Comments on: There Will Be Smoking

By: El Santo

El Santo — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:49:14 +0000

“Someone, I can’t remember who, described French cinema as an older man being tormented over which much younger woman to have sex with”

While smoking an entire carton of cigarettes.

By: Matthew Fudge

Matthew Fudge — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:03:25 +0000

Someone, I can’t remember who, described French cinema as an older man being tormented over which much younger woman to have sex with

By: Ken Begg

Ken Begg — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:18:50 +0000

And yet smoking in bars, hotels, discos, restaurants, etc. in France is now illegal. Weird.

As for the cinema here, The Incredible Hulk carries a content warning that it “Contains depictions of tobacco consumption.”

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:12:34 +0000

Some film scholars might disagree with us, but I think that pretty much sums it up. Ever since I quit, I’ve been smoking vicariously through French cinema.

By: hman

hman — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:01:33 +0000

I don’t remember much about the French movies I’ve seen (Ridicule, Manon of the Spring, Jean de Florette), but from what you and Keith say, chain smoking is to French movies what dance numbers are to Bollywood films and seemingly unnecessary fight choreographers are to Hong Kong films.