last song: Elle était si jolie - Alain Barrière (I just came back from a 11 day trip to France, I've been obsessed with French music ever since)
currently watching: to be honest I'm not really much of a series watcher. However, I'm currently watching Monty Python's Flying Circus and several historical documentaries on yt or Netflix
currently reading: I'm one of those who read multiple books at once, it depends on my mood. Beside Michael Palin's diaries (the python years 1969-79) which I really love so far !, I'm reading Stephen Fry's retelling of Greek Mythology (Mythos). Also I've been in a massive reading slump lately :/ don't hesitate to give me book recommendations:))
current obsession: baking, monty python (especially John Cleese), classical music especially Beethoven and Vaughan Williams, and French chansons from the 60s/70s
I tag @commonguttersnipe @sirrobinsminstrel @mpaddict and everyone who wants to do this game as well :)
“I don’t want to be an actor who’s good-looking. I’d like to be as good-looking as I can, but I don’t want to be a good-looking actor.”
Alain Barrière & Noëlle Cordier ~
Tu t'en vas
All things to all Men ▪ interview ▪ podcast ▪ video
ll Things To All Men is a London-set crime thriller – what was it about the project that appealed?
It struck me as the sort of thing I don’t get sent. It’s a frustration I’ve had over the last few years, in England specifically. I only ever get considered for the same thing – period or at least upper class, which is not me at all. I am a comprehensive boy. I can go one way or the other. To have a young director ask me to play a London part is the kind of thing I’d wanted to do for years.
Was it fun making a film in London?
It felt kind of glamorous – felt like I had arrived!
What about first-time writer-director George Isaacs impressed you?
The fact that he had come to me – I took that as a mark of extremely good taste.
Did the chance to work with Gabriel Byrne catch your eye?
I got this script with the note “Gabriel Byrne is attached.” I am a fan of his and the idea of going head to head with him was great.
How was the shoot itself?
There were 102 locations in seven weeks …We shot a lot of it guerrilla style. Walking around the London streets we’d put up a camera, use just natural light – Londoners were the extras. If anyone saw the camera we would move on. It was fun. We’d drive around, pull up in a square, jump out, do some acting.
tnt magazine
He goes on to describe the current rogue cop character he’s playing, saying, “This guy felt equally different to anything I’ve ever done because he was from London and it was in a modern British film, with a London accent. Which for me, it was different than anything I had ever done.”
bbc america
podcast The actor dropped by for a chat about his film All Things to All Men.
For the first 10 years of the Eurovision Song Contest, France placed in the top five. However, no one knows the real rankings of the first Eurovision, so every nation aside from the winner was given second place.
The subsequent rankings are as followed:
Paule Desjardins took home second place in 1957 for the song 'La Belle Amour.'
'Dors Mon Amour' by André Claveau won the 1958 contest.
Jean Philippe's 'Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui' won third place in 1959.
1960 saw another victory for France thanks to Jacqueline Boyer's 'Tom Pillibi.'
'Printemps (avril Carillonne)' by Jean-Paul Mauric took fourth place in 1961.
In 1962, France won the contest once more with 'Un Premier Amour' by Isabelle Aubret.
'Elle était Si Jolie' by Alain Barrière gave the nation its worst score yet in 1963 when it earned fifth place.
Rachel's 'Le Chant De Mallory' won fourth place in 1964.
Finally, in 1965, 'N'avoue Jamais' by Guy Mardel placed 3rd.