“Army in the Shadows”, Lino Ventura, Jean-Pierre Cassel and other wonderful things

[alexandral]

+Army in the Shadows: I watched it on Tuesday in “Bradford National museum of film and television”. I think that it is a truly outstanding film. Made by the famous French director Jean-Pierre Melville, it has many amazing actors in the cast. Film tells the story of the French Resistance during the Second World War. The story is given in all it’s truth of day-to-day work, terror, betrayal and many hard decisions. It is definitely the best film I have seen about the French Resistance.

It is one of the films where it is difficult to tell which actor made the biggest impact. They all are absolutely awesome. If I must choose, I would say that Lino Ventura (playing the main character Philippe Gerbier) and Jean-Pierre Cassel (Jean François Jardie).

+Lino Ventura has terrific screen presence. He is all authority and can be called burly. Well, I think he is burly.




+Jean-Pierre Cassel is the father of one of my current favourites , Vincent Cassel. Jean-Pierre Cassel is just soooooooo attractive.



+Earth and Fire: I am getting both of these wonderful films from Blockbuster on-line. May be they are already at home! Yay!!!!!!!! I am really really excited about watching these films. I have heard so much about they recently! Yay again!!!!

I also realised that Earth/Fire/Water thrilogy’s director is Deepa Mentha. I saw her absolutely adorable film “Bollywood/Hollywood”. YAY!!!
This is why I used this icon. I am not sure yet if it is finished, but !!!!!!!

+Prison Break: Michael and Sara had the hottest stare session in the human history. And then he said something along the lines “It breaks my heart that I know after everything I have done you are not going to trust me ever”. My heart is broken.

+Great weather Weather is absolutely wonderful today. The warmest day of the year. I am going to put my new summer shoes (three pairs acquired during the last month)

+Meme realtanala tagged me with "My 5 weird habbits" meme. Here they are,

1) I don’t like mornings. I sleep until the last minute possible

2) I like to stay late at night.

3) I love spoilers. I always look at the books (or films) ending if I can. I don’t like it if I can’t. Because I can’t cope with getting in vested in some character (or relationship) and realise suddenly that he is the mother-killer. I coped very badly with BSG developments. Thank you queenofthornes and syliasyliasylia who in their different ways helped me through it.

4) I own too many clothes.

5) I like new things and forget old things. I am sorry!

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[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

Prison Break: It breaks my heart that I know after everything I have done you are not going to trust me ever .... I almost died watching and obsessively rewatching that scene! Their angsty stare contest was of epic dimensions, Michael is so intentense!!

Weather is absolutely wonderful too
Waaaaah! Here you can wear just a light jacket and a t-shirt, but it's very cloudy and it has rained as well.

Yay! for Deepa Metha's films love! I adore her trilogy, Water is the movie I've liked the most this year so far! Lovely icon by the way. And Bollywood Hollywood is adorable!

I own too many clothes.
This is not a bad habit... this is a blessing ;)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I almost died watching and obsessively rewatching that scene! Their angsty stare contest was of epic dimensions, Michael is so intentense!!

O my poor heart! How he was saying "I love you Sara" with his eyes, and then he told her EVERYTHING in short sentence - "I am getting Lincoln out of here tonight", and you could see him taking a plunge inside and making himself to do it. ** Sighs **

Water is the movie I've liked the most this year so far Have you seen the other two?

[syliasyliasylia.livejournal.com]

I saw Fire and Earth a long time ago :/ ... I want to buy the full trilogy on dvd. Here in Spain, only fire is availabe on dvd, Water was released on cinemas last month so the dvd release will take some time. My bollywood-fan friends lended me Earth... I hope there's a good dvd edition of the full trilogy :) because they are worth buying!

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I noticed Rahul Khanna in the credits for "Earth". I like the guy, especially his eyes. :) I am very much "eye" person as concerning my choice of beautiful fictional men ( and non-fictional too). But nice body frame is good too!

[kiaforrest.livejournal.com]

morning should definitely start Much Later in the afternoon ::giggle::

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I am really only alive after 10. **Sighs**

[nutmeg3.livejournal.com]

That scene in Prison Break kiiiiillllllled me. But I refuse to believe it's true. They will work it out. I command it.

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

They will work it out. I command it. They totally should. They must not disappoint millions of Sara/Michael fans the way BSG did!!!!. (Sorry I just can't get over BSG disappointment).

[koalathebear.livejournal.com]

I never knew anyone else who liked spoilers before I found the Internet! Yay for positive reinforcement of weird habits ;)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I forgotten my "talking to myself" habit! I admit!!!!!! I talk to myself!!

I never knew anyone else who liked spoilers I have a very good "book" friend in Russia. We known each other since 11 or so and shared the passion for science fiction. She likes spoilers too!

[ginger001]

Ohhh, I'm so behind commenting at your journal!!! :S

I didn't know how Jean-Pierre Cassel looked! But I do love Vincent Cassel!!! I find him pretty hot ;) I got a crush on him after Brotherhood of the Wolves!

About your '5 weird habits' I also happen to have numbers 2, 3, 4, 5 (although about spoilers, in books, I try not to read the end, but I do pass some pages to see how things are going to be, ;) )

btw, I had to repost the comment because I hit 'post comment' too early ;)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I didn't know how Jean-Pierre Cassel looked! But I do love Vincent Cassel!!! I find him pretty hot ;) I got a crush on him after Brotherhood of the Wolves! I liked Vincent Cassel in the "Brotherhood of Wolves" and "Joan of Arc" and "Read my lips". He had a very funny role in "Elisabeth", but he played it excellently. He is an excellent actor IMHO.

