Jean Cocteau’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1946).
Vampires and virgins: the dark erotic work of French artist, Joseph Apoux (1846-1910).
Parisian social life: French artist, Louis Legrand (1863-1951).
Coal, dust and coffee: Drawings by French novelist (Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Victor Hugo (1802-1885).
Art parodies by French comics artist, Jean Ache (1923-1985).
Cannes film festival flyers 1951-1959.
Brigitte Bardot during the making of LE REPOS DU GUERRIER (1962) in Dijon, France. All those eyes on her all the time…
I haven’t had much time to post this week. If you’re following me on Pinterest though you might have noticed I’ve been organizing my BB board; that’s an ongoing process, long overdue, but it really needs to be done now before it becomes positively Herculean. And I’ve been thinking of creating a YouTube channel maybe with all of her movies, plus clips, interviews, music videos, etc. A sort of comprehensive collection for the ages. Might also be handy to refer to a certain film or scene whenever I post something about it here. A video companion.
Art by Matthieu Forichon.
Brigitte Bardot photographed by Willy Rizzo on producer Raoul Lévy’s yacht, BABETTE. Saint-Tropez, June 1959.