R.I.P Alain Delon

[tim]

Those eyes are now shut.



BBC News - French film giant Alain Delon dies aged 88

French film star Alain Delon dies aged 88

Once described as the most beautiful man in the movies, Delon had become a virtual recluse with his children trading public insults.

www.bbc.com

 

[Chilli.s]

Just watched Red Sun yesterday

 

[dessiato]

As a fan of Nouvelle Vague films I often enjoyed watching him which I'll do again today.

RIP Alain and thank you for all the pleasure you gave me.

 

[tony.c]

Allegedly a supporter of far right.

 

[redsquirrel]

Allegedly a supporter of far right.

No allegedly about it his politics were vile

I'm not sure he was a great actor, a good one yes but great mmm. But he had that screen presence that other better actors cannot replicate. Even in mediocre stuff he added something

 

[Sue]

No allegedly about it his politics were vile

I'm not sure he was a great actor, a good one yes but great mmm. But he had that screen presence that other better actors cannot replicate. Even in mediocre stuff he added something

And he was in some excellent films.

 

[redsquirrel]

Bradshaw does a pretty good obituary and I'd agree with him about Monsieur Klein. The best performance I've seen Delon give

Mesmeric and beautiful, Alain Delon was one of cinema’s most mysterious stars

Whether playing the lover opposite Marianne Faithfull or the assassin in Le Samouraï, the prolific French actor was a symbol of the lost beauty of the 60s

www.theguardian.com

My vote, though, for Delon’s greatest role, and greatest Delon achievement, is one that grew out of the enigmatic crime roles into which he had evolved in the late 1960s and 70s: Joseph Losey’s Kafka-esque doppelganger mystery Monsieur Klein from 1976. (It was entered into competition at Cannes, losing out to Scorsese’s Taxi Driver.)

(Though the second to last sentence in that link is a bit shit)

 

[marty21]

A beautiful man when he was younger , great screen presence. Chaotic life at times but leaves a great legacy of film.

A bloke at work (in his 50s) was named Alain after Delon , he is regularly called Alan (not by me ) .

 

[Aladdin]

A bloke at work (in his 50s) was named Alain after Delon , he is regularly called Alan (not by me ) .

Don't they sound the same?


RIP Alain.. he had mesmerising eyes...and a great screen presence.

 

[Happy Tree]

Adieu mon brave! I once went to a party in the house he shared with Catherine Deneuve. They weren't there.

 

[danny la rouge]

A great talent. A beautiful man with ugly views.

 

[JimW]

A great talent. A beautiful man with ugly views.

My polar opposite in all aspects.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

He was great in Plein Soleil (Purple Noon).

I've no idea why Minghella was persuaded to make the Talented Mr. Ripley in 1999. It was a remake of this film. Pointless exercise.

 

[Sue]

He was great in Plein Soleil (Purple Noon).

I've no idea why Minghella was persuaded to make the Talented Mr. Ripley in 1999. It was a remake of this film. Pointless exercise.

It was just another take on the book, as was The American Friend. All quite different films, all pretty decent.

 

[danny la rouge]

It was just another take on the book, as was The American Friend. All quite different films, all pretty decent.

Mrs LR has read all the books. I have not. Her favourite screen version is the Andrew Scott/Dakota Fanning.

 

[redsquirrel]

Mrs LR has read all the books. I have not. Her favourite screen version is the Andrew Scott/Dakota Fanning.

Has she seen the version of Ripley's Game with John Malkovitch? It does depart from the book in places but is my favourite Ripley screen adaptation (not seen the Andrew Scott one yet).

BBC did a good series of audiodramas of the books which Mrs LR might want to check out.

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Back to Delon I saw Deray's Flic Story a bit ago. Always viewed Deray as the poor man's Melville and this didn't change that but entertaining enough with both Delon and Trintignant, the latter having a brilliant line - I'd love to take a hacksaw to his throat and make him sing.

 

[marty21]

Don't they sound the same?


RIP Alain.. he had mesmerising eyes...and a great screen presence.

There is a slight difference , Alain at work certainly doesn't like being called Alan , & I'd guess that Alain Delon probably didn't like it either.

 

[Oriole]

May he rest in dog piss.

He was a notorious wife beater, a homophobe and a national front supporter, I'm pretty sure that trumps being pretty in the 60s and being in films some of you all enjoyed.

I get having some amount of separating the art from the artist but I draw the line at wishing a terrible human a peaceful afterlife.