The legend of Novecento
The monologue by Alessandro Baricco is actually called, in the French translation Françoise Brun gave for Gallimard “Novecento: pianist. A monologue”. On January 1, 1900, Danny Boodman, who worked on…
Category: Art – Literature
“I could have danced…”
My Fair Lady on TV last night… Not because I’m contemporary with it, but honestly, the film has not aged … It is inspired by the play Pygmalion by Georges-Bernard…
The Plague and the Cholera
I must confess that I find it difficult to find the words to say how we feel in the face of this pandemic. What references should we hang on to?…
Cesar septuagenarian
On November 4, last year, 4,689 members of the Cesar Academy nominated Roman Polanski ‘s film “J’accuse” in 12 separate categories. And last night, Polanski himself was named by the…
Edward Hopper in Europe
From January 26 till May 17, the Beyeler Foundation, based in Riehen, in the vicinity of Basel, presents a collection of works by Edward Hopper, one of the leading American…
“D’un intellectuel résistant”
Two days before the sixty years birthday of his death, the French newspaper Le Figaro dated of today pays a beautiful tribute to Albert Camus, by publishing an unpublished 1943 vibrant…