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Date: 22 Dec 2006 10:47:22
From: ilan
Subject: Living in France
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I'm always complaining about living in France, but I must admit that
there are some advantages.
Last night, I was watching the 2006 Paris-Roubaix on my computer and
had the TV on, and at some point the movie "Germinal" came on, so I got
to simultaneously see the race on the tranche d'Arenberg and the movie
much of which takes place under the Tranchee d'Arenberg. However, the
race was much more interesting than the movie.
The night before, even as I was composing yet another rant on r.b.r.,
the late late movie was "Laissez-Passer" which is an account of a bike
racer living in Paris during the WWII occupation (he was also a film
maker). There were some nice shots of him riding 390km in one day to
see his wife. Apparently, such treks were not uncommon, during WWII my
wife's grandfather used to ride 50km in each direction in a single day
to see his daughter (my mother in law). There are also discussions of
racing in the movie, apparently his favourite race was the Madison. The
movie has some amusing moments, he is continually worried about his
bike, even when under the most dangerous situations. It is based on
conversations with him in 2000 (he died in 2004 at age 92). One of the
best aspects of the movie is that they portray all the resistance
bigshots as truly annoying political types. For some reason, I was
never aware of it when it came out in 2002, but I definitely recommend
it, it's available on DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/Safe-Conduct-Jacques-Gamblin/dp/B0001I54Q6/sr=1-1/qid=1166812648/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5045334-5881743?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
The actor, Jacques Gamblin is exactly my age, and it was funny seeing
him in this role, as I had previously seen in acting in a movie where
he had a handicapped leg, and his acting was so good I was almost
convinced it was real.
-ilan
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Date: 23 Dec 2006 12:38:00
From: stig
Subject: Re: Living in France
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English synopsis & comments: http://imdb.com/title/tt0269461/
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Date: 23 Dec 2006 03:23:27
From: ilan
Subject: Re: Living in France
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http://www.amazon.fr/Laissez-Passer-%C3%89dition-DVD-Jacques-Gamblin/dp/B00006B0KH/sr=8-3/qid=1166872938/ref=sr_1_3/403-1312154-5273258?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
-ilan
joseph.santaniello@gmail.com wrote:
> ilan wrote:
> > I'm always complaining about living in France, but I must admit that
> > there are some advantages.
> > Last night, I was watching the 2006 Paris-Roubaix on my computer and
> > had the TV on, and at some point the movie "Germinal" came on, so I got
> > to simultaneously see the race on the tranche d'Arenberg and the movie
> > much of which takes place under the Tranchee d'Arenberg. However, the
> > race was much more interesting than the movie.
> >
> > The night before, even as I was composing yet another rant on r.b.r.,
> > the late late movie was "Laissez-Passer" which is an account of a bike
> > racer living in Paris during the WWII occupation (he was also a film
> > maker). There were some nice shots of him riding 390km in one day to
> > see his wife. Apparently, such treks were not uncommon, during WWII my
> > wife's grandfather used to ride 50km in each direction in a single day
> > to see his daughter (my mother in law). There are also discussions of
> > racing in the movie, apparently his favourite race was the Madison. The
> > movie has some amusing moments, he is continually worried about his
> > bike, even when under the most dangerous situations. It is based on
> > conversations with him in 2000 (he died in 2004 at age 92). One of the
> > best aspects of the movie is that they portray all the resistance
> > bigshots as truly annoying political types. For some reason, I was
> > never aware of it when it came out in 2002, but I definitely recommend
> > it, it's available on DVD:
> > http://www.amazon.com/Safe-Conduct-Jacques-Gamblin/dp/B0001I54Q6/sr=1-1/qid=1166812648/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5045334-5881743?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
> > The actor, Jacques Gamblin is exactly my age, and it was funny seeing
> > him in this role, as I had previously seen in acting in a movie where
> > he had a handicapped leg, and his acting was so good I was almost
> > convinced it was real.
> >
> > -ilan
>
> Do you know a region 2 version to buy online someplace?
>
> Joseph
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Date: 23 Dec 2006 00:14:59
From:
Subject: Re: Living in France
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ilan wrote:
> I'm always complaining about living in France, but I must admit that
> there are some advantages.
> Last night, I was watching the 2006 Paris-Roubaix on my computer and
> had the TV on, and at some point the movie "Germinal" came on, so I got
> to simultaneously see the race on the tranche d'Arenberg and the movie
> much of which takes place under the Tranchee d'Arenberg. However, the
> race was much more interesting than the movie.
>
> The night before, even as I was composing yet another rant on r.b.r.,
> the late late movie was "Laissez-Passer" which is an account of a bike
> racer living in Paris during the WWII occupation (he was also a film
> maker). There were some nice shots of him riding 390km in one day to
> see his wife. Apparently, such treks were not uncommon, during WWII my
> wife's grandfather used to ride 50km in each direction in a single day
> to see his daughter (my mother in law). There are also discussions of
> racing in the movie, apparently his favourite race was the Madison. The
> movie has some amusing moments, he is continually worried about his
> bike, even when under the most dangerous situations. It is based on
> conversations with him in 2000 (he died in 2004 at age 92). One of the
> best aspects of the movie is that they portray all the resistance
> bigshots as truly annoying political types. For some reason, I was
> never aware of it when it came out in 2002, but I definitely recommend
> it, it's available on DVD:
> http://www.amazon.com/Safe-Conduct-Jacques-Gamblin/dp/B0001I54Q6/sr=1-1/qid=1166812648/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5045334-5881743?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
> The actor, Jacques Gamblin is exactly my age, and it was funny seeing
> him in this role, as I had previously seen in acting in a movie where
> he had a handicapped leg, and his acting was so good I was almost
> convinced it was real.
>
> -ilan
Do you know a region 2 version to buy online someplace?
Joseph
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Date: 23 Dec 2006 12:25:09
From: Dan Gregory
Subject: Re: Living in France
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joseph.santaniello@gmail.com wrote:
> ilan wrote:
. For some reason, I was
>> never aware of it when it came out in 2002, but I definitely recommend
>> it, it's available on DVD:
>> http://www.amazon.com/Safe-Conduct-Jacques-Gamblin/dp/B0001I54Q6/sr=1-1/qid=1166812648/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5045334-5881743?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
>> The actor, Jacques Gamblin is exactly my age, and it was funny seeing
>> him in this role, as I had previously seen in acting in a movie where
>> he had a handicapped leg, and his acting was so good I was almost
>> convinced it was real.
>>
>> -ilan
>
> Do you know a region 2 version to buy online someplace?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laissez-Passer-Jacques-Gamblin/dp/B00008WQ43/sr=11-1/qid=1166876560/ref=sr_11_1/026-4368844-4172463
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