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Paru le 03/07/2013 | Broché sous jaquette 221 pages
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photos Pierre-Olivier Signe | translation from French Anne McDowall
The Film Lover's
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Paris
Do you want to... Taste the stew at OSS 117's inn ?
Employ your charms at the jazz club from Happiness Never Comes Alone ? Teach yourself to aim at the shooting range from Nikita ?
Enjoy a glass at the bistrot from Inglourious Basterds ?
Rent a stuffed fox for a jaunt worthy of Midnight in Paris ?
Play Morie-Antoinette at the Hotel de Soubise !
The guideto 101 legendary places that have inspired the greatest films
Brought into the limelight in the films of the greatest directors, each of these places has, above all, its own history, authenticity and character. Indeed, whether it was a case of love at first sight or a true source of inspiration, none of the atmospheric places was chosen randomly.
Exploring the city quartier by quartier, and using photographs, Beatrice Billon and Barbara Boespflug have identified the best bars, restaurants, hotels, shops, galleries and theatres that have been picked as immortal film locations, and share with us in this incomparable guide their top tips and anecdotes to help you discover the charm of Film Lover's Paris.
Paris and cinema
Cinema and Paris. A love story. Two words that go so well together... The title of this book, The Film Lover's Paris, could hardly illustrate it better. Since 2001, the City of Paris's proactive policy in favour of the cinema has transformed the Parisian cultural scene.
With its network of cinema among the most extensive in the world, film-going has become a favourite occupation of Parisians and, more broadly, of those living in the Île-de-France region. In order to preserve the diversity of cinemas, while ensuring a balance of films screened in each area, the City of Paris is committed to supporting arthouse and independant cinemas, whose economy is often fragile.
Finally, with thousands of film shoots taking place in the capital every year, and thanks to the ongoing support of the Mission Cinéma, the decor of Paris poses for the camera, without artifice, for short as well as feature-length films created all over the world. This book will be your guide for walks and other novel tours but most especially for exploring behind the scenes of the Paris of the cinema.
Bruno Julliard,
Deputy Mayor of Paris for Culture
Barbara Boespflug is the director of the Entertainment division of one of the largest media agencies. She has a degree in marketing and for more than ten years has been putting her media skills to use in the fields of cinema, video, music, entertainment and TV programmes, for which she has always had a passion.
Mad about films and travelling, she spends her holidays exploring the world in the footsteps of her favourite films.
Beatrice Billon is the publicity director of one of the largest advertising agencies. For 20 years she has been developing her business skills in key media such as television. Passionate about the cinema, she moved to Paris after finishing business school to join the staff of Studio Magazine. She can't get enough of films and uses her tours around the world to discover the locations of the scenes that inspire her dreams.
Pierre-Olivier Signe is a photographer specializing in cinema, concert and travel photography. Having graduated in film studies and trained in graphic design, he began his career at Euro Disney, before going on to work with media groups Canal + and MTV. For the past 25 years he has been photographing the greatest stars, from the Cannes Film Festival to Les Planches at Deauville.
