Cyrano de
Bergerac by Edmond Rostand http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/01/nominated-for-2-golden-globes-cyrano.html
10 out of
10
This seems
to be the most popular play in the history of France – just like
representations of Agatha Christie, was it The Mouse Trap, have been on stage
for so many decades, constituting a record – and we have had so many
adaptations http://realini.blogspot.com/2014/06/cyrano-de-bergerac-by-edmund-rostand.html
One has
Steve Martin as a modern day Cyrano de Bergerac http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/03/note-on-roxanne-adapted-by-steve-martin.html who is instructing the fireman who
is helplessly in love, but unable to say anything smart how to seduce Roxanne
aka Daryl Hannah, and we have also had the majestic (back then) Gerard
Depardieu as the man with the big nose.
In the
beginning of Monty Python’s Life of Brian http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/03/monty-pythons-life-of-brian-bymonty.html we have another ‘Big Nose’, but
that is a humorous exchange, as a prophet was talking about ‘blessed are the
cheese makers’, and an argument ensues, and suddenly you have ‘Big Nose’
Nevertheless,
this note is more about the ‘making of’ Cyrano de Bergerac, as it is presented
in a fabulous film I have seen last night, after which I looked for an entry to
attach my note to, but since I have not found Cyrano, Mon Amour aka Edmond, I
thought well, why not attempt to connect some thoughts to…Cyrano
In the plot
of Cyrano Mon Amour, Edmond Rostand is a married poet, who has a very
unsuccessful premiere, after which he becomes depressed and it looks as if his
family, the wife and two children, would have a hard time, since he is not able
to provide as an author, but things may change when he meets Constant Coquelin
The latter
is portrayed by one of the greatest actors in the world, Olivier Gourmet, seen
in Those Who Work http://realini.blogspot.com/2020/03/those-who-work-aka-ceux-qui-travaillent.html among other splendid films –
Constant Coquelin is a flamboyant, curious, courageous, impulsive figure
The meeting
of the two might lead to the creation of Cyrano, albeit it would be a long way,
and other ingredients are necessary, for the project is plagued by many
misfortunes and there are challenges from the start, such finding financing,
which is provided by two men, if their favorite will star in the performance
They have
a…brothel, called something with Poules aka Hens, and Maria Legault had been
one of the sex workers employed by the two, they appear to have a ménage a
trois, in what is otherwise a quite conservative narrative, at least for French
standards, when the hero is about to have an affair, he says…no
Jeanne d’Alene
will be the muse that Rostand needs, albeit he loves his wife, the latter had
ceased to inspire him, she believes in him, has supported the author, but it is
the intense inspiration, the awe and admiration that Jeanne feels for Edmond
Rostand that would set him on (artistic) fire, and there is more…
This
reminds one of The Honeymoon Effect, explained in the Harvard Positive
Psychology lectures http://realini.blogspot.com/2017/07/positive-psychology-on-youtube-by.html of Professor Tal Ben-Shahar, the
most popular in the history of that fabled institution, this is what tends to
happen after two years of marriage, or relationship, when tedium may set in,
and then partners may look for someone different
Jeanne has
a connection that is similar with the one in the would be Cyrano, she
corresponds with a friend of Rostand, but the fellow is not gifted, just as we
have this situation explained in Cyrano de Bergerac, and the author is in fact
writing letters to Jeanne, which would eventually land in the hands of the wife
However,
unlike in most films and stories we know, the husband is honest when he
explains the situation, the fact that he is not unfaithful, for yes, Jeanne
inspires him (as mentioned, her case will emerge in the play) but this is
exclusively a platonic relationship, he loves his wife and he is grateful to
her…
Challenges abound,
for Coquelin is banned from the stage, and edict from the Minsiter of Culture
is clear, he must not act, for he has broken some clause with the Comedies
Francaise, and furthermore, the star of the show has an accident and the premiere
may be jeopardized, cancelled and then all the effort would be in vain
This
reminds me of the story read recently about the making of Shakespeare in Love,
which had had financing based on the participation of Julia Roberts, but she
wanted Daniel Day Lewis to be Shakespeare and when he had to decline, because
he had already been involved in In The Name of The Father, she abandoned the
whole thing
The
producers had Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and others, but Julia Roberts behaved
unprofessionally, to use an euphemism, after all, Gwyneth Paltrow would win the
Academy Award for this very film…anyway, spoiler alert, Jeanne knows all the
lines, and at the last moment, she saves the opening and the whole play…
Now for a
question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more
than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/unique-in-world.html?q=unique+in+the+world – as it is, this is a unique technique, which
we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make
lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not
know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
As for my
role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html
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