Michel Laurent's observation when he returned our equipment after just one week's shooting, following an altercation with Maurice Pialat on the film Loulou.
Michel left us in February 2024 to be reunited with his much-admired friend François Truffaut. In 1981, he won the César for best sound for Le Dernier métro.
Two weeks later, Bernard Aubouy joined him, leaving his wives behind. Two César awards: in 1976 for Le Vieux fusil ; in 1978 for Diabolo Menthe.
2024 was the year DC Audiovisuel decided to give itself a facelift; 46 is the right age for a facelift - without botox! It was decided to create a certain geometry in the alignment of the storefronts, in the style of the 1930s.
During their demolition, newspapers from the period were found, as well as advertisements for T.S.F. stations. In 1930, a company called P. Moreau & Cie set up shop at 5 rue Edmond Roger, manufacturing radio sets known as Moduladynes. They were battery-powered, strictly French-built, and came with a 2-year warranty - "a single motto: do it right", as the leaflet read.
P. Moreau & Cie joined forces in 1925 with another manufacturer, Ets Grandin, headed by Raymond Grandin, whose son, Jean-François Raymond Grandin, made a career of singing under the name Frank Alamo (a tribute to John Wayne).
A leading member of the French Resistance, Pierre Moreau created the Marc-France partisan network; a commemorative plaque can be seen on the facade of 5 rue Edmond Roger; deported to Mauthausen, he was repatriated in 1945 and went into the manufacture of measuring devices for television.
He might have met Pauline Carton or Michel Bouquet, both of whom had lived in the building.
Let's not forget the line from the producer, brilliantly played by Jack Palance, at the beginning of the film Contempt (French: Le Mépris), which is likely to come back into fashion:
"As I hear the word culture, I bring out my check."
Le Mépris © 1963, Rome Paris Films, Concordia, Cia Cinematographica Champion. All rights reserved.
Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang's film lesson
IL CINEMA È UN` INVENZIONE SENZA AVVENIRE - LOUIS LUMIERE
As I hear the word culture, I bring out my check. (8'36")
Michel Piccoli, Georgia Moll, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang In these difficult times, cinema is not a minor art. Millions of people who can't afford to go to the theater go to the movies. 181.3 million tickets sold in France by 2024!
130 years ago, the Lumière brothers' machine was called the Cinématographe, Edison's the Kinetoscope. Since then, we've been going to the movies [cinéma in French]; in New York, we don't go to the kineto.
Let's hope the Ministry of Culture doesn't forget that in these times of tight budgets!
DC Audiovisuel wishes you and your family a wonderful New Year, and may your dreams come true at the rate of two cranks and sixteen frames per second.
Michel left us in February 2024 to be reunited with his much-admired friend François Truffaut. In 1981, he won the César for best sound for Le Dernier métro.
Two weeks later, Bernard Aubouy joined him, leaving his wives behind. Two César awards: in 1976 for Le Vieux fusil ; in 1978 for Diabolo Menthe.
2024 was the year DC Audiovisuel decided to give itself a facelift; 46 is the right age for a facelift - without botox! It was decided to create a certain geometry in the alignment of the storefronts, in the style of the 1930s.
During their demolition, newspapers from the period were found, as well as advertisements for T.S.F. stations. In 1930, a company called P. Moreau & Cie set up shop at 5 rue Edmond Roger, manufacturing radio sets known as Moduladynes. They were battery-powered, strictly French-built, and came with a 2-year warranty - "a single motto: do it right", as the leaflet read.
P. Moreau & Cie joined forces in 1925 with another manufacturer, Ets Grandin, headed by Raymond Grandin, whose son, Jean-François Raymond Grandin, made a career of singing under the name Frank Alamo (a tribute to John Wayne).
A leading member of the French Resistance, Pierre Moreau created the Marc-France partisan network; a commemorative plaque can be seen on the facade of 5 rue Edmond Roger; deported to Mauthausen, he was repatriated in 1945 and went into the manufacture of measuring devices for television.
He might have met Pauline Carton or Michel Bouquet, both of whom had lived in the building.
Let's not forget the line from the producer, brilliantly played by Jack Palance, at the beginning of the film Contempt (French: Le Mépris), which is likely to come back into fashion:
"As I hear the word culture, I bring out my check."
Jean-Luc Godard and Fritz Lang's film lesson
IL CINEMA È UN` INVENZIONE SENZA AVVENIRE - LOUIS LUMIERE
As I hear the word culture, I bring out my check. (8'36")
Michel Piccoli, Georgia Moll, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang
130 years ago, the Lumière brothers' machine was called the Cinématographe, Edison's the Kinetoscope. Since then, we've been going to the movies [cinéma in French]; in New York, we don't go to the kineto.
Let's hope the Ministry of Culture doesn't forget that in these times of tight budgets!
DC Audiovisuel wishes you and your family a wonderful New Year, and may your dreams come true at the rate of two cranks and sixteen frames per second.
