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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 05:21 PM
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I just watched "Marie Antoinette"
Edited on Sat Feb-10-07 05:22 PM by terrya
The Sofia Coppola film. It's out on DVD.

It's a gorgeous looking movie. It was apparently filmed at the Palace of Versailles. It has gorgeous costumes, and the jewelry and it shows the decadence of the court of Louis XVI. And having modern (well, relatively modern) songs in the soundtrack was sort of fun, I guess.

I just didn't know what the point of the movie was.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 05:24 PM
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1. It's about this lady who loses her head because she ate birthday cake.
I'm pretty sure.
Something like that, anyway.
;-)
Haven't seen it.
Costume Epic?
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 05:27 PM
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4. That pretty much sums it up.
:-)

Although you don't see her or Louis being beheaded.

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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 06:01 PM
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7. Could only imagine the soundtrack for that scene.......
:silly:
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 06:05 PM
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9. They always leave out the good stuff.
dern
No need to see it now.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 05:24 PM
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2. beauty is its own point
:shrug: i want to see it...now that it is out on dvd
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 05:25 PM
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3. I'd like to see it...
I visited Versailles. The opulence was indescribable.
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Bright Eyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 05:31 PM
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5. i visited Versailles too
only got to see the outside though, lines were to damned long.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 05:38 PM
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6. We had a special tour arranged
and saw areas that the general public didn't.

Just...unbelievable.


Shame you didn't get in. It really was an amazing experience. :hi:
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 06:06 PM
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10. I'm thinking of going to Paris, etc.......
how did you travel?

that definitely sounds like something I want to do, visit Versailles. :)
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 06:07 PM
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11. "See Paris and die."
That's what they say.
When you've seen Paris, you've seen it all, I guess.
;-)
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 09:37 PM
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13. the best part there, to me
to Me, was after we saw the palace and it's gardens we walked to the villagey buildings and courts behind it. Once we rented bikes but once we just walked it I think. There's acres of neat old houses and gardens, sidewalks all through it.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-11-07 01:55 AM
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16. It was in the 80's
Errr...from what I can remember, flight to London, train to Folkestone, ferry to Boulogne, train to Paris, bus to Versailles, bus to Nice, bus to Monte Carlo, bus to Geneva, bus back to Paris, and then a flight back to Toronto.

In the city itself, I walked to where I wanted to go the majority of the time, with the occasional Metro ride. :hi:
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 06:04 PM
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8. It's difficult for me to picture Kirsten Dunst in that role
I keep seeing the excruciatingly bad Elizabeth Berridge in Amadeus in my head.
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jcrew2001 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 07:48 PM
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12. illusionist
I just watched the illusionist. i don't know if it was filmed in vienna, but it looked nice.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 11:23 PM
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14. Oy, that movie made me long for 90201.....
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-10-07 11:27 PM
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15. Marie Antoinette...
Edited on Sat Feb-10-07 11:28 PM by JonathanChance
The French Noblewoman who ended up giving the ultimate head!

Thank You, I'm here all weekend! Try the veal!

:hide:
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-11-07 02:52 AM
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17. The point?
Kirsten Dunst in a corset.

What else does one need?
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