La femme merveilleuse invisible

“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism,” -- Hannah Arendt

Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder and Sean Connery as James Bond in “Dr. No” (1962), directed by Terence Young. Because of her heavy Swiss-German accent Andress's voice singing dubbed for "Under the Mango Tree" by Diana Coupland.

“The only obsession everyone wants: 'love.' People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you're whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You're whole, and then you're cracked open” Philip Roth

Happy 79th, Glenn Close Dangerous Liaisons 1988 directed by Stephen Frears, starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer, based on the French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Happy 90th, Ursula Andress. Ursula Andress in Washington Square, NYC, November 8, 1970.

Happy 71st, Bruce Willis.

@GrandeLibrairie @FranceTV 👏

👉Cette semaine, c’est Alain Finkielkraut qui concluait l’émission avec un texte inédit, entre nostalgie et amour de la langue française. 📺 (Re)voir l’émission en intégralité sur @FranceTV : bit.ly/3AN3fG2

Rudolf Nureyev, March 17, 1938 – January 6, 1993 Photo Richard Avedon “I assume he is of no use or interest to us as a defector, and a potential embarrassment: he may be expected to bolt back at some stage in the future, I suppose.” British foreign office

BOTD, Alexander McQueen. 17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010 “I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.” Over 15 years since the death of one of the most incredible designers that history and the industry have ever seen: Lee Alexander McQueen

Brigitte Helm, March 17, 1906 – June 11, 1996. German actress Brigitte Helm, at age 18, in the 1927 classic movie Metropolis, by Fritz Lang. She plays the dual role of Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch (fictional robot), called Futura.

On Isabelle Huppert 73rd birthday, Four beautiful Posters

Isabelle Huppert,Benoît Magimel In The Piano Teacher (2001) Directed by Michael Haneke The Piano Teacher feels cold on the surface, but underneath it’s about repression, shame, and how denying yourself for too long can twist intimacy into something painful and destructive.

A Man and a Woman film by Lelouch 1966 Grand Prize at the Cannes film festival and won two Academy Awards Oscar for best foreign-language film, 1966 Oscar to Lelouch for best original screenplay, 1966 Jean Louis Trintignant Anouk Aimee Music Francis Lai

Rudolf Nureyev, Noëlla Pontois, Charles Jude, and Serge Peretti in Fokine's Petrushka. Staging by Nijinska and Golovine. Music by Igor Stravinsky Paris Opera Ballet production of Petrushka recorded for television, aired December 27, 1976 youtu.be/AjkmX21VYeU?si…

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Which of these directors has the body of work you like most? 🤔