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Catherine Deneuve Interview: 10 Things We Loved or Learned
- Loved her French accent — so adorable!
- Loved that she walks a lot — as most French woman, she loves walking.
- Learned that Catherine Deneuve lives next to the “Jardin du Luxembourg” in Paris.
- Learned that you can find her with her grandchildren walking thru the Jardin du Luxembourg — love elegant grandmothers!
- Loved how she responded when he complimented her on her dress — a simple self assured thank you.
- Learned that as a young mother, she traveled 2-3 months to New York just to learn English.
- Loved that she has a great sense of humor — she was quite witty during this interview.
- Learned that she thinks Clint Eastwood is very “cool.”
- Loved how she enjoys travelling.
- Loved how matter of fact she handled herself when the discussion became a little “Freudian” at the end of the interview — very French!
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I just saw Potiche last weekend.
Great! And what did you think about it Dianne?
#3 & #4 I was recently quite surprised to view (your video tapes, I think) Jardin du Luxembourg and learn that it was quite larger than I’d suspected from the usual maps of the city.
Do you recall when in the late 1980s or very early 1990s, Deneuve introduced a fragrance in her name?
I am now thinking about my favorite movies. Not sure which i appreciate the most?
Marcel Proust’s Time Regained, by Raoul Ruiz,in which Marcello Mazzarella in the midst of listening to the afternoon musicale begins to weep with the memories that the music stirs in him.
Or,
Indochine
Vincent Perez has parts in both these films, playing parts virtually opposite her although the casting is that way only for Indochine. But adapting the film: Time Regained, from Proust’s collected literary Rememberances, one has a new perspective in which Perez’ character takes on greater magnitude rivaling her importance as a witness of all that has gone before. At no point does Mme. de Crecy give away her composure.
But then there is also: The Last Metro
I’m sure that I could discover more as well.
Why, Catherine Deneuve’s character initially taken for granted by her husband who is a manufacturer of umbrellas ( a nice touch that, reminding us of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) just decides to continually grow and grow more efficient and replace her husband at his job. She is helped in this by you know who; to his amazement since Depardieu has worshiped her from afar ever since they seduced each other in a roadside parc one day in their youth. He is now at the age where he would like to make a commitment to her forever but she is so busy running her husband’s place of business and letting their son (or, is that “their” son) create new designs for umbrellas; and then she decides to run for political office and actually replace Depardieu as Mayor.
This is all quite remarkable for a woman who begins the movie as ditzie as my younger sister, by stopping to write poems to a squirrel, in her notebook as she comes back home from her morning jog.
There are various other subplots one shold expect from life. The plot is true to context of labor versus management in France (and oddly enough as the film depicts how women of all ages make major changes in what is appropriate for women with Labor and politics, how could this happen so serendipitously just when we have not resolved the more than we really knew previously re: DSK.?).
The “Jardin du Luxembourg” are indeed quite large and probably one of the most popular park in Paris (although there are others: “Jardin des Tuileries, Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, etc. that are also visited a lot and very beautiful too).
That’s true that in 1986 Catherine Deneuve launched a perfume,it was called “Deneuve” – completely forgot about it!
Of the movies you listed, it’s a hard choice between “Indochine” and “The Last Metro”, they were both great movies. I would probably pick “The Last Metro” (Le Dernier Metro), both Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve are amazing in it. In fact, Catherine won her 1st Cesar (French Oscar) for best actress in this movie. Francois Truffaut, the director, captured really well the occupation time in France during WWII. Thank you so much for bringing those 3 movies Dianne- we may pick “Le Dernier Metro” for our next movie night.