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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Willem Dafoe: âI flirted with Van Goghâs ghostâ
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Phone ban rings in new French school year
VENICE - When Willem Dafoe was limbering up to play Vincent Van Gogh in a new film about the famously tormented painter, he did something that will give museum curators nightmares for years to come.
He was leafing through a âlostâ sketchbook of the artistâs from his time in Arles, when the filmâs director -- the flamboyant American painter Julian Schnabel -- looked at him like a man possessed. âWe had the white gloves on and everything,â Dafoe told AFP, âand we were gently going through it looking at the drawings. Then at one point Julian grabbed my hand and slammed it down on one of the sketches. âIt was like something out of âThe Exorcistâ,â the actor said. âHe was forcing a transmission -- a connection between me and Van Gogh -- and I think it worked.â Critics at the Venice film festival agree, with Dafoe an early favourite for the best actor prize after âAt Eternityâs Gateâ was premiered here on Monday. While the authenticity of the sketchbook is disputed -- the Van Gogh Museum and two major experts on the artist are at war over the issue -- Dafoe believes it is genuine. Both he and the mercurial Schnabel -- a famed neo-expressionist artist best known for his huge broken plate paintings -- are on familiar territory tackling the furies that drive and sometimes dog great artists. Dafoe had to grapple with the demons of the great Italian director Paolo Pasolini in Abel Ferraraâs 2014 film âPasoliniâ. Schnabel also brought the tortured life of his old friend on the New York art scene, Jean Michel Basquiat, to the big screen in âBasquiatâ. (afp)
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Actor Willem Dafoe and his wife, director Giada Colagrande arrive for the premiere of the film âAt Eternityâs Gateâ presented in competition on September 3, 2018 during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido.
Al Pacino to hit Paris stage in October PARIS - Hollywood and stage veteran Al Pacino will give two solo performances in Paris next month, recounting highlights from his decades of acting along with more intimate exchanges with the audience. In an interview with French daily Le Figaro on Monday, the 78-
Hollywood and stage veteran Al Pacino
year-old American star of classics like âScarfaceâ and âThe Godfatherâ said he had long dreamed of performing in the French capital. âAn Evening with Pacinoâ will be held October 22 and 23 at the Theatre de Paris, in English and without subtitles. He said the idea was not to give a âmaster classâ or conference for aspiring actors. âI talk about what has happened to me in life and that allows me to
perform a certain number of scenes, all while talking with the audience,â Pacino told the paper. âItâs really something precious because thereâs an element of spontaneity and in a way, you learn about yourself,â he said. The Oscar-winning actor, who has returned frequently to the stage throughout his career, added that he was a fan of Moliere and Chekhov, saying: âI know European literature best.â (afp)
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In this photo taken on August 25, 2018, a Bhutanese woman checks her phone at the âDruk Wangyal Chortensâ, with 108 memorial chortens or stupas, at Dochula pass in Bhutan.
Texting under the table should be a thing of the past after French children returned to class Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools. The new rule, a campaign pledge of President Emmanuel Macron, was brought in under a law passed in July which for primary and junior schools also banishes tablets and smart watches. High schools, which teach students aged 15 to 18, can introduce partial or total bans on electronic devices as they reopen after the summer break, though this will not be obligatory. Proponents say the law, which has prompted vigorous debate, will reduce distraction in the classroom, combat bullying, and encourage children to be more physically active during recess. âI think itâs a good thing,â MarieCaroline Madeleine, 41, told AFP after dropping her daughter off for the first day of middle school in Paris. âItâs a good signal that says
âschool is for studyingâ, itâs not about being on your phone,â she added. âItâs hard with adolescents, you canât control what they see and thatâs one of the things that worries me as a parent.â Nearly 90 percent of French 12- to 17-year-olds have a mobile phone, and supporters hope the ban will limit the spread of violent and pornographic content among children. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has hailed the legislation as âa law for the 21st centuryâ that would improve discipline among
Franceâs 12 million pupils. âBeing open to technologies of the future doesnât mean we have to accept all their uses,â he said in June, as the bill was going through parliament. - PR âstuntâ But critics dismiss the measure as a public relations exercise, and predicted it will be difficult to apply. The government has left schools to decide how to implement the new rules, recommending that they store studentsâ phones in lockers during the day -- but some
schools donât have them. Research shows that in French schools that have already banned phones, many pupils admit to breaking the rules. Schools all over the world have struggled to adapt to the rise of pocket-sized devices as parents grow increasingly anxious about the amount of time their children spend glued to the screen. In 2015 New York Mayor Bill de Blasio lifted a ban on phones in his cityâs schools on security grounds, saying parents should be allowed to stay in touch with their children. Macron, a 40-year-old centrist, pledged widespread reforms when he was elected, and education has been no exception. Along with the mobile phone
ban, he has halved primary school class sizes in disadvantaged areas to 12 in a bid to narrow a massive gap in outcomes between children from poor families and those from wealthy ones. On the other end of the age spectrum, a shake-up of the higher education system to make university access more selective prompted a wave of student sit-ins this year. (afp) News can also be heard in âBali Imageâ at Global Radio FM 96.5 from 9.30 until 10.00 am. Listen to Global Radio FM at http:// globalfmbali.listen2myradio.com or live video streaming at http:// radioglobalfmbali.com and http:// ustream.tv/channel/global-fm-bali.