tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post6294360926617743648..comments2024-01-31T04:09:28.704+00:00Comments on SILVERTREEDAZE: SEASON OF MIFFED AND BELLOWED FRUITLESSNESSPlant Mad Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-35613578815407036562011-09-09T09:39:11.949+01:002011-09-09T09:39:11.949+01:00So right about August, and I thought it was only m...So right about August, and I thought it was only meMarkDhttp://www.otterfarm.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-62108161159963049002011-09-06T10:54:12.716+01:002011-09-06T10:54:12.716+01:00Marcel Carne - well, I'm glad I got so close, ...Marcel Carne - well, I'm glad I got so close, because he's one of my great film heroes, although I haven't seen Le Jour Se Leve. I love Les Visiteurs du Soir, and Le Quai des Brumes, although I think Les Enfants is his best movie. One of the best movies ever.<br />It just seemed such a French thing to say - which is why I thought of Truffaut. Personally, I don't think it's the sort of thing Bogart would say - but I think it is the sort of thing that Capitaine Renault would say to Rick in Casablanca.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-83169113182238320862011-09-05T15:03:34.120+01:002011-09-05T15:03:34.120+01:00My first visit here. "Dahlias dead" and ...My first visit here. "Dahlias dead" and a flowering hop vine and beer and film reviews-- (Is there a corner I could rent?) And all these years I thought I was the only gardener who hated August. I feel so much better now.linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-3534062316628526852011-09-05T13:04:05.333+01:002011-09-05T13:04:05.333+01:00I should have said, the American re-make is called...I should have said, the American re-make is called THE LONG NIGHT.<br />Sorry.<br />NPlant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-83377825024008358022011-09-05T13:02:28.939+01:002011-09-05T13:02:28.939+01:00Cross!Cross!Arabella Sockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936438011119860497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-30103653621908733462011-09-05T13:01:12.774+01:002011-09-05T13:01:12.774+01:00THE QUIZ ANSWER.
The film is Le Jour Se Lève, dire...THE QUIZ ANSWER.<br />The film is Le Jour Se Lève, directed by Marcel Carné and starring Jean Gabin, Jules Berry and Arletty. It was made in 1939. Carné is also known for the superb Les Enfants du Paradis.<br /><br />Details are here. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031514/<br /><br />The line is from Monsieur Valentin, the devious and cruel cabaret showman who is attempting to justify the heroine's attraction to him, to her boyfriend Francois (the film's protagonist.)<br /><br />There's an American re-make, 1947, with Henry Fonda in Francois' role and a deliciously oily VIncent Price as the showman. The American take is just a crass Film Noir - but watchable. The Carné is stagier, but much more appealing, despite not having the incomparable Fonda.<br /><br />It's rumoured that the American producer wanted to buy up all the Carné prints and suppress the film. An odd way to make a tribute.<br /><br />Neither film could be remotely described as classics - unlike the superb Enfants du Paradis.<br /><br />Arabella was pretty close. I promise the next one will be a bit less obscure. <br /><br />Please don't be cross with me, ArabellaPlant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-37955403329660808582011-09-04T23:55:29.180+01:002011-09-04T23:55:29.180+01:00September is my favourite. The purple stain of bla...September is my favourite. The purple stain of blackberries, heavy apples, chutney, warm days, cool nights, Ashdown forest turning gold, sleeping through the night because it's dark earlier. The end of summer heat and boredom, fresh starts. New school shoes and unsullied books. And my birthday too. <br /><br />I have no idea about the film. To my shame I can only recall ever seeing four French films: Betty Blue, Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources and Amelie (which I absolutely adored). And I don't think it's any of them. I feel a French film winter coming on....Sue Beesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18422800184414843714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-90244786980364156322011-09-04T17:26:12.125+01:002011-09-04T17:26:12.125+01:00I think the film is Le Père des mes EnfantsI think the film is Le Père des mes EnfantsHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-4907204000371870842011-09-04T16:23:02.115+01:002011-09-04T16:23:02.115+01:00September is my favorite month, too. Well, aside f...September is my favorite month, too. Well, aside from October. Love your fall border! Is the pale blue flower a Stoke's aster? They bloom here much earlier, which is why I'm doubtful.<br /><br />I'm happy to send you some seeds from my huge marigolds, but I don't know if they will be true.<br /><br />Also, is "Hey Pesto!" one of those pantomime things?Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-75242765085353917242011-09-04T14:43:53.022+01:002011-09-04T14:43:53.022+01:00Victoria - you are SO almost there - but not quite...Victoria - you are SO almost there - but not quite on the bull's eye! The answer will appear on Monday.<br /><br />Good taste in movies? Moi? Hardly! I love rubbishy stuff too - even Carry On Up the Khyber. And we always watch Love, Actually every Christmas.Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-36834555659347954752011-09-04T12:37:08.902+01:002011-09-04T12:37:08.902+01:00Love that golden stream of rudbeckia in your borde...Love that golden stream of rudbeckia in your border.<br /><br />I am so totally with you on the Page 8 front! Everything you said is exactly what I thought and such a waste of great talents. At least it was watchable though, which is more than can be said for most things.<br /><br />As far as the film quote goes until you said it was foreign it sounded just like the kind of thing Humphrey Bogart would drawl in some film noir. I'm still thinking about it...Arabella Sockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936438011119860497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-12520119836980767872011-09-02T16:06:11.465+01:002011-09-02T16:06:11.465+01:00Sorry, no, can't be - Enfants du Paradis was m...Sorry, no, can't be - Enfants du Paradis was made in 1945. I hope you realise I'm crediting you with extremely good taste in movies (while not guessing the right answer)Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-21348270757288236482011-09-02T16:04:11.503+01:002011-09-02T16:04:11.503+01:00En ce cas, it must be Les Enfants du Paradis? Bapt...En ce cas, it must be Les Enfants du Paradis? Baptiste and Frederick (Jean-Louis Barrault and Pierre Brasseur)Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-60770290457497843222011-09-02T14:58:01.896+01:002011-09-02T14:58:01.896+01:00Victoria - that's clever, but not quite there....Victoria - that's clever, but not quite there. Close, though. You got the right language and both you and Harriet, right country of origin. This film was made more than 20 years earlier than Jules et Jim.<br /><br />Helen - you're very good but I tried googling this quote and nothing helpful popped up, so I suspected it was research proof.<br /><br />I'll give the answer in a few days but may give another clue sooner, if no one comes closer than you twoPlant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-7047677811384740752011-09-02T13:55:50.728+01:002011-09-02T13:55:50.728+01:00I only knew the Heat of the Night quote because I ...I only knew the Heat of the Night quote because I watched it only the other day with my son. (Great film.) I'm stumped by this one, but I'll take a wild guess - Jules et Jim?Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-83775627752868734862011-09-02T09:16:35.039+01:002011-09-02T09:16:35.039+01:00Homeopathy for cows? Whoever successfully pitched ...Homeopathy for cows? Whoever successfully pitched this is a presenatation genius and should get themselves on Dragons Den pronto. I would love to see Peter Jones relieved of some cash for an equally dubious scheme.Dawnhttp://www.littlegreenfingers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-14510172700428395602011-09-02T09:02:32.271+01:002011-09-02T09:02:32.271+01:00I hate August too - I always feel like a failure i...I hate August too - I always feel like a failure in August. I feel I should be have wonderful BBQs and picnics etc and my garden should be groaning with floriforous plants. None of this happens - it gets sticky and warm, the ground is hard, the plants are wilting and I retreat indoors. Thank goodness for September which always feels like a new gardening season is starting.<br /><br />I have no idea of the film and I will be good and not google so I think I deserve a prize for honesty.<br /><br />Homeopathy - well I was a real cynic and then 20 odd years ago I was quite ill and was told I had ME and it would pass!!!! Under pressure I went to a homeopath who looked at my diet, gave me mineral supplements, told me not to eat refined food and within 6 months I felt better than I had for the previous couple of years. I think homepathy is about treating the whole person rather than an ailment. Not convinced about all the oils and smelly stuff though even have crystals put on me which just made me giggle.Helen/PatientGardenerhttp://www.patientgardener.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-69430107819806125282011-09-02T08:52:50.410+01:002011-09-02T08:52:50.410+01:00Nice try, Harriet, and closer than you think. But...Nice try, Harriet, and closer than you think. But not Cyrano or Christian.<br /><br />Lucy - I'm shocked! Real brewing is a an ancient culture requiring skill, aesthetic sensitivity and a love of beauty. Factory-made Euro-pee is ugly, I grant you, but a traditional IPA? If skilfully brewed, that's up there with Brahms and Titian.Plant Mad Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051715161395516677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-1853752815934997052011-09-01T23:08:21.445+01:002011-09-01T23:08:21.445+01:00Hops are lovely. Beer is not.Hops are lovely. Beer is not.Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14685242329129914772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6849167564811493528.post-25744902999308531232011-09-01T18:38:17.595+01:002011-09-01T18:38:17.595+01:00Can't be sure but film quote sounds like Cyran...Can't be sure but film quote sounds like Cyrano de Bergerac talking to his mate Christian. There was a lovely version starring Gerard Depardieu in which the summer wind in the trees was a major character.Harriet Rycroftnoreply@blogger.com