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There is an article in The Economist about this ex...

2008-04-01T06:45:09.458+02:00

There is an article in The Economist about this exhibition here.

I too share a fascination with Marie Antoinette an...

2008-03-23T16:50:47.923+01:00

I too share a fascination with Marie Antoinette and wish I could come see this exhibit!

And I love the photo; where I live we have no advertisements that resemble anything extraordinary at all!!

Lucio I've seen Barry Lyndon but many many years a...

2008-03-23T15:48:53.144+01:00

Lucio I've seen Barry Lyndon but many many years ago. I have to watch it again one of these days. I did not know about Kubrick's project. Too bad he didn't get to do it, I'm sure it would be a good film.

Hello from New York, and happy Easter!You'll be ve...

2008-03-23T14:48:39.699+01:00

Hello from New York, and happy Easter!

You'll be very happy to know that the first thing my history teachers told me (and my classmates) when they started teaching the French Revolution and Marie Antoinette was that she most definitely did not say "Let them eat cake." Most history classes nowadays try to focus Marie Antoinette as a person, so we're getting a more well rounded picture of her. I wish I was in France to see the exhibit--I was so excited when I read about it in the New York Times!

Keep posting wonderful pictures!

Monica: I'm so glad I didn't offend you. And no, I...

2008-03-23T08:15:04.984+01:00

Monica: I'm so glad I didn't offend you. And no, I haven't seen the film you mention, but I will hunt it down now that you have brought it to my attention.

Did you know that one of Stanley Kubrick's unfinished projects was a film about Napoleon? The Kubrick exhibition, which toured here a couple of years ago, featured a section with just a tiny portion of his research. There were piles and piles of books, and a wooden filing cabinet jam-packed with index cards, detailing all the material he had examined in the course of his preparations - the breadth and depth of which I found truly awe-inspiring! It's such a shame he died before being able to make even an attempt at shooting his film. He did, however, get to tell a story set in the eighteenth century, which many find dour and stodgy, but which I have always liked: 'Barry Lyndon'.

Lucio I like to read about your point of view. I w...

2008-03-23T04:28:54.101+01:00

Lucio I like to read about your point of view. I will look for this film 'Ridicule', I love films that portrait this period of history.

Again I echo you, I think a movie about Madame de Pompadour would be great. Talking about movies, have you seen the film "Napoleon Bonaparte" with Daniel Auteil and Monica Belluci? I haven't seen it but I always see it on the shelf of Blockbuster. So I was wondering if it's any good and then I'll rent it.

Monica: I've read Antonia Fraser's book, and under...

2008-03-23T03:58:58.071+01:00

Monica: I've read Antonia Fraser's book, and understand your point, but I still think the film, as a social history, is incredibly slight.

If, on the other hand, it was intended as a mere entertainment, then it succeeds in spades! But if that was the intention, why make an historical film at all? Besides, do we really need an(other) entire film to tell us that Versailles in the 18thC was the capital of fatuous vanity, and that M-A was a victim of political circumstance? On top of that, I think Sophia's postmodern histrionics do more to cover up her film's lack of real substance than to make its story relevant to a contemporary audience (Michael Winterbottom's 'Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story', made at around the same time, does it much better).

If you want to see a truly excellent film about the royal court of Versailles (but in the time of Louis XIV), I highly recommend Patrice Leconte's 'Ridicule' - assuming you haven't already seen it. Elegant and excruciating, witty and sexy, grand and gaudy, it fuses fact and fiction in a way that few films of its type ever have, and ever will.

Of course, there is nothing inherently wrong with liking Sophia's film for what it is, and always will be. Only let's hope someone with a more mature imagination comes along to make the film of Madame de Pompadour's life!

Hope I haven't come across as a grouch. I'm really not, you know. :)

Pont Girl you know what, there's a big chance I'll...

2008-03-23T02:25:38.963+01:00

Pont Girl you know what, there's a big chance I'll go by october or november tops, since I probably can't go this semester.

If so, we shall meet and have lots and lots of macarons and of course a kir royale too! I'm sure Michael and Eric would love to join us.

Lucio I guess one has to read Marie Antoinette's b...

2008-03-23T02:22:16.672+01:00

Lucio I guess one has to read Marie Antoinette's biography by Antonia Fraser to understand the point of view that Sofia Coppola was framing. It's not by chance that she didn't show the queen's story after she and the king were arrested. She wanted to show exactly how futile life in Versailles was, and, according to Antonia Fraser (and reinforced by Coppola) Marie Antoinette was a victim of it, seeing that she was just 14 when she arrived there and there was not much to do then but follow the protocol.

I agree with you, a film about Madame de Pompadour would be very very interesting.

Justine - glad to hear you liked the book about Ma...

2008-03-23T01:40:53.819+01:00

Justine - glad to hear you liked the book about Marie-Antoinette - it was different, but I liked it!

I hope you find it too, Monica! And I think you should go to Paris in late October - early November so we can meet in person and go have some macarons! Peut-etre, Eric et Michael will join us ;)

Yesterday, by sheer coincidence, one of my local t...

2008-03-23T00:38:19.432+01:00

Yesterday, by sheer coincidence, one of my local television stations aired the documentary "Le Petit Theatre De Marie-Antoinette". It was a fascinating insight into the mechanics and protocols of this almost intact venue, and I recommend that you see it if you are interested in what a performance there might have looked and sounded like in M-A's time. Which is not to say that Coppola's film fails in this regard - it doesn't - but there's nothing like a "behind the scenes" tour provided by an expert on the subject.

