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...heist movie? Not exactly. Claude Klotz's script for Man on the Train has a wintry wit about it, and the modest incidents that define the two figures toying with transformation have a believable, saving naturalism. Director Patrice Leconte, whose specialty is lonely eccentrics (The Girl on the Bridge, Monsieur Hire), is at his best with these impeccable actors--a noncommittal observer of half-realized dreams and, in this case, the creator of an elegantly polished little film. --By Richard Schickel
Castigating the guidebooks may be a too-convenient way to explain how Loiseau--who was known in France as "Monsieur 100,000 volts"--could have come undone. After all, this was a man who had overcome life's vagaries: with no formal schooling or gourmet pedigree, Loiseau had bought and run four celebrated restaurants. He received France's Legion of Honor in 1995 and three years later became the first chef to take his company public...
...three Michelin stars, which turned out to be untrue. "He was very anxious. He felt out of breath," Bocuse says. "You know, it is a very difficult profession." Castigating the guidebooks may be a too-convenient way to explain how Loiseau - who was known in France as "Monsieur 100,000 volts" - could have come undone. After all, this was a man who had overcome life's vagaries before: with no formal schooling or gourmet pedigree, Loiseau had bought and run four celebrated restaurants. He received France's Legion of Honor in 1995 and three years later become the first chef...
...million Napoléon mini-series, pulling in around 7 million nightly viewers during its four-episode run, with a cast that included Gerard Dépardieu, Isabella Rossellini and John Malkovich. Next February, popular French actor Antoine de Caunes will make his directing debut with the release of Monsieur N. , a historical thriller about the final years of Napoleon's life. Later in 2003, award-winning director Patrice Chéreau will start production on a Napoleonic film with a script he wrote for Al Pacino, who will play the lead...
...year-old son's ability to assemble complex structures with his Lego doesn't qualify him as a captain of industry. • That there is poetry in small shareholders. At Vivendi's April 24 general assembly, I witnessed holders of just 10 shares screaming through greed-distorted faces: "Monsieur Messier, what we want are profiiiiits!" Profits - on 10 shares? At best these cretins would be earning a tip, but their avarice is understandable: they are just dreaming as they were taught to. • And finally, that 4 billion of the 6 billion people on this planet, whose only daily goal...