :
http://www.read-box.com/
Clic ENTRER, bibliothèque on top, chose a picture, clic “lancer la lecture”, suite, zoom, suite page suivante…
I prefer page 9 : ”La conjuration d’opale”, ”le combat ordinaire” (excellent, need to be french to understand ?), p13 ”Où le regard ne porte pas”, p16 ”Thorgal”, p1 ”Bételgeuse”, p19 ”XIII”…
If you can find them in Walmart, then they are not so bad !