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Well, let's say that BHL is the icon of what passes as ethical thought in French MSM.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Nov 1st, 2007 at 08:27:12 PM EST
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I wish you hadn't said that.

that's really depressing.

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Thu Nov 1st, 2007 at 08:51:42 PM EST
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To cheer you up - he made a movie ten years ago. As he knows everybody who is somebody in French media, he got good critics - at least some. The movie was ugly, and it tanked horribly. So the French public doesn't necessarily follows the MSM on this...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Nov 1st, 2007 at 09:00:14 PM EST
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oh dear.  one of those.

I sometimes wonder whether we should be worrying so much about separation of Church and State and focus on separation of Showbiz and State...  speaking as a long time resident of California :-)

The difference between theory and practise in practise ...

by DeAnander (de_at_daclarke_dot_org) on Thu Nov 1st, 2007 at 09:08:48 PM EST
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Did I mention his wife is actually a famous actress who was in some actually good movies ? Tha BHL himself, a rich heir, lives in palaces all years long, except when he goes to his Morroco house ; the redecoration of which was filmed for a TV documentary he produced, and which was bought by French state TV for some hundred thousands euros ? That he claims he is "of the left", yet is very good friends with Nicolas Sarkozy, and writes in the weekly newsmagazine Le Point, which is the voice of the Right Wing in France ?

That the mere mention of his name ought to make any self-respecting French leftist vomit ?

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Thu Nov 1st, 2007 at 09:31:24 PM EST
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Jour et la nuit, Le (1997)
This turkey is just another French highbrow movie. But this one is THE highbrow movie ! BHL (the director) is known in France as a philosopher but not a great one. And his movie is just as I expected. The plot is stupid and sometimes laughable, there is a lot of sex scenes, the actors are absolutely awful. But I gotta tell that above all, I didn't understand anything. I suppose there is a big metaphysical meaning hidden in the movie, but sorry I didn't catch it.

Le Jour et la nuit is one of the worst French movie I've ever seen. You should see it.


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by A swedish kind of death on Fri Nov 2nd, 2007 at 08:43:35 AM EST
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