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80% (8 of 10)
Location: Montreal, Qc
In My Own Words:
I am a certified, self-employed translator (married, two chidren), who takes special interest, of course, in music (progressive rock, jazz, modern classical), but also in birdwatching, horticulture and some TV cult shows. Gardening and hunting for native plants that attract birds in one's yard have been my main 'sports' for a few years now.
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The man's birth name was Joseph PASSALAQUA (NOT Pasquarella). I appreciate the music of Jimi Hendrix AND that of Joe Pass. Hendrix's was more than three-chord music BTW, which you can tell if your ears aren't «prejudiced». And even if it WAS three-chord music, well Joe and Ella and those other great jazz artists, they all loved the BLUES didn't they? One can appreciate both a good chicken sandwich and coq-au-vin... But never mind me, Joe was openly interested in the most daring new generations of electrified guitarists, such as John McLaughlin, and probably even in Jimi too, so why not follow HIS example of openness... Those tracks are all pure, passionate blues originals and readings… Read more
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Betty VHS ~ Marie Trintignant
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1/2 star for the cinematography, 1/2 star for the editing, and 1 star for the regretted Marie Trintignant.
I am a fan of most films by director Claude Chabrol, but this was very disappointingly static to me, as Hollywoodian screenplays go (and this, French as it might be, is Hollywoodian cinema after all).
Watch two girls talk, get laid and drink ridiculous quantities of liquor... And watch Stéphane Audran sit and try to look sincere (or sincerely insincere) for a good while... Some other actors are pretty bad also.
Masterful, but formally only. But Chabrol is very proud of it, so maybe that's ill-advised for you.
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I take away stars here not because EMG is BAD but because it says nothing new, even compared with Two Against Nature! I would have been content with a single comprised of the simple, fun, party inducing Blues Beach b/w the dark, jazz-colored Green Book. The rest is old-story all over, modern-Steely-Dan-by-numbers, some tracks even sounding like rejects from older (and I mean older) solo recording writing sessions. But Becker does play good guitar this time out, with some raunchier bite and more taste.
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