François BARRA

🔴 Le roi de Thaïlande, Rama X, et son épouse, la reine Suthida, se sont rendus au Laos par leurs propres moyens lors d'une récente visite d'État. Une vidéo du couple royal pilotant un Boeing 737-800 a surpris et impressionné les internautes. La reine a travaillé comme hôtesse de l'air pour JAL Airlines de 2000 à 2003 et pour Thai Airways de 2003 à 2008.

Cala il sipario sulla prima de "La bohème", siamo di nuovo in quella soffitta parigina con Rodolfo (Celso Albelo), Marcello (Alessio Arduini), Schanuard (Armando Gabba), Colline (Adolfo Corrado), Musetta (Mariam Battistelli) accanto a Mimì (Claudia Pavone). Complimenti a tutti!

Eric Lu plays an excerpt from Chopin's Barcarolle, Op. 60, in Tokyo Opera City Hall. ✨🎹

Happy International Whisky Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Any excuse to have a wee dram on a Friday night 🥃

C'est fait ! Le tablier du pont Anne-de-Bretagne est posé. Une avancée majeure dans la construction du plus large pont d'Europe qui accueillera tramways, vélos, piétons et voitures en 2027. Bravo à toutes les équipes qui ont rendu cette prouesse technique possible.

Remembering the legendary English filmmaker, David Lean, on his 118th birthday! David Lean on the timelessness of "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) & the reaction it got from the audience when the restored version was released in 1989: "Everyone worried about re-releasing ‘Lawrence of Arabia.’ (1962) They said the audiences have changed. They talk and shout at the screen; they’re impatient; they wouldn’t sit still for it. Not at all. You could hear a pin drop. London, New York, Washington, Los Angeles. Everywhere. It was a subtle piece of work, depicting Lawrence and his character. It’s less than 1% of the film in terms of footage, but it’s the cumulative effect of nuances, and if you dig out too many you’ve lost a whole hunk of his character. I think audiences had almost forgotten the power of pictures. They’ve gotten smaller and smaller. And suddenly you see this old film, wonderfully photographed; tremendous detail; you almost feel you could take a hair off the actor’s collar. There’s a mesmeric effect from the picture on the screen." ("The Phenomenal Persistence of David Lean : At 81, the director fields several honors and awaits the start of his next project--Conrad’s ‘Nostromo’", Charles Champlin, LA Times, 1989)