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Chopin's Paris and Van Gogh's France: a September journey
Day 7: September 14 -- I woke up to pouring rain (again), but decided to pursue my plan to get up to Square d'Orleans. It's not a tourist site, and most are not familiar with it. My Paris Authentic night tour guide on Tuesday had said it's always locked, and that I would have to wait for a car to come through to gain entry (and then, I thought, how do I get out?).
I dressed warmly in layers, and set out to find a taxi stand. I had a map with me with all of them marked. I got to the first one, which was supposed to be across pont neuf on the right bank, but it was nowhere to be found (maybe due to construction going on), so I kept walking. My blistered foot was killing me, and the other foot wasn't feeling much better. I made it to a main boulevard, and decided to walk in the direction of the Louvre, to look for another taxi stand. It was pouring. My feet were in pain. I stopped. I looked at my map again, and remembering that Chris said there would be a Marais Walk (with Paris Walks) at 10:30 Saturday morning, I did an about-face and started walking toward the Marais. I was suddenly feeling the need for a guided walk (the scheduled guide was not Chris, but I assumed it would be a good tour at any r
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Chopin rolling in his grave
I have been a lover of Chopin, the man and his music, for years and years, and have always been fascinated by George Sand. I rented this film on DVD (with English dubbing) and watched it last night with great expectations. I recently purchased IMPROMPTU, the other Chopin/Sand biopic, and found it wandered quite far from the actual events of their lives. So, I was disappointed with that one, and was hoping CHOPIN: DESIRE FOR LOVE would be just what I wanted from a Chopin biography. It was not.
What would be so hard about making a film based entirely, or at least mostly, on true events? Why do film-makers seem determined to turn the lives of these historic geniuses into soap opera frivolity? If you have ever read a biography on Chopin, or even just listened to his music, then you know what a highly intelligent, sensitive, perfectionist, almost otherworldly man he was. I want a movie about Chopin with an actor and a script that are as sensitive and detailed as he was. This film seemed like a cheap, made-for-TV movie with overacting, cheesy drama, and unnecessary sexual situations. I'm mainly referring to the scene of Solange frolicking nearly naked in the river in front of Chopin. There is no documented proof that there