I first saw this film on cinemax in the early 80s, and thanks to having picked up a vhs copy of it a few years ago, i have continued to enjoy this little gem of a. One of the best things was all the pop songs done in the french language. French postcards french postcards, directed by willard huyck best defense from a screenplay cowritten by huyck and gloria katz american graffiti tells the story of a group of american students attending the institute of french studies for a oneyear stay. Get your hands on a customizable french postcard from zazzle. See more ideas about vintage postcards, french vintage and vintage. French postcards 1979 film complet en francais streaming. Miles chapin plays joel, an american student in france on an exchange program.
This comedy, from the same writers who created american graffiti, revolves around a group of young americans who travel to paris to spend their junior year abroad. The believable, freshfaced characters are young naives from american colleges spending their frenchenglish dictionaries, they compulsively seek out hundreds of monuments, romanticize the nomadic artists life, and look for grownup love. They were not literally postcards as they were illegal to mail. I loved this movie when they played it on hbo back in the 80s. New listing vintage french postcards black white historic carte postale reproduction. French postcards 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. Its about a group of american students who find themselves at the subtly wacky institute of french studies in paris, and who find as all people of 20 have found in paris since time immemorial that paris is a city where the study of sexuality precludes all but the most pressing other disciplines. A french postcard is a small, postcardsized piece of cardstock featuring a photograph of a nude or seminude woman.
The cards were sold as postcards, but the primary purpose was not for. French postcards is a 1979 romanticcomedy film starring miles chapin, blanche baker, david marshall grant, valerie quennessen, debra winger, mandy patinkin, mariefrance pisier and jean rochefort about a group of american exchange students who spend a year studying in paris. Make offer postcard pinup girl risque nude very rare vintage french comic postcard 11269. Postcard sized photographs or printed images of nudes published in the latter 19th century. Rent french postcards 1979 starring miles chapin and blanche baker on dvd and bluray. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. French postcards, a frank and uninhibited celebration of erotica, explores the fascinating variations of love and sex in the city of lights. Erotic postcards were the pornography of the late 1800s and early 1900s. French postcards 1979 nude scenes completed her studies and traveled to the united states to find roles in hollywood. An american group of exchange students come to paris to study the language and culture for a year.
They were mainly produced in pariswhich led to their appellation french postcards. French postcards is a lovely example of the coming ofage film. Opening credits from french postcards 1979, directed by willard huyck, starring christopher guard, william squire, michael scholes, john hurt, simon chandler. French postcards was a mild success and wellliked by critics, who considered it a good movie but not necessarily great. The law of december 1872 allowed the sending of postcards in the same town for 10 centimes and between towns for 20 centimes. The french tutor them well, as befits their reputation. Such erotic cards were produced in great volume, primarily in france, in the late 19th and early 20th century. So after briefly attending the ecole nationale superieure des arts et techniques du theatre, she left school to perform full time. Get the best deals on collectible france postcards when you shop the largest online selection at.
I completed a film making course at brooks institute of photography in 1979. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Mariefrance pisier nude french postcards 1979 french postcards nudity, french postcards sex scene, french postcards nude scene, french postcards actress nude, french postcards sexy scene. One of the best things was all the pop songs done in the french language like do you believe in. Some fall in love, some get drunk, some run wild, some study hard. French postcards is a 1979 romanticcomedy film starring miles chapin, blanche baker, david marshall grant, valerie quennessen, debra winger, mandy. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. A critics darling of 1979, the modestly produced french postcards has an appeal that goes beyond the wine and cheese crowd.
The film in between those two, french postcards 1979, was his lone hit. Like the vast majority of erotic postcards from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, these were made in france. Vocal by david marshall grant and dialogue featuring grant and mariefrance pisier. Movie star postcards, actor actress film star post cards. Madame catherine tessier mariefrance pisier, who with her husband, monsieur tessier. Artfully posed with classical architecture or in flirtatious dishabille with stockings and lingerie, the winking models embody the erotic fantasies of a repressed society. Small pocketsized cards with a risque photograph on one side and a postcard design on the other.
A moment from willard huyck and gloria katzs woefully underrated french postcards, treated miserably on home video with a shabbily rescored soundtrack. I earned a bachelors of science degree in philosophy at the university of california at berkeley, california, usa. Tessier mariefrance pisier, is a miss jean brodie type whose ideas of education are highly unorthodox. Patriotic french pride was pricked by the latest war with germany, which slowed down the official acceptance of postcards, as the french did not care to copy a prussian invention. Song non, je ne regrette rien remasterise en 2015 artist edith piaf. Her big break was her role in french postcards 1979 in 1978. French postcards 1979 cast and crew a shy student miles chapin finds love with a frenchwoman valerie quennessen as he and other u. French postcards 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The french postcards of the 1920s are just one part of a long and complicated history of nude photographic imagery in france. Jean harlow film star pin up photo postcard vintage 1950s circa not posted. The film depicts the various interactions between the students and the. The students include joel miles chapin, man on the moon, conflicted, bythebook and searching for true romance.
Classic 1920s era two women nude in bedfrench postcard styleblack and whitemultiple sizes730322classic lesbian erotic sexy sensual. Excerpt from the movie french postcards 1979 by willard huyck and gloria katz. With miles chapin, blanche baker, david marshall grant, valerie quennessen. Po box 63373 colorado springs, colorado 809623373 united states. Tube porn classic free vintage porn tube, classic xxx movie, retro porn, italian vintage porn movie, american vintage films, german vintage nude, french retro porno and many more top adult movies with seka, ron jeremy, john holmes, traci lords, kay parker and others. Film complet french postcards en francais 1979 scenario. American critic roger ebert was one of the critics who gave the film a.
Theres a tendency among cinemaniacs of a certain age to romanticize the socalled film school mafia of early 70s. High quality movie inspired postcards by independent artists and designers from around the world. Very horny vintage naked french postcards in the twentie. Long before pinups, playboy, or the internet, enterprising parisians at the turn of the 20thcentury turned the relatively new invention of the camera toward the female nude. The warm, evocatively titled romantic comedy french postcards 1979 chronicles the living, loving exploits in and out of the classroom among a giddy gaggle of american exchange students as they spend a year abroad in paris. French postcards by willard huyck miles chapin, blanche. French postcards is, however, a charming, sweet story about the hopes and expectations of americans studying in paris for a year. The following year, she completed her studies and traveled to the united states to find roles in hollywood. Here, we see joel miles chapin trying to make a date with toni valerie quennessen via rotary telephone from what appears to be a student lounge in the dorm. Years later on inside the actors studio 1994, host james lipton asked her to name her first film, and she refused to answer him. I did film training film making and film editing for several offshore oil company technology supplier, including oceaneering international and sedco. But subsequently, apart from french postcards 1979, in which, according to the critic roger ebert, mariefrance pisier, her jetblack hair framing her startling red lipstick, is. The term was adopted in the united states, where such cards were not legally made.
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