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[Dahls]

That's the current human nature it seems, unfortunately. Maybe one day we will evolve beyond the petty, narrowminded state of racism and discrimination, but that's most likely many centuries from now.




Almost done with Les Revenants now, will probably finnish it tomorrow.
Very addictive, watched 4 episodes today.
Time to hit the sack.

[DMt.]

Yes, very addictive indeed, I completely chomped it too. Twice...

[DMt.]

When the Les Rev's EP sold out immediately, Mogwai released a full soundtrack album; both are now up on YouTube.

Check 'Wizard Motor', the one with the awesome fuzz bass

[Dahls]

Arrgh, I hate when they end a series on a cliffhanger of sorts.
Have to wait a year for series 2.

[DMt.]

It could be more than a year...

I know, I know, it's all my fault. I should never have told you about it; then you wouldn't be suffering like this.

I'm consoling myself by rewatching my fave bits [Julie/Victor and the sisters, mostly] and listening to the soundtrack; you could try that.

[Ian]

Wayne's George Costanza impression in today's Sons and Daughters made me laugh. As soon as danger rears its head, he... shoves an old woman to one side in his heroic bid to get away!

[fish]

...I know, I know, it's all my fault...

Ok.
I watched it till the end tonight, that's why I've avoided reading this topic for the last few days. (spoilers!)

I'm prepared to wait for season 2 if it's this gripping.
What a great show.

And it's all your fault.

[DMt.]

It's already getting blocked on YT, I'm so glad I saw it while I could...the stream I watched is just gone, not there anymore.

Hopefully more people will upload the series than they can track.

I've just seen a rather sweet Julie/Victor edit; nice to know I'm not the only one who was particularly touched by that storyline.

[Dahls]

I know, I know, it's all my fault. I should never have told you about it; then you wouldn't be suffering like this.

Nonsense, I'm glad, would be a shame to miss such a terrific series.

[Dahls]

shoves an old woman to one side in his heroic bid to get away!

Always a gentleman, that Costanza.

[DMt.]

Interview with Celine Sallette [Julie] on Les Revenants


Claire Varin: How did you come to this project?

Celine Sallette: I have not done casting, they called me. Haut et Court had distributed House of Tolerance (film for which she received a César nomination for "Best Actress", ed), so there was a familiarity. And I immediately agreed.

The idea of ​​playing in a TV series...you were not afraid?

It is better to make a good TV series than a bad film (laughs). For an actor, a role is a proposed journey. That journey is exciting because we rarely get to play it. The story of Les Revenants is impossible, it helps develop the imagination. It's bound to appeal to children. The extraordinary events covered in the series are great to play. The best roles are rare. And we do not often ask an actress to dress as Catwoman.

This character was already written before you accepted the role?

We worked with Fabrice Gobert, but, anyway, the series is great because it's him. This is not complicated: the result of a project, it is thanks to the work of a director. I brought my little stone to the building because they gave me the opportunity. Fabrice was very open to listening to what I could offer to the character. On a shoot, what an actor needs is to be able to jump ... off, sometimes. If it is very difficult to play then it is sometimes required to be a plant. We need a good director to guide us.

Who is Julie, your character?

Julie was attacked by a man after coming out of a bar dressed as Catwoman. Seven years later, we find her, but she has still not recovered. We worked on this character as traumatized, undead. She dresses like a man because it protects her from the world and others. She is afraid. This little boy who enters her life will awaken her. Their story is like a blank page being written. Fabrizio had reference to John Cassavetes' film Gloria, this woman who finds herself with a kid and does not know what to do.

At the same time, she looks at horror films ...

There is a complacency in victim status. There are plenty of people who are locked up and are afraid to live. Emotional deprivation exists and it's great to be trafficking in it in this series. This is a great opportunity for an actress, to play it.

Yet she treats others ...

She is a home nurse. It's only ten patients, it does not take much risk.

What can you say about the evolution of her relationship with her ex-girlfriend, Laura, played by Alix Poisson?

They will find themselves ... a little. But you have to watch the whole season to know (laughs).

You accept to turn in a season 2?

For me, it was an eight-hour film. We had a lot of luck doing it. It was a beautiful shoot. If there is reason to do another eight-hour film, so much the better. But it must be really good ...

What are your plans?

I'll make a film...with Corinne Masiero. It is a love story. Then I'm going to play Molly Bloom in theater, directed by Laurent Laffargue. It's the end of the book Ulysses by James Joyce. The theater is important to me, this is where I come from.

[fish]

Nice one.
Thanks Dave.

I hope series two is a continuation to a logical conclusion rather than "same story, different characters", which I guess could be a temptation if the writer has run out of ideas.
Still, have trust Fish. I'm sure they'll do it well.

[DMt.]

Mlle. Sallette's studiedly dowdy persona as the traumatised and embittered Julie only makes the way Victor's unconditional trust touches ["awakens"] her heart all the more poignant. By the last episode she is willing to risk death, or worse, for him.

Her baffled expressions the first few times he wordlessly embraces her are just priceless, perfect; this is what really good acting is all about, completely inhabiting the character...though even the butch clothes, unkempt hair, sallow colouring, drawn face and dreadful, dreadful specs can't completely hide how attractive she actually is...

I hope series two is a continuation to a logical conclusion rather than "same story, different characters", which I guess could be a temptation if the writer has run out of ideas.
Still, have trust Fish. I'm sure they'll do it well.

This quality of writing, performing and production does give me hope that series 2 will be at least as good, and [though it's hard to imagine how] possibly even better.

[Ian]

Finished The X Files season 1. Classic stuff.

[Ian]

I was most amused by a delightful little meta-textual in-joke on the episode of Fringe I saw last night (season 3, episode 10). The ep was winking at the audience as it was by casting Christopher Lloyd as a man visited by a time-traveller (from 1985, no less!) but I was even more tickled by Walter putting on this pair of coloured spectacles. Just as I thought to myself "That's just like what Dr Jacoby from Twin Peaks wore", Walter goes "I got these from my old friend Dr Jacoby in Washington State...".



Classic.