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Fakeba & John Fryer | Interview
FAKEBA, The Queen of Africa with JOHN FRYER, the multiplatinium producer.
The music of John Fryer and Fakeba mixes the tradition of the black continent, the most up-to-day electronic and the sound of guitars that made a full generation dream. All these elements create something new and wonderful called Jotna, which will be published on the 14th of February. For this special interview ElektroSpank collaborated with the amazing media partner El Garaje de Frrank and shared the questions. Interview was conducted by our friends and partners in Spain, Madrid. In the info section below you will find the link to the interview at El Garaje de Frank. Fakeba and John Fryer are going to play a stratospheric concert in Madrid and Barcelona this 12th and 13th of February.
—El Garaje: It's not every day that we have the chance of talking with a person who has worked in some of our favorite albums. At your beginnings, you worked in some of Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis's projects, like Dome. The music that they were doing was quite unique and avant-garde for the period. Do you think that working on these albums helped or defined your posterior work?
—John Fryer: Yes, it was a very good education, because that was kind of the start of my career in music, so it was very inspiring and very educational in the way to work, because working with them, it was like the only rules in music was that rules had to be broken. Because it was the eighties, it was a very experimental time, with a lot of experimental music, it was changing from guitar music to electronic music, rebelling against the major companies, it was a very inspirational time.
—El Garaje: Later you have been working in a lot of the projects of both members of Wire. Did you have a special relation with them? We are fans of Duet Emmo, is there any anecdote that you remember of the recording of this album?
—John Fryer: We did a lot of projects together, whether it was just Graham Lewis or just Bruce Gilbert, or together, a lot of different names... Duet Emmo was with Daniel Miller, there was also Russell Mills, the artist, he was experimenting with sound and Matt Johnson was part of some of it. There were a lot of people, Brian Eno came and played in He Said songs, so it was a lot of the arty kind of people and they were collaborating with each other.
—El Garaje: You were also producing the albums in which Cocteau Twins got their peculiar sound. How did you come up with such a special sound? You said that the AMS RMX16 Digital Reverb was your trade mark on the 4AD Records?
—John Fryer: It was a trade mark on everything. We were just at the NAMM show in LA and they just remade the machine because they stop making it and they became very collectible and very expensive because they were not making them anymore but they had a very unique sound, which was my sound. It's nice that they are remaking them again. It was part of the sound, the AMS reverb y el AMS delay, those two together and the boss distortion pedals, that's how we came up with the guitar sounds.
—El Garaje: We want to continue with the 4AD saga with one of the most loved projects "This Mortal Coil." With this supergroup you even wrote songs. What can you please tell us about the records you made with them? A few years later, a similar project was born, The Hope Blister, do you think that the formula also worked this time?
—John Fryer: This Mortal Coil started because Modern English, the band, because Ivo wanted them to do there are two songs that they did Sixteen Days and Gatering Dust and they played, as far as I remember, they played them together, he wanted them to record the songs together like this, but they said no, so Ivo said: OK, I will do it myself and we did that first, and then we did Song to the Siren as B-side. And that's how This Mortal Coil was born. And then Song to The Siren became a classic. So everything just rolled on from there. There were only two consistent members, Ivo and myself, everyone else were just guests, artists that came and went and played the songs. It was the first time that I wrote songs, half of the project was cover versions and the other half was original music. So the original music was done by Ivo and myself and then Martin McCarrick who did all the string arrangements was a big help with the project. I guess he was involved a lot too. The three of us were the main members, I would say.
—El Garaje: A few years later, you worked on a similar project: The Hope Blister, what can you please tell us about it?
—John Fryer: The Hope Blister was more of Ivo, he recorded all the music and I think he just used Louise Rutkowsi, one singer and he asked me to mix it to sound like This Mortal Coil.
—El Garaje: You have worked with Michael Gira in his project Skin, right? How was working with him and Jarboe? She appeared in one album of Black Needle Noise too. Do you like Swans new albums?
—John Fryer: It was another unique experience. I haven't listened so much of the new stuff, I am more into the old stuff. I really like Jarboe's vocals, she sang with Neurosis and other people. She still does guest vocals with people. I have the song, asked her if she wanted to do and she said yes, luckily enough.
—El Garaje: When you were working on "Pretty Hate Machine," did you use any band/album as a reference of how you wanted to sound?
—John Fryer: No, it was just trying to push the technology of the day to do things as hard and powerful as possible. There weren't any references.
—El Garaje: You said that your philosophy was always trying to make the bands' record. What do you think of producers like Todd Rundgren or Phil Spector that were more interested in making their own albums?
—John Fryer: I can make my own albums, but to produce other people to me it's to make their album, to bring their sound forward to make their dreams come true because I can do whatever I wanna do, but they have, you know, they have something, every band, every person that writes music has something special in themselves, in their music so it's just to try to bring that forward to make the best of what they have.
—El Garaje: Black Needle Noise was born from the ashes of two projects, DarkDriveClinic and Silver Ghost Shimmer. What happened?
—John Fryer: DarkDriveClinic was the first band. It took me twenty-five years to finish the album, so I started writing DarkDriveClinic back in the 80s when we were making this This Mortal Coil records and then it took me a long time to find the singer and then I found Rebecca. We finished the album, did all the social media, everything we did a small world tour in California. After finishing that, she was already in a band with her husband, she had two children, she had a new job and then she became ill... so she said that she couldn't make it anymore. So I didn't want to continue that project with another singer. Also there was also Muricidae along the way too, another music project.