I think I can see family resemblance!!! He looks like his father! (Or is it just me?)

[hestia8.livejournal.com]

Wow, I hadn't seen any pictures of young JP Cassel (he was in Crimson Rivers with Vincent and Jean Reno though). Big family resemblance, isn't there?

I haven't watched any of my Vicnent Cassel stuff for far too long...

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Big family resemblance, isn't there? Totally. Thank you for the "Crimson Rivers" rec - both of Cassel's together plus Jean Reno! Have you seen "Read my lips?"

[hestia8.livejournal.com]

Oh, Crimson Rivers is definitely worth watching. I have got Read My Lips and I've seen all of it except about the last 15 minutes! I keep meaning to dig it out of the cupboard but never getting round to it. I am *far* too lazy.

I think I've got most of his films that have been released on DVD over here. Have you seen Brotherhood of the Wolf? If not, get hold of it asap, it's a great film. I love it. L'Appartement is another good one, though it makes no sense.

And while I'm here (as you are maker of my default icon), Idris Elba is going to be in It's All In The Game on ITV1 on Thursday this week :)

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I have seen "Brotherhood of Wolf". It is very good, isn't it!! I saw it ages ago, before my Vincent period, I must re-watch it again too. I haven't seen "L'Apartment" . Weeeeeee! So many new movies with Vincent Cassel!

And while I'm here (as you are maker of my default icon), Idris Elba is going to be in It's All In The Game on ITV1 on Thursday this week :)

O, thank you so much for mentioning it! I didn't know about it at all. I really appreciate it!

[hestia8.livejournal.com]

No problem *g* I was skimming the TV guide at the weekend and my brain caught on his name :)

L'Appartement is a great film (Monica Bellucci is in it too, and it was remade as the dire Wicker Park - don't watch that), and he's also in Birthday Girl with Mathieu Kassovitz (Amelie's boyfriend in Amelie), Nicole Kidman and Ben Chaplin. That's quite a good film.

oh, and how could I forget La Haine? It's a great film, and one of his first, I think. Mathieu Kassovitz directed it. Well worth watching if you haven't seen it.

And (oops, sorry for going on, but I do love Vincent) at the weirder end of the scale, there's a film called Dobermann, which also stars Monica Bellucci (did you know they're married? I didn't for the longest time), and it's...odd. Just odd. But quite good if you like guns and explosions and stuff.

And obviously there's Ocean's Twelve, in which he is cooler and smarter and better than than Danny Ocean and his boys. Of course, he is Vicnent Cassel so it doesn't take much doing *g*.

...I like him a lot. can you tell?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I like Monica Bellucci, she is so beautiful and unusual and a great actress! I realised they were married recently, when I was reading Jean-Paul Cassel's bio. When I saw "Army in the Shadows" I kept thinking - I saw this guy before.. Where? And when I read his biography I was for some reason so happy that he is Vincent's father!

I haven't realised Vincent is in the "Oceans Twelve". I have seen "Oceans Eleven" and was not very impressed because similar you say I was rooting for Andy Garcia for I found Danny Ocean to be a little boring. I must watch "Oceans Twelve" (Adding to the Blockbuster on-line list. Adding all the rest of films with Vincent too. SQQEEEE!)

...I like him a lot. can you tell EEE! I like him a lot too, and I am really really thankful for all this recs!

[hestia8.livejournal.com]

I love Monica Bellucci, she's gorgeous. And there's a bit of extra squee watching their films and going 'oh, they're married!'. Or I'm just abbit odd ;)

The Ocean films aren't that amazing but Vicnent looks wonderful in O12, and there's a great scene in a museum with him dancing, and some scenes where he is doing yoga and is shirtless...

we tend to fast forward through the bits he isn't in ;)

Glad to be of help! He is my absolute favourite actor and I could just watch him in anything (a note of caution, though - he and Monica are in a film called Irreversible where basically Monica's character gets raped and Vincent and a friend go looking for revenge - it's a very, very difficult film to watch so I'd avoid unless you have a very strong stomach).

I'll let you know if I remember any of his other films (I haven't seen Derailed but he's in that) *g*

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

And there's a bit of extra squee watching their films and going 'oh, they're married!'. Or I'm just abbit odd ;)

I am like that too, I don't know if I am right, but I feel sometimes that you can tell when actor and actress have an attraction in RL , and nor just on a screen. It creates a wonderful chemistry. :)

great scene in a museum with him dancing, and some scenes where he is doing yoga and is shirtless...

Sounds really yummy!!!

we tend to fast forward through the bits he isn't in

I know what you mean - I do it with mu favourite scenes often. DVD is great for finding a necessary scene! ( I remember what a pain it used to be with Video).

he and Monica are in a film called Irreversible where basically Monica's character gets raped and Vincent and a friend go looking for revenge - it's a very, very difficult film to watch so I'd avoid unless you have a very strong stomach).

I find films of this kind quite hard to watch... :(

And thank you so much again!!!!!!!

[hestia8.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean - I do it with mu favourite scenes often. DVD is great for finding a necessary scene!

Oh, yes. One of the many reasons I love DVDs :) Especially with Ocean's 12.

I found Irreversible really hard to watch - I watched it partly because it was them and partly because I'd read interviews they'd done about it, but yeah. Never watching it again, put it that way.

And thank you so much again!!!!!!!

No problem. Got to do what I can to spread the Cassel-love *g*

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I found Irreversible really hard to watch - I watched it partly because it was them and partly because I'd read interviews they'd done about it, but yeah. Never watching it again, put it that way.

I know what you mean, some films just break my heart and even if I liked them very much I find it difficult to re-watch.