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Hello Everyone,
Today is the Première of "The Libertine" starring Johny Depp. From whay I see, it is quite "moppographic", (Any movie or book explicitingly showing men with long hair). I use the term "moppographic", a word of my invention (moppography), derived from the days my mom would say I looked like a real mop when she wanted me to get a haircut. I use that term tongue-in-cheek :)
I just have a love for history movies with men with long hair, and I wanted to share thi with you. If anybody have seen it, I look forward to hearing some comments about it. Recently I saw Casanova, which was quite moppographic. I really liked to see Venise, and I found the movie quite colorful and was a nice escape from the workaday world.
Have a nice day,
Georges in Montreal.
When the hair is fake, I would say that this movie has only "Artificial Flavors". I would much prefer Natural Flavors, like a recent French movie by the same title "Le Libertin" starring Vincent Perrez. There were wigs in this movie, however Vincent Perrez had his natural hair, and nothing else. In some other scenes, he wore a powdered wig from the 18th century, and I like the scene when he takes it off, revealing his real natural hair.
That movie "Le Libertin" is presently unavailable on DVD from Amazon & B-N, and there is no version with English subtitles either that I could find.
I don't remember enough French to figure out what would be going on. It seems like from the description however, that it would be a very good movie. I guess in Quebec you have wider access to French movies, etc.
Do you have it on DVD?
Hello,
I have the DVD at home of this movie, and since it is an import from France, I paied $40.00 CDN for it at La Boite Noire, a repertoire Video Club that also sells DVD's. I have a tendency to prefer to own DVD's featuring a mixture of long hair and lack of costumes. Le Libertin, is a genre of film that dissappeared in the early seventies, which is a light commedy, with frontal nudity (Both male and female), and a plot, which is the story of Diderot's Encyclopedia during the French Revolution, and Diderot's confrontation with the Church. It is not meant as a porn film, but it is a mature film though since there are sexual references. In France this is a "sentimental comedy" and at the theatre where I saw it first in Montreal, it was rated 14 and over, while in the US, it may have been rated NC-17 or R.
At the link below is an English description of "Le Libertin"
http://www.vincentperez.com/libertin.html
Have a nice day,
Georges in Montreal.
Your cousin is John Malkovich?? That's awesome.
Yep! I've never met him. He grew up about 40 miles from the town where I grew up. I've met some of his close relatives. We are not extremely close on the family tree; my great grandfather Joseph Choisser and his great grandfather Ewing Everett Choisser were first cousins. That would make us fourth cousins. John's mother was a Choisser, which is my last name, before she married.
The thought foremost in my mind about the relationship is that I'm really thankful that I did not inherit John's hair. [grin]
Bill
Haha! That's pretty cool. Ever hear of The Bloodhound Gang? My cousin is in that band.
Sounds like a good movie though.
Perhaps...
most likely. Johnny Depp has always had long hair from what i remember
I'll be going to see that film later today, or possibly tomorrow... it looks pretty good! I'm not a big fan of Depp movies (other then "secret window"), but this one definitely caught my attention from the preview (actually not because of the long hair though, but because of the context).
-Ardroth
I would like to seet his film also when it comes to the U.K, I liked the look of the trailer.
I think Depp is a true longhair. He gets his haircut for roles but always seems to be growing it out. He's been through the awkward stage many times.
Depp is so damn cool and i love his movies. He is just a brilliant actor and i really enjoy the different roles he plays in movies. He can also grow an awesome mane when he wants to but sadly, chops it off for each different movie.
Hello Everyone,
I went to the theater to see "The Libertine", and I found it to be a complete sleeper. Its tone was somber, using murky weather as its background. My perception of the 17th century is a bit more colorful, but the producer wanted to make this a dark kind of story.
Johny Depp seems to wear "natural" looking hair for his part, however all the characters wear wigs as was fashionable in 1670. For natural hair, it was more popular in 1635-1660.
The scenes were slow and monotonous, showing John Rochester's slow regression into alcoholism. People facing issues with alcoholism can find the film interesting. What the film doesn't show, is that at one point, John Rochester was so pissed that he ended up in a time warp, and landed in New York, 1951, and was taken by police to cool off in a drunk tank, and to a barber to get a haircut, and somehow zipped back to his time. At two thirds of the movie, John Rochester is "presentable", until he starts getting all kinds of weird zits on his face shortly before dying.
The movie could have been made more entertaining, since the main character was a playwright.
The French movie "Le Libertin" with Vincent Perrez was much more entertaining, and at least was really funny.
Have a good day,
Georges in Montreal
