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  • Sam Shepard (1943-2017); Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017)

    From septimus_millenicom@q.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 31 17:43:42 2017
    Two cultural icons whose deaths are simply unimaginable.
    Jeanne Moreau is France, and Sam Shepard is the United
    States of America -- they are meant to live forever. Moreau
    is always identified with the French New Wave; my favorites
    are _Jules and Jim_ by Truffaut and _The Lovers_ by Louis
    Malle. Shepard is perhaps my favorite male actor (alongside
    Tony Leung), even if he has always been a strong, taciturn
    presence rather than a virtuoso actor. _Days of Heaven_. Volker
    Schlondorff's underrated _Homo Faber_, and a perfect cameo
    in Almereyda's _Hamlet_ are the most memorable roles, but
    so many films are redeemed by a few minutes of the theater
    legend. Tobituaries seem to have forgotten the screenplays he
    wrote: _Paris, Texas_ also remains one of the greatest films
    of all time.

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  • From stanislaw lemmons@21:1/5 to septimus_...@q.com on Mon Nov 27 09:24:36 2017
    On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 8:43:43 PM UTC-4, septimus_...@q.com wrote:
    Two cultural icons whose deaths are simply unimaginable.
    Jeanne Moreau is France, and Sam Shepard is the United
    States of America -- they are meant to live forever. Moreau
    is always identified with the French New Wave; my favorites
    are _Jules and Jim_ by Truffaut and _The Lovers_ by Louis
    Malle. Shepard is perhaps my favorite male actor (alongside
    Tony Leung), even if he has always been a strong, taciturn
    presence rather than a virtuoso actor. _Days of Heaven_. Volker Schlondorff's underrated _Homo Faber_, and a perfect cameo
    in Almereyda's _Hamlet_ are the most memorable roles, but
    so many films are redeemed by a few minutes of the theater
    legend. Tobituaries seem to have forgotten the screenplays he
    wrote: _Paris, Texas_ also remains one of the greatest films
    of all time.

    my favorite of theirs recently are Diary of a Chambermaid & Dash and Lilly

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  • From septimus_millenicom@q.com@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 27 20:01:14 2017
    I have never heard of _Dash and Lily_. I should look for that some time. By the way, you are ruining my illusion that no one reads this newsgroup (which allows me to write whatever I like)! :)

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