You sadist. Why don't you just send her Mouchette and Au hasard Balthazar while you're at it.
At least
Ponette
is good.
Signed,
I hate Bresson with the heat of thousand suns, or, rather, la chaleur de mille soleils.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
You sadist. Why don't you just send her Mouchette and Au hasard Balthazar while you're at it.
At least
Ponette
is good.
Signed,
I hate Bresson with the heat of thousand suns, or, rather, la chaleur de mille soleils.
I feel the opposite! But A Man Escaped is my favorite Bresson, so I don't know what that says, except that we're talking French cinema in the Literary thread.
Will it help if I say I do like his literary adaptations, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne and Journal d'un curé de campagne?
I've never even heard of him.
French cinema was one of my favorite classes as an undergrad. Alas, I speak no French (except menu).
except menu
Ah, but do you know what menu actually means?
Regardless, I'm sure you know tons of other things.
En garde! Fromage! Cherchez la femme!
Ah, but do you know what menu actually means?
um..I mean I usually know what food I'm ordering off of a French menu! (even if I can't pronounce it properly)
What does 'menu' actually mean???
En garde! Fromage! Cherchez la femme!
And these things, of course!
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
What does 'menu' actually mean???
Menu is a classic faux ami/false friend.
A list of appetizers, main dishes, drinks, desserts, etc. is a "carte" in French. So, if you are ordering "à la carte", it means you are ordering individual things off one big list.
A "menu" is what Americans call a prix fixe meal, i.e., an appetizer + main course + dessert, all for one set price, where you can sometimes choose from among 2-3 things for each course.
So if you ask for the "menu" in a French restaurant, you will get the special meal; not a list of individual items to be ordered willy nilly.
Seekrit message to juliana: Absolument pas!
So if you ask for the "menu" in a French restaurant, you will get the special meal; not a list of individual items to be ordered willy nilly.
Good to know!
(I feel like I did know this at some point..)