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...which he surely meant himself, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Piet Mondrian and any of the other pioneers of modernism. Fernand Léger once told an interviewer about his "battle to quit Cézanne," as though he were a narcotic. "Then one bright day," Léger insisted, "I said, 'Zut!'" (See pictures of Cezanne...
...zanne zut? Finished? Gone? Not a chance...
...missing, as was The Romanian drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, the Palme d'Or winner at Cannes and a near-unanimous critics' fave. The snubbing of these well-known films left room for five films (four from Eastern Europe) that even most reviewers haven't heard of. Zut alors...
...Another Gee! Or should I say Zut alors!? For the first time in ages, the foreign-language category boasts five films that not only are quite good but which critics like me have actually seen. I'm sorry that Pedro Almodovar didn't make the finals with Volver, but it's not as if he needs another Oscar. Deepa Mehta certainly deserves some kind of award for Water, which she made despite sabotage and death threats from Indian fundamentalists. And I'm pleased that The Lives of Others was cited: partly because it's a smartly pensive spy thriller, partly...
...polls his political popularity is sagging, but the rest of him seems to be holding up very well. If French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius can harness the power of love to the love of power, then he has nothing to worry about. Why? Because--zut alors!--the balding, slightly shaggy, extremely straitlaced father of two is France's newest sex symbol. According to a poll in the August issue of French Cosmopolitan, his countrywomen rate him the sexiest fellow in France. Asked to name the man they would 1) choose as a lover, 2) consider the "King Kong...