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This morning’s Daily Mail carries an amusing story about Carla Bruni, First Lady of France, flubbing her cameo in Woody Allen’s latest 35 times. Bruni, a top model before she married President Sarkozy, committed that most basic acting error of looking straight into the camera. Zut! Even I know you’re not supposed to do that. All Bruni had to do was walk into a grocery store clutching a baguette. Allen is currently shooting Midnight In Paris on location. Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard and Rachel McAdams star.
‘Lumières, Caméra, Action… Merde’
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oh god, this woman is so stupid.
Oh Kabbe. One silly little non-story in a British Tabloid about a model/singer/songwriter/first lady of France that flubbed a take in a Woody Allen movie and you are aghast at how “stupid” she is?
Produce your CV and let’s all take a look to see how things stack up.
Cheap name-calling of accomplished people doesn’t make the target the one who looks foolish.
Jaloux perhaps?
What a wonderfully refreshing and common sense perspective you have! Your post was like an oasis in a sea of anonymous twits.
She was obviously ready for her close-up.
Some of us speak native French.
Watch your language.
You wouldn’t dare do that in English now, would you?
PS: Sorry, Mrs Sarkozy. Better luck next time.
I speak (and read) French aussi – but I wasn’t offended by seeing Merde up there – it cracked me up and was what made me click through.
I wish more would “dare” to do that in whatever language online and on TV and in movies – I don’t need to see nothing but swearing, but it’s disingenuous to pretend that real people never swear.
This is what happens when a powerful but insecure man is foolish enough to actually marry his mistress.
Or his step-daughter.
Yeah, this is what happens! His mistress . . . demonstrates her unsuitability for movie . . . cameos.
Let this be a lesson for us all!
are we talking woody or nikolas?
Not the first person to have trouble with “These pretzels are making me thirsty.”
I don’t get this. What’s with the “pretzels”? Can someone explain this to me?
In a Seinfeld episode Woody Allen was shooting a movie and Kramer landed a very small part wherein all he had to do was walk up to the bar and say to Woody “These pretzels are making me thirsty.” He spent the entire day rehearsing the many ways he could say that line and blew the line anyway and was fired from the set.
Thank you, Andrew.
@[rono],
I agree. Certainly no adult should ever be exposed to the word “shit” in any language! Ever!
Tim Adler, watch your language! I know you would never use pottymouth words in English. How dare you do so in French?!
/sarcasm off
Listen, [rono], you need to take a few deep breaths, chainsmoke some unfiltered cigarettes, eat some snails and calm down.
I laughed really hard at this, so … seconded.
Oui rono, put on your striped jersey and beret, get on your bicycle, drape some onions around your neck and go for a ride to some accordion music.
That’s not what that comment meant… How is it that I’ve never ever seen the word shit without a little star in it while merde became the title of an (irrelevant) article ?
Your stereotypes also show great lack of knowledge about France (and probably everything that’s accross the atlantic).
No, he’s right, i was also shocked when i read this.
This word is simply insulting and not right, not right because he doesn’t have his place in this title.
Seriously dude, if you don’t know how to use a foreign language, just abstain yourself.
she’s an amazing singer and who, other than TA apparently, cares about this bs? mistress smishtress. she’s hot and has talent beyond her first Francophile lady status!
In her defense…If the woman was a professional model it’s probably force of habit looking into a camera.
Though if it was 35 times, that’s an issue.
@Elmore:
Actually, “zut” is french for “damn it”. “Merde” is french for “shit”.
@[rono]:
Although “Zut” generally translates as “damn it” in french, it is also used to replace any swear word and is accepted as an appropriate use of language in social conversation.
Carla Bruni Sarkozy has done a most commendable job as First lady of France – not an easy role.
Thanks for that.
Woody Allen needs to hang it up, he hasn’t made a good movie in decades
Dear Bill H,
I have to repeat your post if for no other reason than it sounds like the kind of thing the drunk guy at a cocktail party spews when he’s long ago lost everyone’s attention and is trying to get it back…
“Woody Allen needs to hang it up, he hasn’t made a good movie in decades.”
Really?
First, Woody Allen has made over 40 movies in 44 years that include some of the most loved cinematic classics. He is an auteur’s auteur. He’s earned it.
Second, sure he’s misfired on occasion, but can you name a director who’s taken as many chances as he has? Even as he gets on in years? Altman was one for sure. We need our auteurs to be doing what they do. Otherwise it’s all Transformers and Marley and Me.
Finally, I have three words for you: Vicki, Christina, Barcelona. At the age of 73 he makes a film that is exuberantly confident, youthfully erotic and emotionally honest. Bertolucci, another of our great auteurs, tried the same moves at an advanced age with Stealing Beauty and look how that turned out. It’s not easy. If I can get a Vicki, Christina, Barcelona every few years out of Woody, I’ll take a few Match Points.
I hope Woody Allen keeps at it until he can’t lift his head to see through the viewfinder. If you love cinema, you have to be rooting for guys like him to keep at it, keep trying new things, keep injecting some life into an every more crassly commercialized medium.