As I may have mentioned at other times, I love it when freaky Kismet-style shit comes across my desk, here at Keating Towers.
For some time Ive been a great fan of Jean-Pierre Cassel (above) - the roguish, charming French lead in such greats as Luis Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), and Claude Chabrol's truly ace Hitchcockian classic La Rupture (1970). (Incidentally, both films also star my only genuine silver screen crush, the haute and magnificent Stéphane Audran). Cassel also played the classic dastardly Frenchman role as Pierre Dubois in Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965).
Alors, well then... meet his son: none other than Vincent "La Haine" Cassel. Who knew?
And there he is, playing the same sort of roles. Quality French gear like La Haine, and devilish Frenchmen in more schlocky Anglo-productions like Ocean's Twelve.I love it when things make sense!
*rocks back and forth imperceptibly*
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Only tangentially related comment here, but you should do yourself a flava and get your hands on "OSS117: Le Caire nid d'Espions", a spoof of the similarly titled movies of the '50's and '60's that I suspect will be right up your Ali Baba. It was so successful that the makers are just now releasing the sequel, "Rio ne reponds plus".
Voici un avant-goût:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHtHs7cLV1E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od-yGpuRFgo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klBLJlrqJVg
Excellent work in les slips there, Monsieur! Je allez au mon videostore tout suite, etc
In general, I highly recommend a bit of Claude Chabrol for a gripping psychodrama - see his work of any era. Rolled Gold non-dud film maker. Can rely on any film made by him to at least be well above average - and normally on the top shelf.
Just watched those clips; looks tops. Maxwell Smart meets James Bond on the Côte d'Azur.
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