I think most people have forgotten that indeed Giorgio Moroder, one of the big names in Disco, restored the old movie and created an entirely new soundtrack for it. I've seen the old movie, but never had the chance(?) to see it with this disco soundtrack. But YouTube is here to help, and so this is one of the songs written for this soundtrack, and the video summarizes the plot of the movie pretty well (so don't watch it if you don't want any spoilers!).
The 1984 Project
One nugget from 1984 every day!
Friday, November 21, 2014
Metropolis - Redux!?
One of the crazy things I remember from walking down Champs-Elysees in 1984 as a wide-eyed kid discovering Paris was the big movie posters at the big cinemas. The most impressive of the posters for me was Metropolis (I think it was featured, among other places, at the Gaumont Georges V), with the freaky retro-futuristic robot head. At the time I had no idea it was an old movie from 1927 by Fritz Lang (a great one, highly recommended!). What was even more confusing was that the poster was mostly advertizing the soundtrack by a certain Giorgio Moroder.
I think most people have forgotten that indeed Giorgio Moroder, one of the big names in Disco, restored the old movie and created an entirely new soundtrack for it. I've seen the old movie, but never had the chance(?) to see it with this disco soundtrack. But YouTube is here to help, and so this is one of the songs written for this soundtrack, and the video summarizes the plot of the movie pretty well (so don't watch it if you don't want any spoilers!).
I think most people have forgotten that indeed Giorgio Moroder, one of the big names in Disco, restored the old movie and created an entirely new soundtrack for it. I've seen the old movie, but never had the chance(?) to see it with this disco soundtrack. But YouTube is here to help, and so this is one of the songs written for this soundtrack, and the video summarizes the plot of the movie pretty well (so don't watch it if you don't want any spoilers!).
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Sex symbol: Isabelle Adjani
En 1984, Adjani devait etre au sommet de sa popularite. "L'ete meurtrier" avait ete un gros succes populaire l'annee precedente (avec un Cesar de meilleure actrice a la cle), et "Pull marine" ecrit par Gainsbourg specialement pour elle est un gros tube en 1984. Le clip , tourne par Luc Besson (et produit apparemment par un certain Bernard Tapie, selon Wikipedia !) qui la fera jouer dans Subway l'annee d'apres, rafle aussi un Cesar.
Alors voici une apparition d'Adjani dans l'emission Platine 45 aux cotes du clown Jacky. Trop craquante. (NDLR : malheureusement la video a ete enlevee par YouTube... Les aleas du direct ! Je l'ai donc remplacee par le clip de Besson.)
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Memories-Part 18
I remember one of the main news stories was the 'L'Affaire Gregory'
where a young boy was abducted and killed in a village, from what I remember in the initial stages, the boy's uncle was the prime suspect, however he was released due to insufficient evidence
In the days after he was released the victim's father went to his home and murdered the uncle
then eventually, I believe the mother was thought of as a suspect
to the best of my knowledge , this case is still unresolved, but I could be wrong
In USA, the equivalent case would be the Joanbenet Ramsey case, where a child was murdered and at some point the parents were suspected and that case is also still unresolved
where a young boy was abducted and killed in a village, from what I remember in the initial stages, the boy's uncle was the prime suspect, however he was released due to insufficient evidence
In the days after he was released the victim's father went to his home and murdered the uncle
then eventually, I believe the mother was thought of as a suspect
to the best of my knowledge , this case is still unresolved, but I could be wrong
In USA, the equivalent case would be the Joanbenet Ramsey case, where a child was murdered and at some point the parents were suspected and that case is also still unresolved
Friday, March 14, 2014
Bashung
Il y a cinq ans, Bashung disparaissait... Il y a trente ans, il sortait le single suivant :
A l'epoque je me prenais la tete avec le non-sens des paroles, et aussi les jeux de mots possibles ou imaginaires : "tu m'as conquis j't'adore" = conquistador? Maintenant en reecoutant la chanson je comprends surtout que les paroles etaient tres cochonnes !
A l'epoque je me prenais la tete avec le non-sens des paroles, et aussi les jeux de mots possibles ou imaginaires : "tu m'as conquis j't'adore" = conquistador? Maintenant en reecoutant la chanson je comprends surtout que les paroles etaient tres cochonnes !
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Memories-Part 17
1984 was also a comeback year for two artists
who were successful in the previous decades but had been somewhat under the
radar since
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Les nuits de la pleine lune
A l'occasion de la publication par les Inrockuptibles de leur liste des 100 plus beaux films francais, on se souvient du film d'Eric Rohmer sorti donc en 1984 (classe 5eme !), avec un jeune Fabrice Lucchini (et hop une petite apparition d'Eli Medeiros !) :
Les nuits de la pleine lune by dersouo
(a vrai dire je n'ai pas encore vu ce film, mais je me souviens tres bien de l'affiche !)
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Alain Resnais
En 1984 je ne connaissais pas le cinema d'Alain Resnais, mais je connaissais le Cinema Alain Resnais de Clermont-L'Herault. J'y ai pu voir de mauvaises adaptations de films tels que 1984 et Dune, ainsi qu'un film qui, meme a l'ado que j'etais, semblait etre un navet: Footloose.
J'imaginais a l'epoque qu'Alain Resnais devait etre un cineaste deja mort depuis longtemps. Quelle erreur ! Non seulement il aura attendu 30 ans de plus avant de mourir, apres avoir realise une dixaine de films supplementaires, mais il etait meme a l'affiche en 84 avec "L'amour a mort" :
J'ai pu voir le film depuis, en fait il n'y a pas si longtemps. Assez bizarre, cette histoire ou le personnage d'Arditti meurt puis ressuscite et du coup se pose plein de questions metaphysiques, alors que sa femme realise a quel point elle tient/tenait a lui...
J'y prefere ses chefs-d'oeuvres stylises du debut (Hiroshima mon amour, L'annee derniere a Marienbad) et le quasi-ethologique "Mon oncle d'Amerique".
J'imaginais a l'epoque qu'Alain Resnais devait etre un cineaste deja mort depuis longtemps. Quelle erreur ! Non seulement il aura attendu 30 ans de plus avant de mourir, apres avoir realise une dixaine de films supplementaires, mais il etait meme a l'affiche en 84 avec "L'amour a mort" :
J'ai pu voir le film depuis, en fait il n'y a pas si longtemps. Assez bizarre, cette histoire ou le personnage d'Arditti meurt puis ressuscite et du coup se pose plein de questions metaphysiques, alors que sa femme realise a quel point elle tient/tenait a lui...
J'y prefere ses chefs-d'oeuvres stylises du debut (Hiroshima mon amour, L'annee derniere a Marienbad) et le quasi-ethologique "Mon oncle d'Amerique".
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