cowoman Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Or maybe they are all just people for your imagination to make what you will of them in the poem.Its working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 [quote user="Pads"]I love it when you get given half a story and its left to everyone to make up whats going on. We use to play a party game based on this it was so interesting to see how people picked up on different parts of the story.[/quote]Cowoman - we're playing Pads' game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 It can't be Maigret, he smoked a pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Not only that, he loves Mme Maigret and he would never have been so rude as not to say a word to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Poirot sometimes would not speak to Miss Lemon, especially if he was pre-occupied by a murder. And as for Sherlock Holmes - he would go for days in silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 He could of been a crook blackmailing her , ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 What nationality were they? Can we assume that they were French because they didn't speak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 I think they were french [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Just think of one of the French movies, where everything is in black and white, long shots, close-up on the hands pouring the coffee, the cigarette, the smoke, the door closing... not a word...Art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 yes thats how I see it [:)] you can almost be there seeing it. I can almost smell it................Being a people watcher, I spend hours watching people reading newspapers drinking coffee and dealing with the people around them , its fascinating ..............[:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 "Brief Encounter"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hubyFqSUaGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Not French enough!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 no to much talking [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 OK Clair and Pads - what about 'The Silence' with Ingmar Bergman?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McIj4SELOo8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Nah too busy, need a more moody feeling[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 Nah too busy, need a more moody feeling[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=fnZCm3cOJ_s&feature=relatednot as i saw it .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Pads!You must watch the film "Le Chat" by Pierre Granier-Deferre starring Simone Signoret and Jean Gabin. You'll love it - it broke my heart and you will definately find at least one scene worthy of the poem by Prèvoit.It' not in black and white though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Ooh, yes you must Pads!I watched that a few weeks ago Twinkle, such a sad film, but what great actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Thanks for finding that film, Pads.There's another film on You Tube where the narrator is a woman taking about another woman - so perhaps a daughter talking about her mother not speaking?http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=zMeBS5Qo8oQ&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 A completely different analysis from a man's perspective, (I know, sue me . . . I have resisted, but had to come back to it!)clearly they were in love until recently but have had a passionate argument, the photo is broken, (I know its a detail in the film not the poem but perceptive nonetheless), He does not show he is angry with her, his emotions are damaged, he is resigned to silence until she can find the right words, (to say my fault, I'm sorry, just chokes her!)He takes no possessions, he will return and they will be forced to painfully work this through.He shows no emotion nor says anything because his words cannot resolve this situation, he is numbed.She cries, (not in front of him) ipso facto she is the guilty party and knows it; she cannot restrain or hold him because of the damage she has done, she is distraught by his discovery of her mistake and cannot find the way forward.She shouldn't have overspent on the credit card and hid the statement last month!I think the music is Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1, which was nice, but should have been The hardest word!friends come and go, but someone precious you should hold on to.[8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Thank you, John, for that. It's uncannily like real life.I love Satie though I'm not usually a "modern" music fan.BTW, hope you're getting on OK and being good to yourself.Very best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I'm not making assumptions of course ([Www]) merely offering my take in a modern scenerio; In 1946 whenever, I doubt she would have had unfettered access to a store card!I found this, http://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/html/2b-frnz-s-01/overmann/baf4/prevert/dejeuner.htmand I didn't read right through but like the section where students have to write the ending, great opportunities! my preference was Babettes, especially the details of the embrace!BABETTE Mais quoi?Il est retourné!Il a apporté des fleurs!Il a mis les fleurs dans une vase.“Je regrette,” il a dit.“Et je regrette,” j’ai dit.Nous nous embrassons etIl a mis la main sur mes fesses!J’étais fâché! Et je suis parti!Et il a pris la tête dans la main, et il a pleuré. Thanks for asking Sweet 17 I still have a normal head most of the time! (but also two others now, a past head and a future head, don't lets go there on here.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 JohnI had great fun with your link and I laughed aloud at some of it. Didn't realise what a well-known piece this was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pads Posted April 23, 2008 Author Share Posted April 23, 2008 Thats a really good site just john Thankyou . [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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