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Blah Blah Chronicles


Delightful stories straight from the heart of a Parisian movie journalist who sheds a unique light on the so-called glamorous world of cinema. Sometimes funny, sometimes touching, always full of surprises!


How to Assassinate the King of Crime's Daughter
[03.07.2006] The Centre Pompidou is paying homage to Alfred Hitchcock. Opening night, the champagne is flowing freely and petits fours are circulating. Guests are clustered in small groups... (1054 words - 5948 characters)
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What A Splendid Team!
[19.06.2006] I didn’t have a great urge to participate in this festival, but Richard had managed to convince me that the clean Alps air would do me a world of good after an entire winter cloistered in Paris. Everything started off badly. My train was late due to an unexpected cold spell… (952 words - 5296 characters)
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My extra office at Isabelle’s
[19.06.2006] I am used to having my desk prepared at Isabelle’s when I arrive. Actually, Isabelle is my hairdresser… (174 words - 890 characters)
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Publicity gimmicks don’t make films better
[19.06.2006] Once a year, I have to sort out my press kits… (162 words - 869 characters)
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A Memorable Movie
[19.06.2006] I honestly don’t know what I was doing in this room. They were screening an experimental film that went on for four hours, directed by a former librarian who’d decided late in life to be a filmmaker… (541 words - 2892 characters)
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My bag is my worse nightmare
[19.06.2006] As soon as I wake up, I glance at my daily schedule. The one I saw today made me want to jump back into my bed. At 9 am: screening on the Champs-Elysées. 11 to 12: visit to a restored museum in Montmartre. 12: dinner and interview with an actress… (507 words - 2669 characters)
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The Old Man and the Pigeon
[19.06.2006] I used to see him every morning at 10 on the dot. He was old, dressed in rags and walked with difficulty. Next to him, a hairless mutt walked imitating the old man’s gait. Who could have imagined that he once played opposite Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney?... (340 words - 1793 characters)
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The Perfect Connection
[19.06.2006] The rendezvous was made well in advance. Unfortunately, in the meantime, the play’s dress rehearsal had taken place, and was a dismal failure… (682 words - 3788)
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My kingdom for a taxi
[19.06.2006] I'm late! I've got an appointment with Jude Law and I’m late. If I jump on a metro now, I'd only be five minutes late, no big deal! Right? But… (438 words - 2271 characters)
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You Hafta Ask Questions!
[19.06.2006] When I arrive in the third-floor suite of the Plaza-Athénée to conduct an interview, two journalists are already waiting. "There's just a short delay" says the press attaché… (718 words - 4070 characters)
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The Key Point
[19.06.2006] After the screening, I’m having lunch with two journalists and the director of the film. It’s a road movie featuring a man and his young son. Nothing much happens… (287 words - 1579 characters)
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The Impossible Interview
[19.06.2006] He was the light of my life as a teenager. I saw all his movies, ten times, a hundred times, for as long as they ran, later prolonging the pleasure with cassettes and DVDs. For me, he was the wildest and most talented young actor of his generation… (1076 words - 4850 characters)
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A.M., Artificial Memory
[19.06.2006] I’m dreaming of the day when a brilliant scientist will create a computer that can be connected to the human brain. I feel that my hard disk is full. I urgently need a memory expansion card… (197 words - 1126 characters)
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Rumor Has It
[19.06.2006] As he’s accustomed, Tom Cruise is coming to Paris to promote his new movie, "MI: 3". He enjoys the crowds, loves his public and adores the journalists… (617 words - 3524 characters)
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