PARIS ( Reuters ) - French film and stage actor Alain Delon sold a thousand bottles of his wine collection on Saturday with a big Chinese buyer pushing the auction results well above pre-sale estimates. Delon, once called "the male Brigitte Bardot " for his good looks, is one of France 's best-selling film actors with Jean-Paul Belmondo and comic Louis de Funes . While he never made a big splash in Hollywood, he has fans in Europe and Asia . The sale raised more than 250,000 euros ($333,800...Read Full Story
We're back on the Bateau PBers, this time at the movies... Can you think of a better way to bone up on your French than watching streaming Fr movies on Netflix? Absolutement pas! Thanks for all the tips on riding the boat in Paris. Now I have to do it! Have you ever seen a French movie that didn't have at least ONE dinner soiree ? Non! Period film, Ridicule (1996-cast:Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fannie Ardent etc) is one of the best and totally au courant in content. As Fr Girl says, "At...Read Full Story
Corey (Alain Delon) in Le Cercle Rouge. Another round with a master By Ed Rampell One of the great things about film festivals is that screenings of classic movies can revive forgotten or overlooked pictures, and give audiences a second look at them. It’s sort of like discovering a long, lost relative, and the AFI Film Festival is no exception to this revival tradition. Guest Artistic Director Pedro Almodóvar selected and introduced one of his personal favorites, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le...Read Full Story
Monica Vitti and Alain Delon in The Eclipse. Marianne Faithfull and Alain Delon in - The Girl on a Motorcycle. Senta Berger and Alain Delon in-Diaboliquement vôtre-1967. Alain Delon and Jane Fonda in - Les Felins /Joy House - 1964. Marie Laforet and Alain Delon in - Purple Noon – 1969. Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale in -Il Gattopardo - 1962. Alain Delon & Catherine Deneuve. Alain Delon & Barbara Alain Delon & Anne Parillaud. Alain Delon and Anne Magret. Jane Birkin & Alain Delon. Alain...Read Full Story
Editor's note: This week's guest contributor is a writer familiar to many fans of French film noir. Ginette Vincendeau is Professor of Film Studies at King’s College London and the author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris (London: BFI, 2003). She has provided filmed and audio commentaries for DVDs of a number of Melville films for BFI, Criterion and Masters of Cinema. *** The essence of Franco-American noir By Ginette Vincendeau Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973) directed thirteen...Read Full Story
After four years in relative seclusion, Madonna is returning to the public eye: "W.E.," her second feature film as ... One song on the album, "Beautiful Killer," is a tribute to French film star Alain Delon. "I've seen every movie Alain Delon's ever ...
Originally published in Guardian on 25 January 1969: Alain Delon is to be held for questioning by police who are investigating the murder of his former secretary and bodyguardAlain Delon, the actor, is to be held for questioning for a further 24 hours by police who are investigating the murder near here last September of his former secretary and bodyguard, a young Yugoslav, Stefan Markovic. Delon, who has been interrogated three times before...
In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times Madonna talked about her directorial debut with W.E., her upcoming Superbowl performance and her new album MDNA. On her movie W.E. "54-day shoot in 2010 spanned New York, London, the English countryside, Paris and the South of France. "It was hell," Madonna said. "In a way, I was very naive. I wrote the script, and I let my imagination go, and I didn't really think of the practicalities of all...
“I’m a curious person who’s interested in learning, and I like to take the road ... female rappers M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj. One song on the album, “Beautiful Killer,” is a tribute to French film star Alain Delon. “I’ve seen every movie Alain ...
French effeminizing!? Tell that to Jean-Paul Belmondo, or Gerard Depardieu, or Alain Delon. (Well, maybe not Delon). The clip of Kerry shows him addressing a crowd with “laissez les bon temps rouler!” This is no effete literary reference. Any drunken ...
Alain Delon news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Alain Delon performances. According to Wikipedia: Alain Delon is a French actor, one of the best known outside his native country. Delon's star rose quickly, and by the age of twenty-three he was garnering comparisons to French screen legends such as Gerard Philipe and Jean Marais, as...more
Alain Delon news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Alain Delon performances. According to Wikipedia: Alain Delon is a French actor, one of the best known outside his native country. Delon's star rose quickly, and by the age of twenty-three he was garnering comparisons to French screen legends such as Gerard Philipe and Jean Marais, as well as American actor James Dean. He was even called the male Brigitte Bardot. Not wanting to fall back on his looks, Delon tried to take roles that presented him with more of a challenge. In particular he took parts playing a thief or gangster. One of the remarkable qualities about Delon's performances is that despite the immorality of many of the characters he plays, he manages to make them charming, and even likeable. Over the course of his career, Delon has worked with legendary directors, including Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Louis Malle.