Word: chanteur
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...writers, books and filmmakers that he shared with me, texts with a certain type of intimacy that had the same effect on me as they had on him." One of these influences is François Truffaut, with his tender explorations of relationships; another, the wistful 1970s chanteur Alain Souchon. Delerm's writing contains unexpected metaphors that focus on small observations, like the image of a naked woman that forms and disappears in a cup of sake in the song Evreux. Critics dismiss his style as precious, and ridicule his distinctive enunciation - drawn-out syllables and unexpected, oddly placed, upward...
...only once is he offstage. And even then his image is on: a giant screen descends, and in a skit written by Simone Signoret, Montand dictates to an unseen and unfeeling telephone operator a telegram of love to his mistress. The dialogue is hilarious, a reminder that Montand, the chanteur extraordinaire, is also a gifted actor and comedian, the star of such films as The Wages of Fear, Z and La Guerre Est Finie...
...years ago, when the show opened in Greenwich Village, the logical response to the title might have been: So what? The songs were written by an obscure Belgian bourgeois-turned-chanteur; they were being sung in the dark basement of the Village Gate by four nobodies. But one of these nobodies was a phosphorescent waif named Elly Stone, who breathed life and passion into Brel's hard-edged depictions of soul v. circumstance. Nearly 1,000 performances later, Jacques Brel is still vibrantly alive and well in New York. On an initial investment of $52,000, four companies...
Recently, the Dunces found a beer joint that was the answer to a chanteur's prayers. This is the General Edwards Inn, scene of a recent harmonic Dunce party, but since it is located in Revere, Hazen's will still have to accommodate weekday revelry...
...Back in Paris she went to art school, followed the well-worn course into musical comedy bits. One day W. Tourjansky, free-lance director, saw her in a street cafe, addressed a soft remark to her. She slapped his face. Impressed, he tested her, cast her as Pierrette in Chanteur Inconnu opposite Opera Singer Lucien Muratore. She made Le Roi des Palaces for Adolphe Osso and La Petite Chocolatière for Marc Allegret, both comedy roles, got her first serious casting as elflike Puck in Lac aux Dames. Arthur Willnetz, a man ager, introduced her to Sacha Guitry...