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Notes on Jean-Paul Le Chanois’s Les Misérables (1958) from French costume drama of the 1950s: fashioning politics in film (2010) by Susan Hayward
-The film was primarily funded by Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (a state owned East German film studio) and Pathé but was shot with Technicolor’s Thechnirama screen process (rather than the East German Agfacolor) -It was filmed in Berlin, except for the location shoots in Toulon, Digne, the Luxembourg gardens, and scenes along the Seine. (Some French critics thought it was “anti-national” to recreate Paris in Berlin.) -Real soldiers from Easy Germany’s army acted in the battle of Waterloo and the June Rebellion scenes. -The film was criticized for being condescending, as well as for supposedly inaccurate sets and for reusing sets (the houses in Toulon are also the houses in Digne, despite the fact that they did film on location and the dining room of the house on the rue Plumet is also in the house on the rue des Filles du Calvaire.) -Le Chanois originally planned for the film to be 5 hours and 25 minutes. The producers cut the film from four and a half hours to three. The excised footage has been lost. -She notes how Marius and Cosette’s romance, along with Eponine slow down the movie, which I have seen said of a lot of film adaptations! -The actor who played Thénardier (André Bourvil) was known for his roles in comedies and therefore he was hesitant to take the role. Obviously different comedians have played Thénardier in various musical productions but have there been other examples of comedians playing him in film? I feel like there is one but I’m forgetting it! -The film included 28 different sets designed by Serge Pimenoff. She remarks in particular on the accuracy of the streets surrounding the Corinth, as described by Hugo, as well as Valjean’s homes in Paris. -Overall, the rebellion is toned down. She places this in the context of the controversy at the time over Algerian independence. -No red flag is waved at Lamarque’s funeral, possibly to avoid censorship, but it is draped over Mabeuf, Eponine, and Gavroche. She says that a tricolor flag (held at General Lamarque’s funeral) would represent a desire to return to the republic. Is that true though? -She points to Portrait of Monsieur Bertin as a possible inspiration for Jean Valjean’s bourgeois clothes. -This sentence about Cosette stands out: “The bouffant mutton sleeves, so popular at the time, further enhance her aura of dematerialized being.” -She says that Mabeuf, Eponine, and Gavroche, laid out all three together under the banner “Equality to man and to woman” make there own sort of symbolic work-class family, which counter-balances Cosette and Marius’s bourgeois family. -When the film was released in West Germany, the censor cut out the scenes with rioting.
From people that broke in the school... There was a backpack from '88 🤔🤔🤔
Posting the whole video after this but there's nothing much to see except this tbh
the origin of the letter 🇦
(from the documentary The Odyssey of the Writing, 2020)
HOW DO YOU PERCEIVE BLUE AND GREEN?
*reads the book* wait why am i reading this? Im an Ultra God....but still need to read this *keeps reading*
Angelica’s tip of the day, be sure to follow it, get off your computer and read something damnit. I missed doing stuff on paper since i got my new Drawing Tablet so i did this Angelica for missing times! But in the end, read a book.
✨🦁 Save the date! 👑✨
Our Queen and King of Night Raven College will be celebrated during August 19th to August 25th.
🔸 Prompts
Day 1 (8/19): Gift / Bet
Day 2 (8/20): Rain / Fireworks
Day 3 (8/21): Loss / Accident
Day 4 (8/22): Cooking / Gaming
Day 5 (8/23): Building an Ikea cabinet / Shopping
Day 6 (8/24): Domestic / Overblot
Day 7 (8/25): Lazy Sunday / Gala
🔸 Reminders
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Let’s enjoy a regal summer together! Stay positive! 🌺💛