Tag Archives: France

Movie Poster Du Jour: “The Passion of Joan of Arc”

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This poster for Dreyer’s “Joan” must be one of the earliest products of Boris Konstantinovitch Bilinsky’s cinema advertising company, Alboris, founded just a few months prior to the film’s Parisian opening in October 1928. A Russian expat … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Boris Bilinsky, Carl Dreyer, Falconetti, Film, France, Movie Posters, movies, Silent Film, The Passion of Joan of Arc | 5 Comments

Architecture Du Jour: Hôtel de Ville, Paris

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The Hôtel de Ville in Paris, 1871, after it was burned by the Paris Commune. The Hôtel de Ville today. Click on the images to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged France, Paris, traditionalism | Leave a comment

Quote Du Jour: On the French Sidewalk Café

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: It would be hard to imagine a more recognizable third place than a French bistro. Traditional third places tend to have physical features that unmistakably indicate what they are — these are sometimes called signal fittings. Thus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged Advertising, France, French cafés, third places, traditionalism | 5 Comments

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Touch of Evil”

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: With art by France’s master the of b-movie poster, Constantin Belinsky.

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Constantin Belinsky, Film, France, Movie Posters, movies, Orson Welles, Touch of Evil | 3 Comments

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Eugène Atget, Le Château, fin Octobre, le soir, effet d’orage, vue prise du Parterre du Nord, 1903 Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture, Art, Photography | Tagged Eugène Atget, France, traditionalism | 3 Comments

“Edouard et Caroline”

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Directed by Jacques Becker in 1951, this concise, smartly worked-out marital farce is a cynical companion piece to Becker’s earlier “Antoine et Antoinette.” When Daniel Gelin’s Edouard allows his wife Caroline to talk him into giving a piano … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers | Tagged Anne Vernon, Daniel Gelin, Edouard et Caroline, Film, France, Game, Jacques Becker, movies, Romantic Comedy | 2 Comments

Village Du Jour

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sarlat, France Click on the images to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged France, Sarlat, traditionalism, urbanism | 2 Comments

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged France, medieval architecture, Rouen | 1 Comment

Movie Posters of the French New Wave (Italian Edition)

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As in France, the appearance of New Wave films in Italy coincided with the advent of new techniques for the creation of movie posters. Designs became hipper, more au courant, and gradually the use of photographic images … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Angelo Cesselon, Anselmo Ballester, Film, France, French New Wave, Giuliano Nistri, Italy, Luigi Martinati, Movie Posters, movies | 5 Comments

Movie Posters of the French New Wave

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As you might expect, the advent of the French New Wave in the late ’50s helped to usher in a revolution in French movie poster design, a tradition with roots going back to Jules Cheret. Offset … Continue reading →