Word: les
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...know what death is?" Charles de Gaulle asked his former Minister of Culture, André Malraux. "The goddess of sleep," the renowned French novelist replied, adding: "We belong to that category of people who don't care about being killed." That lofty dialogue is part of Les Chênes Qu'On Abat (Fallen Oaks). Malraux's 236-page account of an "interview" between the two men eleven months before De Gaulle's death. Published in Paris last week, the book reveals little of substance that is new about De Gaulle but provides plenty of fresh...
Monsieur le Gorille. Malraux visited the retired President and his wife Yvonne for a little more than six hours at their home in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises on Dec. 11, 1969. He did not record the conversation or take notes, but later felt compelled to reconstruct their conversation. Writes Malraux in his preface: "With surprise I found out that we know of no dialogue between a great historical figure and a great artist-painter, writer, musician. We have no better knowledge of Julius II's dialogues with Michelangelo than of their loud quarreling. Nor of those between Alexander...
...conversation at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises more often resembled two monologues than a dialogue. Some of De Gaulle's more telling ruminations and barbs, as reported by Malraux:-"People want history to resemble them or at least to resemble their dreams. Happily, they sometimes have great dreams...
...teaching a course called Mastery of Western Literature just so he could get to act in school plays. The class was a farce. Scott was too busy learning his craft to read the required books, so he spent class time "chatting it up with the young ladies about Les Miserables." One of his students at the time was Tammy Grimes, who remembers him as being "very handsome, strange and moody, like a Heathcliff. He was in practically every play we ever did, and we used to do one every three weeks...
...landed the distributors' dream. Wuthering Heights will open at the ultimate Temple of Memory, Radio City Music Hall, sandwiched between an act called "The Educated Dogs" and a musical salute to Stephen Foster. Next on the AIP production schedule: remakes of A Tale of Two Cities and Les Miserables...