05-21-2008, 08:41 AM
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Lionel Michaux
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Location: Paris, France
Join Date: Nov 2007
Local Time: 03:48 AM
Local Date: 10-08-2008
Posts: 5
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Re: "Earrings of Madame De..." coming from Criterion
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Originally Posted by Bob Cashill
Heaven. And the forever-working Danielle Darrieux is still available for commentary and documentaries, bless her.
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I wouldn't hold my breath for it: intensely private and still somewhat shy after a 77-year career, Darrieux, sadly, has always refused to be interviewed for the DVD edition of her great past movies, though she appears in the bonus section of more recent ones, such as 8 Women and Persepolis .
"Forever-working", I hope so: she was to be on the stage here in Paris this very month of May, in a new french production of "On Golden Pond" (and had already been promoting it on TV), but severely broke her leg in the last days of rehearsal (I was looking forward to seeing the play and her). At 91, I hope it's not too bad.
Both Le Plaisir and Madame de have been released in very good DVD editions here in region 2. But La ronde and Lola Montes still have to surface in worthy editions.
And since I'm talking of Darrieux, I'd like to see Warner issue a DVD of her only MGM Technicolor musical, Rich, Young and Pretty, where she somewhat incongruously shares the screen with Jane Powell and Vic Damone. Not a memorable part, certainly, but glorious technicolor does something for her!
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