On the other hand, while Coppola did manage to make an opulent film, it is almost as superficial as its subject - which some might find apt, but which I found annoying. Perhaps she should have chosen a truly interesting eighteenth-century woman, like Madame de Pompadour.

Eric, this is a glorious photo (and an amazing clo...

2008-03-22T22:01:56.349+01:00

Eric, this is a glorious photo (and an amazing cloud formation in the background)! I am so missing Paris, and wish I could see this exhibit too.

Love the "Killer Queen" lyrics and literature suggestions...um, but most all of what I know about Marie-Antoinette I saw in Sofia Coppola's film {gasp!}.

Phx what CHG dates? Did you really think I'm buyin...

2008-03-22T20:51:39.325+01:00

Phx what CHG dates? Did you really think I'm buying tickets to Paris??!!
I wish my friend, that was pure wishful thinking.

But there's still a chance I might go this year, don't know yet... but not in time for the Seine picnic though...

you are right, Monica, I am in LHR right now and C...

2008-03-22T20:02:47.001+01:00

you are right, Monica, I am in LHR right now and CDG on Wed.
Just HAD to see all the pix.I missed in the past few days. Don't have time to read all the comments, but Tall Gary is the GF award winner....he made his comments on the picture, a necessary requirement!!!!
Send me your CDG dates, Monica, what a surprise!

On a different subject, Louis la Vache would like ...

2008-03-22T19:30:08.283+01:00

On a different subject, Louis la Vache would like to thank Eric for inspiring him to begin his own Daily Photo Blog: SF Bay Daily Photo:
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Louis la Vache, in his native Texas accent says, "Y'all come!"

Re: Michael's reference to Queen's "Killer Queen" ...

2008-03-22T17:29:57.185+01:00

Re: Michael's reference to Queen's "Killer Queen" I say bravo! Sidenote: Freddy Mercury once said of the tune back in a '74 interview that it shows how "classy people can be whores" too but "read into it what you want." Interestingly enough, Brian May thought that his guitar playing on that particular tune was one of his best ever put on record. Who would disagree? The tune rocks!!!

Pont Girl, i read that same novel a while back and...

2008-03-22T16:44:13.902+01:00

Pont Girl, i read that same novel a while back and I really enjoyed it, too.
Marcia, I love that idea as I would have adored it when I was taking AP French, it would have been much more interesting that the boring study guide prompts but still have enough variety to prepare for the many situations that may show up on the exam. And make sure your students know the word for leprechaun, you never know when it may come in handy on the exam and impress the graders, my entire class managed to use the phrase "un farfadet, tout vert et mignon" which hopefully was correct...

Marcia, I'm afraid tout le monde cannot enjoy spri...

2008-03-22T16:44:01.892+01:00

Marcia, I'm afraid tout le monde cannot enjoy spring time because it's not spring time all over the world right now. It's autumn here, unfortunately.

Pont Girl I'm going to look for this novel you mentioned.

Rose and Lynn, Phx is working, it's just a layover and actually I'm not sure if she's in London or NY.
But I know she'll be in Paris next week.

Great photo, of course and I'd love to go to that ...

2008-03-22T15:35:16.305+01:00

Great photo, of course and I'd love to go to that exhibit. Did you watch the movie "Marie Antoinette" with Kirstin Dunst? I loved the colors of the clothing and foods they used, a kaleidoscope of color!
Have a happy Easter!

It's the beginning of my Spring Break so I have sl...

2008-03-22T15:29:20.276+01:00

It's the beginning of my Spring Break so I have slept a little late and thus am late in posting. Comme d'habitude. :)

I have been to Versailles and found it very gaudy, almost "tacky" (to use a very American word). The water and light show in the summer is fabulous though. The Conciergerie left me in tears because I could still feel the fear of those who were kept there. I am really missing France right now, especially Paris--I keep seeing these programs on tv and yesterday I bought a beautiful book of pictures and history of France. It will live in my classroom.... once I get my own room.

Oh, by the way Eric, the other day I found out that I may be teaching an Advanced Placement French class next year. I'd like to use your blog as an ongoing assignment--where the students would need to pick a picture from the previous week and then either describe it in French or write a little story (en français, bien sûr) with the picture as a prompt for it. You have such a fantastic variety of images that I think my students would really benefit.

Joyeux printemps, tout le monde!

Hey Pont Girl pop into Cheltenham again when you'r...

2008-03-22T13:22:49.727+01:00

Hey Pont Girl pop into Cheltenham again when you're passing, you wanted the flares? You got the flares. lol.

No Rose it seems she's stuck in boring old London....

2008-03-22T12:47:57.578+01:00

No Rose it seems she's stuck in boring old London....:(

(it's not boring at all of course, i'm just sulking)

Lovely photo, as always, Eric, but I just wanted t...

2008-03-22T12:04:06.860+01:00

Lovely photo, as always, Eric, but I just wanted to point out that the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was in fact Swiss!

Corinne:Next time...next time ;)Is Phx in England?...

2008-03-22T12:00:41.533+01:00

Corinne:
Next time...next time ;)

Is Phx in England??? How come I dont know anything about that? Is she coming to Canterbury? :(