The passing of Jean-Paul Belmondo, one of the great remaining icons of French cinema, and a post by Kvik (one of the great remaining smiling dinosaur thingy) inspired me to make this thread.
Believe me, while indeed French, I'm no nationalist, but French movies had some incredible highs, a couple of glorious periods and actors you must have seen on screen if you are a all interested in the art form. Nowadays, I don't want to say too much as I don't follow it, but still, tempted to use the past tense.
That being said I'm a little terrified by the topic, for one because contrary to the impression I must be leaving, I'm not thatttt interested, and mostly because the subject at hand is so rich.
I said GREAT Jean-Paul Belmondo, and that is apt. But I would be remiss to not mention the AOATS first.
- Jean Gabin
- Lino Ventura
These two actors alone have a positively astounding and diverse filmography.
Then you have Jean-Paul Belmondo, who also had a diverse filmography but left his mark in French pop-culture mostly in Action / Adventure movies.
For serious drama and comedies, there is a metric ton of other actors, but I prefer to limit this OP to the best of the best.
I would be relatively shocked if you tried some movies with those actor, mostly the first two, and felt let down.
Now If you will excuse me, I'm bucking under the pressure of my own thread, please discuss and talk about your fav' French movies. You have 2 hours.
PS. Shietttt, I didn't even talk about the 'bourgeois' cinema period of the 70's, so much to talk about.
Believe me, while indeed French, I'm no nationalist, but French movies had some incredible highs, a couple of glorious periods and actors you must have seen on screen if you are a all interested in the art form. Nowadays, I don't want to say too much as I don't follow it, but still, tempted to use the past tense.
That being said I'm a little terrified by the topic, for one because contrary to the impression I must be leaving, I'm not thatttt interested, and mostly because the subject at hand is so rich.
I said GREAT Jean-Paul Belmondo, and that is apt. But I would be remiss to not mention the AOATS first.
- Jean Gabin
- Lino Ventura
These two actors alone have a positively astounding and diverse filmography.
Then you have Jean-Paul Belmondo, who also had a diverse filmography but left his mark in French pop-culture mostly in Action / Adventure movies.
For serious drama and comedies, there is a metric ton of other actors, but I prefer to limit this OP to the best of the best.
I would be relatively shocked if you tried some movies with those actor, mostly the first two, and felt let down.
Now If you will excuse me, I'm bucking under the pressure of my own thread, please discuss and talk about your fav' French movies. You have 2 hours.
PS. Shietttt, I didn't even talk about the 'bourgeois' cinema period of the 70's, so much to talk about.
