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...materials are certainly saccharine. The lovers not only are adolescents but possess near genius IQs. Daniel (Thelonious Bernard), the son of a Parisian cab driver, is a movie buff with the auteurist sensibility of a Sorbonne professor and the computer know-how of an M.I.T. grad. Lauren (Diane Lane), the stepdaughter of an overseas American corporate executive, reads Heidegger for kicks. These two meet, go steady, then flee their meddling parents by traveling by train with Olivier from Paris to Venice. Hokey as it seems, this film's Romeo and Juliet want to pledge their eternal love by kissing...
...crus wines, especially those grown on the Côte d'Or, the Slope of Gold, and the Côte de Beaune can be sampled along with lesser vintages at wine caves or the many charming restaurants along the road. The great regional dishes are considerably less expensive than pallid Parisian versions of this essentially peasant food. The one-star Les Gourmets at Mar-sannay-la-Côte serves a $12 dinner...
More often, Nin's tone is languid, dreamy; she clutters her stage with fin de siècle props and elegant clothes. Her potential lovers meet in artist's studios or Parisian sidewalk cafés. Traditional pornography gets to the point quickly, setting out the sexual ABCs with no nonsense. Nin, however, lingers over the calligraphy; she works as hard keeping her partners apart as she does bringing them together...
Based in New York, Look's editorial staff is a kind of Franco-American spaghetti: partly Parisian designers and layout people, partly veteran U.S. journalists acquired from places like TIME, the Village Voice and the Washington Post...
Designer Cardin at 56 has attached his name to practical fantasies that can be worn, walked on, slept in, sat upon, munched, drunk, flown, pedaled or driven in 69 countries. His latest coup is an agreement to serve as exclusive consultant to China's embryonic fashion industry. The Parisian may have his haute couture models reproduced in China, where the workmanship is exquisite and cheap, creating a new export trade for the Middle Kingdom. If the contract works out, 10% of Cardin-Cathay will be reserved for sale inside China, which is probably wise, considering the fact that...