Events

Sunday, August 8, 2010 (4)

Aug 8, 2010
August 8, 2010
Sunday

  • French Comedy, Gaumont Style: Week End

  • Aug 8, 2010 from 10:30am to 12:15pm
  • Location: MoMA
  • Description: Theater 1, T11967. France. Written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. With Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon. A ferocious satire of modern life, Weekend begins with a couple leaving Paris for a weekend in the country—only to find themselves, like everyone else, stuck in a traffic jam of Armageddon-like proportions. In French; English subtitles. 105 min.
  • Created by: Quentin Jouberton
 

  • French Comedy, Gaumont Style: Oh! Qué Mambo!

  • Aug 8, 2010 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
  • Location: MoMA
  • Description: NEW YORK PREMIERETheater 1, T11959. France/Italy. Directed by John Berry. Screenplay by Jacques-Laurent Bost, René Masson. Music by Guy Magenta. With Darío Moreno, Magali Noël, Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault. A very silly, enjoyable, and tuneful musical comedy starring two actor/singers originally from Izmir, Turkey, and directed with gusto by Berry, a blacklisted American filmmaker. In French; English subtitles. 82 min.
  • Created by: Quentin Jouberton
 

  • Bad Reputation: Pierre de Gaillande sings George Brassens

  • Aug 8, 2010 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm
  • Location: Joe's Pub at the Public Theater
  • Description: From the 1950’s through the late 70’s, George Brassens redefined French Chanson. He was an anarchist bard whose songs were sometimes raunchy, sometimes polemic, often poignant, and always steeped in classic French poetry. His songs, unlike those of his friend Jacque Brel, never became known outside of France, mostly because of the language barrier.Franco-American singer and composer Pierre de Gaillande has taken on the impossible task of translating Brassens' songbook, to astonishing results. He has stuck to the rhyming scheme and verse length of the original songs, thus matching the melodies perfectly. He has re-arranged the music with a cinematic sensibility, using a combination of guitars, clarinets, lapsteel and Charango.The best way to describe the record would be to compare it to the perfect movie adaptation of a book classic. Think Stanley Kubrick or Raoul Ruiz.
  • Created by: Joe's Pub