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COVER: Photograph by Ghislain & Marie David de Lossy/Getty Images
...have a Brioni tag hanging off his tux. But the firms hope for gilt by association--and the chance to slap a 007 seal of approval on their ads. Bollinger champagne can freshen its traditional image with the help of the "debonair and charming James Bond," says president Ghislain de Montgolfier. "What could be more stylishly up-to-date...
...referendum the idea of negotiating independence; today 56% of a polling sample favor more sovereignty for Quebec. That sentiment has gained strength from the rise of a new French-speaking business class that in the past decade has largely replaced Quebec's old English-speaking elite. Says Ghislain Dufour, head of the Conseil du Patronat, the provincial chamber of commerce: "We're much more confident than we were ten years...
Only cinematographer Ghislain Cloquet pulls off anything exceptional, though, admittedly, he has a lot to work with. His camera roves up and down the rocky shores, and there are scenes that would fit spectacularly in a National Geographic special. And in the mossy, dark house, he plays with light and shadow, angle and object, to striking effect...
...Later, a small army of fox-hunters glide on horseback through an early morning mist. Across the foggy plain they ride, their red coats flapping behind them. Polanski takes his time with every scene, the effects ranging from mesmerizing to anesthetizing. The sumptuous photography of Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet rescues several scenes from fatal tedium, always enchanting the eye even when the mine has wandered. Their compositions of toiling farmers framed by a purple sky are almost painfully beautiful if more than a little reminiscent of Nesto Almendros' work in Day of Heaven...