Do not corrupt in the name of art

Mabelle 2022-04-12 08:01:01

You wrote the Battle March, and you wrote the Sex March.
Your life is nothing but piano, women and smoke.
The revolver you stole when you were young will never belong to your soul.
You face the death of your father with a blank face, and your tears blur the mirror to pay homage to the dead dog.
You come and go when you call women, and you return when you call music.
You are an artist who has smoked for a lifetime, and you are a prodigal son of a lifetime of corruption.
Your chapters, like amber, are gorgeous, but they are not fresh.
All of this,
just because you never found true love, you are buried in the smog of corrupt art.

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Extended Reading
  • Gaylord 2022-04-20 09:02:58

    A biopic that can only be watched by those who have read the biography, plus fans.

  • Yasmeen 2022-04-12 09:01:11

    Formalist music biopic. The film's treatment of the externalization of the protagonist's thoughts is somewhat similar to that of "La science des rêves", but the whimsical expression of the latter is based on the emotional expression of the protagonist, while this film is somewhat confusing. As an important part of the film, the music is guaranteed to be audible, but it is not prominent in the narrative, which is not as good as "La Môme".

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life quotes

  • Serge Gainsbourg: [about the Jamaicans in the studio] Why do they look so fucking miserable?

    Le Producteur Musique de Gainsbourg: They want to know what you're going to play. I don't know what to tell them about your sexual songs.

    Serge Gainsbourg: Why? They don't fuck?

    Le Producteur Musique de Gainsbourg: They don't mess around with reggae. To them, it's sacred music.

    Serge Gainsbourg: Then tell them we'll sing La Marseillaise.

    Le Producteur Musique de Gainsbourg: How do I explain that?

    Serge Gainsbourg: [to the Jamaicans in English] It's a French war song.

  • [last lines]

    Serge Gainsbourg: [looking at his newborn baby] Let's name him after his daddy.

    Bambou: The king Serge.

    Serge Gainsbourg: Non Lucien the second. Called to take over France like his dad. And Navarre too, don't forget.