Tag Archives: Brigitte Bardot

BB at best (film: Une ravissante idiote – Édouard Molinaro, 1964)

Posted on November 11, 2024 by admin

Looking for a comedy to improve my mood, I came across a gem of the genre – ‘Une ravissante idiote‘, the 1964 film by Édouard Molinaro. Many of the French comedies of that period are among my favorites, and now … Continue reading →

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Brigitte Bardot investigates (film: Voulez-vous danser avec moi? – Michel Boisrond, 1959)

Posted on July 18, 2024 by admin

Director Michel Boisrond had already secured in the mid-1950s a name for himself in the history of French cinema, being among the first to cast in leading roles Brigitte Bardot and, a little later, Alain Delon. The collaboration with Brigitte … Continue reading →

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the failing marriage of a goddess (Film: Le mépris – Jean-Luc Goddard, 1963)

Posted on November 29, 2019 by admin

‘Le Mepris‘ (‘Contempt‘) is an attempt by Jean-Luc Godard to use a ‘state-of-the-art’ format and cinema technology for the year 1963, when the film was made. What does Godard do when he has a screen format and film usually reserved … Continue reading →

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Film: La Verite (Clouzot, 1960)

Posted on July 19, 2010 by admin

In Bernard Tavernier’s film Laissez Passer which I wrote about a few days ago Henri-Georges Clouzot gets indirectly a harsh treatment. He is one of these directors who continued to work under the German occupation during WWII, and was attacked … Continue reading →

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