tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post2699632477223646035..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: A Little Love For Françoise DorléacNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81832149709454505962011-04-26T12:23:12.337-04:002011-04-26T12:23:12.337-04:00I think roman polanski is a sick little fuck and c...I think roman polanski is a sick little fuck and cul de sac is exhibit A<br /><br />what he did in this movie with the most beautiful woman in the world 1962 is a crime, a cinematic rape where a little man can extrapolate power beyond the imagination of all his revenge fantasies.<br /><br />( his getting a child drunk and raping her was completely in character) <br /><br />contrast this with Truffaut and you know why people so love this French man. He is the man who loved women--many at a time, in fact, which is so human, isn't it?<br /><br />And who, considering the object of his lens focus -- personal and professional -- Francois, Fanny Ardant as the two primary examples, can blame him?<br /><br />SOFT SKIN is THE FRANCOIS DORLEAC movie and really shows what Francois could have become -- perhaps a garbo, maybe a dietrich. As Deneuve would be the first to admit, her older sister was a natural born actress (Paris's Gigi) and luminous star, while Catherine took a lot of time to be comfortable.<br /><br />In other words, to realize what we lost, multiple Deneuve's status many times and you have a fair guess as to what Dorleac would have given the world.<br /><br />BTW, their parents were both leads in Comedie Francaise. <br /><br />I love Catherine, especially in Indochine, but Francois <br />is the ultimate.<br /><br />( Perceptive note by another poster. Yes, sharon tate is similar to francois physically -- but she is also, from accent to clothes to soul, texas to france. I'll take Paris and Roman deserves Dallas. He Is, to me, Repulsion.thomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122167353190750930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-87799245507665017062009-03-26T20:09:00.000-04:002009-03-26T20:09:00.000-04:00Francoise was one of the world's great beauties. F...Francoise was one of the world's great beauties. Far more beautiful then her sister and with a talent that was still developing at the time of her tragic death. She should never be forgottenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-47842621252665321622009-03-13T00:44:00.000-04:002009-03-13T00:44:00.000-04:00I saw That Man From Rio when I was 18 in 1965. Fr...I saw That Man From Rio when I was 18 in 1965. From that day to this, Francoise Dorleac remains the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. I've lamented her passing for over 40 years now - what a tragedy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-6621471477202534292009-01-15T19:27:00.000-05:002009-01-15T19:27:00.000-05:00Try this:http://chantal.hoareau.free.fr/indexbis.h...Try this:<BR/><BR/>http://chantal.hoareau.free.fr/indexbis.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-19924689598939185022008-08-24T01:31:00.000-04:002008-08-24T01:31:00.000-04:00With all due respect to her sister, it's Dorleac w...With all due respect to her sister, it's Dorleac who was the real deal back in the '60s. Deneuve, with her too perfect, rather artificial look, had a kind of remote and rigid quality about her back then, therefore her best performances of the period were in films were she was displayed as an icon, and then having this status being manipulated by the likes of Polanski or Bonuel (she would become more approachable and warm as the years mellowed her look. Dorleac had a free, easygoing and very natural aura about her. She oozed intelligence and sophistication. And Soft Skin is indeed a great showcase for her.<BR/><BR/>The Young Girls of Rochefort is one of my favorite musicals of all time. It's an almost academic study of the abstract artificialness which is the key element of the genre. And it's the – intended – negative of Umbrellas. Where Cherbourg is gloomy, rainy, rooted in a certain historical time and place, Rochefort is a carefree, sunny escapade into never never land (yet there's always a melancholic undercurrent lurking). An utter joy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-43093948652429591442008-08-23T17:14:00.000-04:002008-08-23T17:14:00.000-04:00I loved Dorleac in The Soft Skin, Rochefort, and T...I loved Dorleac in The Soft Skin, Rochefort, and That Man from Rio. I own Billion Dollar Brain but have yet to watch it. It was definitely sad that she died tragically and so young.gabrieloakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460263240309976652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81623578678643932732008-08-21T09:45:00.000-04:002008-08-21T09:45:00.000-04:00siblings can be so freaky if they're that famous. ...siblings can be so freaky if they're that famous. Because she looks just like Deneuve only NOT. And homeslaughter is right... she does look exceptionally modern (at least in this photo you've shown).<BR/><BR/>I need to see THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT in the worst way. I can't believe i haven't seen it given that UMBRELLAS is an all-time favorite.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-44637807585934419842008-08-20T23:04:00.000-04:002008-08-20T23:04:00.000-04:00Never seen her as far as I'm aware, but one of my ...Never seen her as far as I'm aware, but one of my best friends' least favourite movie of all time is <I>Cul de sac</I>. They loathe it with the burning fire of a thousand suns, closely followed by <I>Repulsion</I> and <I>The Ninth Gate</I>. Needless to say, she's not much of a Polanski fan.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11435515082410725882008-08-20T16:01:00.000-04:002008-08-20T16:01:00.000-04:00The Soft Skin is also my favorite Truffaut. I eve...<B>The Soft Skin</B> is also my favorite Truffaut. I even saw <B>Where the Spies Are</B> on TCM just because she was in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35216717987867763232008-08-20T15:15:00.000-04:002008-08-20T15:15:00.000-04:00She had a beauty in this movie that was so close t...She had a beauty in this movie that was so close to current tastes. I never though of her sister as chunky until now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61083221606562009022008-08-20T14:22:00.000-04:002008-08-20T14:22:00.000-04:00"I've got even more fire in me to catch her other ..."I've got even more fire in me to catch her other work now."<BR/><BR/>oh! (said in a kind of Italian mobster way. i.e. The Sopranos)<BR/><BR/>Too soon?whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048153758556096552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-3947433102014309062008-08-20T14:08:00.000-04:002008-08-20T14:08:00.000-04:00I'm with you about Francoise. I've only seen two o...I'm with you about Francoise. I've only seen two of her films but I think she was great in both of them: <I>The Young Girls of Rochefort</I>, which you mentioned in your entry, and <I>That Man From Rio</I>, a silly James Bond-spoof with the ruggedly handsome Jean-Paul Belmondo. I really need to seek out more of her work as well.Dame Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.com