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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Swinging Sarko
I’m sure somebody’s not going to be amused at the Elysée… Source (b3ta) | Via J-Walk
Forbidden Aids Awareness Commercial
This weekend, the French contributed over five million euros to Sidaction, an annual event in aid of the fight against Aids (Sida in French). However, French TV refused to broadcast this 37-sec film, considered too graphic. Catch phrase: in the … Continue reading
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Cinema Revolution
Godard filmed the last scene of “Breathless” without crowd control and with a hand-held camera. This week in The New Yorker, Richard Brody writes about Jean-Luc Godard, with a related slide show online. In an mp3, Brody discusses watching Jean-Luc … Continue reading
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Another Day in France
Today’s Links: Safety fears over French nuclear technology Telegraph) ‘Le scrapbooking’ takes France by storm (Times) French Extremists Dream of Jihad in Iraq (AP) France’s Nouvel awarded ‘architecture’s Nobel’ (AFP) Anti-Semitism in France becoming more ‘traditional’ but also more violent … Continue reading
Politically Incorrect Games
French website Usinagaz hosts dozens of online games, including the one shown above, inviting players to liberate Ingrid Betancourt from the FARC rebels. There’s also a game that lets you throw hatchets at celebrities. The most popular people killed there … Continue reading
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War on Scientology
French TV channel Arte showed this report in its Tracks program last February. The documentary follows the Anonymous movement against the Church of Scientology. It’s unlikely this sort of program will ever be aired in countries where Scientology is recognized … Continue reading
Absolut French
Click to see larger image (Worth1000.com) The French hate it when foreigners take over their companies but they’re quite happy if it happens the other way round: Pernod buys Absolut vodka firm for $8.87 billion France’s Pernod Ricard has won … Continue reading
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France Declares War On Boars
French hunters go on warpath to stem invasion of wild boars It is a national icon, immortalised on the heraldic crests of the aristocracy, the favourite dish of Asterix and Obelix, and the target of tens of thousands of hunters … Continue reading
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French Paradise in the Pacific
The Department of Cultural & Social Geography of the Göttingen University (Germany) has a website filled with photographic impressions of East Asia and the Pacific. Here are two pictures from French Polynesia: Rowers in the sunset of Moorea Traditional Earth … Continue reading
Another Week in France
This weekend’s links: Furious electro-dance style sweeps France (Reuters) France and Britain clash over Beijing Olympics (Times) Sarkozy: The man who’s made a mockery of France (Daily Mail) Carla Bruni, a perfectly lovely predator (Times) Purple teeth and headaches as … Continue reading
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Pop Goes the Revolution: French Cinema and May ’68
On The World Of Kane: a large collection of clips from famous French sixties films, among which Alphaville (1965): [youtube]jtAIpsqdQBg[/youtube] “Jean-Luc Godard’s homage to pop art and pulp fiction.” Hard boiled detective Lemmy Caution is sent to spy on Alpha … Continue reading
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Get Naughty. In the Office?
For sale at Amazon.com: Naughty French Maid. Four pieces: lace up front dress with attached apron, headpiece, choker and feather duster. Available from Xsmall to Xlarge, at $44. Curious detail: they’re sold in the category Office Products.
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Colette’s Gardens
This beautifully typographed ad (click to see larger version) is part of a campaign for the grand opening of “Colette’s Gardens“. These gardens are in the south of France and dedicated to Colette, one of the most famous French female … Continue reading
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Maya Barsony – La pompe à Diesel
[youtube]7tjM_nNnuGQ[/youtube] Maya Barsony is a wild lady from a musical family (her father is 70s pop singer Jacques Higelin). Her first solo album Femme d’Exterieur is due in May of this year. The clip above is the first one from … Continue reading
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