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Re: Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. DomA Send a noteboard - 27/01/2011 12:26:48 PM
Jean-Luc thought much the movie's humour often relied heavily on obscure Belgian (or occasionally European) references.

He's right we missed a level of humour (at least all those he explained we had missed), but I suspect foreigners just saw a more universal level to the movie where Belgian saw a more Belgium-centric "commentary" (much as happened with Les Invasions Barbares. There are full of Québec-centric elements in it that foreigners miss - eg: all the health system details it targets - but not distracted by the specific shots Arcand took at this and that they see the universal resonance of the movie's situations better than us)

Jean-Luc was also weirdly claiming Belgian humour doesn't export well, but we were quoting him back all the examples of Belgian humour we appreciate (from BD to stand up comics and so on) to show him how wrong he was on that!
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A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Rebekah - 22/01/2011 11:48:21 PM 1338 Views
This month is just making me hate classics. ? - 23/01/2011 12:06:08 AM 1163 Views
Aw. That's a shame. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:21:10 AM 1073 Views
Re: Aw. That's a shame. ? - 23/01/2011 12:55:44 PM 1194 Views
Hrm... a high fantasy classic... ranagrande - 23/01/2011 01:15:05 PM 971 Views
Yeah? Okay... *NM* ? - 23/01/2011 01:16:15 PM 478 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:17:18 PM 1118 Views
Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:25:40 PM 988 Views
There's really only one high fantasy classic, no? Or two, if you count the Silm separately. *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:35:03 PM 482 Views
Perhaps Gormenghast? Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:58:50 PM 1143 Views
Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Legolas - 23/01/2011 02:02:51 PM 1099 Views
Re: Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Camilla - 23/01/2011 02:05:31 PM 1266 Views
Maybe Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? *NM* ranagrande - 23/01/2011 02:20:49 PM 481 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:37:56 PM 1022 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:59:18 PM 1145 Views
H. Rider Haggard. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:24:01 PM 1089 Views
Sounds interesting. ? - 23/01/2011 01:34:45 PM 1126 Views
Re: Sounds interesting. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:39:34 PM 1190 Views
King Solomon's Mines is also awesome. nossy - 23/01/2011 03:52:04 PM 956 Views
You can't love all of the classics, but it's not like it's a genre of its own that you can dislike. Legolas - 23/01/2011 12:32:01 AM 1161 Views
Precisely Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:40:26 AM 1379 Views
True true... ? - 23/01/2011 12:58:42 PM 1112 Views
Fortunately, that's precisely what this site aims to do! *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:34:16 PM 494 Views
You just aren't reading the right books (and reviews), it seems Larry - 23/01/2011 12:41:07 AM 1180 Views
The Swiss Family Robinson is hardly a "classic", unless by "classic" you mean "old". Tom - 23/01/2011 06:55:30 AM 973 Views
Fine then. ? - 23/01/2011 01:02:48 PM 1039 Views
Re: This month is just making me hate classics. Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:05:52 AM 1142 Views
A lot of "classics" need proper context to be appreciated DomA - 23/01/2011 12:22:44 PM 1336 Views
Well said. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:46:35 PM 1173 Views
Re: Well said. DomA - 24/01/2011 02:33:10 AM 1218 Views
That reminds me I need to get back to the Mémoires of Marguerite de Valois. Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:17:17 PM 927 Views
Very true Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:04:56 PM 1094 Views
Speaking of Dumas... DomA - 24/01/2011 02:45:02 AM 960 Views
ooooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 08:51:46 AM 1267 Views
The Molière movie is called... wait for it... Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:21:48 PM 1107 Views
oooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 10:24:19 PM 1146 Views
Re: oooh Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:29:23 PM 1005 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:15:39 AM 1107 Views
I really should watch that movie. Legolas - 25/01/2011 09:43:35 PM 1049 Views
Re: I really should watch that movie. DomA - 25/01/2011 11:15:10 PM 1191 Views
Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. *NM* Legolas - 26/01/2011 06:45:26 PM 481 Views
Re: Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. DomA - 27/01/2011 12:26:48 PM 1334 Views
I guess I'd have to see it to have an opinion on that. Legolas - 27/01/2011 08:00:53 PM 1253 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:50:04 AM 1028 Views
Re: oooh Camilla - 25/01/2011 10:22:21 AM 1182 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 12:46:30 PM 1200 Views
That's it! Camilla - 25/01/2011 12:50:18 PM 1225 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. everynametaken - 23/01/2011 06:25:50 AM 1116 Views
The big problem with Dracula is that it's an epistolary novel. Tom - 23/01/2011 06:58:25 AM 1114 Views
Yeah, agreed. Legolas - 23/01/2011 09:46:57 AM 1058 Views
But Frankenstein doesn't even have good writing to recommend it. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:09:58 AM 1045 Views
Dracula is the book I hope to review (properly) today. I love it. So very much. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:08:34 AM 936 Views
The challenge is making me wish I hadn't already read Frankenstein Brian - 23/01/2011 07:38:49 AM 1612 Views
Really? ranagrande - 23/01/2011 07:52:24 AM 1008 Views
I didn't mind The Importance of Being Earnest too much Brian - 23/01/2011 08:38:14 AM 1574 Views
Frankenstein ranagrande - 23/01/2011 09:05:10 AM 1146 Views
... Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM 989 Views
Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:10:34 AM 468 Views
For, as usual, being my wonderful, divine self and bringing light to the world? *NM* Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:12:30 AM 498 Views
Something like that. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:37 AM 424 Views
There's a reason why they include Wilde among the "decadents". Legolas - 23/01/2011 10:16:33 AM 1054 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Camilla - 23/01/2011 08:53:01 AM 1074 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:04 AM 1069 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:18:02 AM 1063 Views
I just read A Christmas Carol as well. It's very short, alright. Legolas - 02/02/2011 08:46:16 PM 1119 Views
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