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Film ruled 'not French enough'
BBC ^ | 11/27/04

Posted on 11/28/2004 2:13:44 PM PST by paudio

A Paris court has ruled that an acclaimed new film by the director of Amelie is not French enough to vie for French prizes. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement, a French story filmed in French, has drawn rave reviews.

But a court judged it was too American to compete in French film festivals, including Cannes.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: boycottfrance; cannes; cannesfilmfestival; film; filmawards; filmfestival; films; france; french; frenchsupremists; liberalbigots; movie; movies; xenophobia
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Not French enough... LOL !!!

I'm wondering if John 'Francois' Kerry is.

1 posted on 11/28/2004 2:13:44 PM PST by paudio
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France. What an incredibly silly place.


2 posted on 11/28/2004 2:15:06 PM PST by SolutionsOnly
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But a court judged it was too American to compete in French film festivals, including Cannes.

They've got a point. F9/11 was a very French-oriented film.

3 posted on 11/28/2004 2:16:15 PM PST by TBarnett34 ("Unnngh!" -John F'n Kerry, 11/2/04)
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No surrender scenes? No backstabbing betrayals? Not enough whining?


4 posted on 11/28/2004 2:16:35 PM PST by JeeperFreeper
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...too American to compete...

Filled with freshly-showered and shaved people, I guess.

5 posted on 11/28/2004 2:16:45 PM PST by Petronski (One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble, not much between despair and ecstasy.)
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So this is what the French Judicial system is like? And these cheese eating surrender monkeys want a world court?

Will the World Court make rulings about the Tony Awards?


6 posted on 11/28/2004 2:16:52 PM PST by Mike1973
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i.e. ---> Not Muslim Enough


7 posted on 11/28/2004 2:17:11 PM PST by Windsong (FighterPilot)
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A cannibal went into the butcher shop to buy some brains for dinner. She saw that American and British brains were $4.95 per lb and French brains were $450.00 per lb. She gasped and asked the butcher if the price of the French brains were a misprint.
"No ma'm," answered the butcher. "That is the correct price." "Well, why are the French brains so expensive?" exclaimed the cannibal. "Do you know how many French it takes to get a pound of brains?" replied the butcher.


8 posted on 11/28/2004 2:18:04 PM PST by shubi (Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom,must undergo the fatigues of supporting it.)
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A Very Long Engagement

Jacque Chirac's 12 years of whoring with Saddam and the U.N.?

9 posted on 11/28/2004 2:18:09 PM PST by DTogo (U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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Q: How many generations does it take to learn ingratitude?
A: Trois

Q: Why do the French call their fighter the "Mirage"?
A: Because it's never seen in a combat zone.


10 posted on 11/28/2004 2:19:36 PM PST by shubi (Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom,must undergo the fatigues of supporting it.)
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Jeunet had pointed out that director Oliver Stone's Alexander the Great received funding from the French government despite not being filmed in France or in French.

No wonder it bombed in the US...

11 posted on 11/28/2004 2:20:19 PM PST by paudio (Four More Years..... Let's Use Them Wisely...)
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perfect !!!!


12 posted on 11/28/2004 2:21:10 PM PST by camas
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Not French enough means actually watchable for more than, say, a few microseconds.


13 posted on 11/28/2004 2:24:03 PM PST by FredZarguna (Free markets. Free Speech. Free Minds. But no Free Lunch.)
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from the article :

France is staunchly protective of its cinema and goes to great lengths to avoid the influence of Hollywood.

Which is why the French made films enjoy such worldwide box office success.

Save the world keep the french in France.

14 posted on 11/28/2004 2:26:37 PM PST by highpockets
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If this planet ever needs an enema, we'll shove the hose into France.


15 posted on 11/28/2004 2:26:59 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (If you were still in the womb, would you trust your life to Specter?????)
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Not enough explicit sex.....with minors......


16 posted on 11/28/2004 2:27:15 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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John has a long mustache!!!

"No! No! Jacque ....put the razor away!!

17 posted on 11/28/2004 2:28:00 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I have officially stopped gloating. That's my story...and I'm sticking to it!)
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The french are laughably silly. I once tried to buy a french-made computer hardware product for a research study here in the US. The company rejected our purchase order because it did not use the proper language for the delivery address. When we tried to change the PO to their liking, they refused to sell to us because it wasn't done correctly the first time. It gave me such pleasure to get their sales director on the phone and tell him what a total idiot he was and how I would enjoy changing the study requirements to not allow any future purchase of their inferior french products.


18 posted on 11/28/2004 2:28:02 PM PST by Kirkwood
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I believe this deficiency (low degree of Frenchness) could be easily and cheaply corrected by spraying isobutyric acid (or any more sophisticated body odor essences) in the movie halls before film screening.
19 posted on 11/28/2004 2:29:08 PM PST by GSlob
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French movie filmed in color = 'Too American'.


20 posted on 11/28/2004 2:30:14 PM PST by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi!)
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