With Silver Ghost Shimmer is kind of the same situation, where I have written the music, found Pinky, she sang the album, we did a world tour of California and after we finished that for her own personal reasons she did not want to continue, so after spending all the time, making records and building up projects to be left with nothing, and I had written all this other music that didn't... when you have a band you can make it fit with their inner sound, so I had all these music sitting aside just too good to leave it aside. So I started Black Needle Noise and with Black Needle Noise I can do whatever I want, whatever music release, whatever singer I want to work with... The only rule I have with that it's that the singers only do two songs, so it doesn't complicate their life, it doesn't take over their life, one song or two songs and then...
—El Garaje: But to tour with that should be difficult?
—John Fryer: Last year, I worked with the singer Betty X in Austin, Texas. Phil Owen from Skatenings was asked by South by Southwest if she wanted to do a showcase show, so she asked Betty if she would like to do Black Needle Noise live, so it started she said let's just do only one song, but I said that it was a long way to go to do just one song, so we worked on five songs. It was Betty X, Anjela Piccard, Sean Haezebrouck and myself who make up the band. We did the showcase and everyone has such a great time that we did the world tour of Hollywood, for the release of the second album Lost in Reflections. We are going to go down to Chile to play, after we come back from Africa, we go down to Chile to play Black Needle Noise, and hopefully we will do more South American and we maybe come back to Europe, I am talking with Manuel to bring us back to Europe. It's good fun. We made a documentary or rockumentary of the South by Southwest showcase. Our friend Katherine Sweetman shot the footage and edited it to make the documentary.
—El Garaje: What happened with your label, Something To Listen To? Your new label is called Black Needle Noise records, right? Were you tired of depending on big labels?
—John Fryer: I have friends who make music and because it's getting harder and harder to get signed and I thought their music was too good not to be released, so I decided to start a label just for them. And then I had to record the music, produce the music, engineer the music... it became too much, it was 28 hours a day, nine days a week; also you are dealing with time differences around the world, and producing all the bands, try to market them and do the label work, it was too much.
—El Garaje: With Black Needle Noise you have released officially two albums. Are we going to have a new one soon?
—John Fryer: I have to finish the third one, but I am running out of time, working with other people, I have to be here for a month, then going back to another album. I have to finish one more song and I can release a third album, hopefully we can get some vinyl for that later, and I have to finish the artwork, because I do all the artwork too. I have to finish the artwork to make the CDs and the cassettes. When I started Black Needle Noise I was never ever gonna make albums, I was going to release one song after the other, because of the way of the world now, the younger generations most don't care about albums, they just stream songs, download songs... We have colored vinyl, red and blue, the next one will be green, you can have black too. We are releasing 300, 150 black and 150 with color. You can go to blackneedlenoise.com and you can buy t-shirts, coffee mugs, vinyl
—El Garaje: One of the songs of Black Needle Noise was your first collaboration with Fakeba. How did you two meet?
—John Fryer: If I remember correctly, Fakeba emailed me about making an album for her. But I thought it was the best idea to introduce her to the rest of the world, it would be to make a song for Black Needle Noise first, so we made the song, released that, because the people that I work with and the media and the magazines it's a different world that she hasn't been introduced to yet, so I thought it was better to start doing mine first to get to keep her name out and we would make the album later so people would already recognize her name. It was a smart move.
—ElektroSpank: Hi Fakeba. Thank you for this interview in collaboration with the magazine ElecktroSpank. Would you like to introduce yourself to our readers? How did you get into electronic music?
—Fakeba: My name is Fakeba, I am from Senegal and I started making music when I was 17 years old. I used to play acoustic music and in 2014, I got interested in electronic music.
—ElektroSpank: How did you get into electronic music?
—Fakeba: I already played the bass. I have always loved rock, everything which is powerful. I love dancing, I love the energy. I started getting interested in electronic music because my husband already loved it. He is the one who brought me into this world.
—ElektroSpank: By the way, what electronic artists do you listen to?
—Fakeba: Well, at the very beginning, I did not know electronic music. In Africa we don't listen to it. My husband used to listen to a lot to Black Needle Noise, Flash Zero, and other artists. I started listening with him to those artists, and I enjoyed it.
—ElektroSpank: Can you please tell us about your collaboration with Canabasse?
—Fakeba: Canabasse is a very famous rapper from Senegal. I love rap. We met, thanks to my husband again. And then, we have done his "Kharouma Goor" that has been really successful in Senegal.
—ElektroSpank: There are two singles released prior to the album Made In Africa. How were those releases received? Your first work with Big Toxic was "Fabe" in 2016. How did this collaboration came up?
—Fakeba: Big Toxic is a friend of my husband and that's how I met him. I started singing on his music and that's the way everything started.
—ElektroSpank: Are these singles specimens of the variety of your music influences and inspirations?
—Fakeba: Yes, as I said before, the music that my husband listened to, has influenced me. "Fabe" means "Come." With that, I want to say: come to discover another world, another music. This is for the young people. A lot of youngsters think that you only need to listen to music that it's 100% Black Africa. I am more open-minded. For me, music has no frontiers, the world belongs to everybody and you can do whatever you want.
—ElektroSpank: How were these singles received?
—Fakeba: It was the first time that the people from Senegal listened to electronic music sang in Wolof. For me, honestly, it's already time that we, Africans, start to appreciate our idiom. With this, I mean Wolof or any other language. I can sing in French or English but I prefer to sing in Wolof because I can make people know the language, to show that music has no frontiers, that music has not only one language, that music doesn't belong to a country or language. There's music everywhere. People like it. So when the Senegalese listened to it, they were shocked, it's true, but at the end they said: Wow! Now, musicians have started to make electronic music in Senegal.
—ElektroSpank: You have started a movement!
—Fakeba: Yes, I was the first one to do that in Senegal.
—El Garaje: Just out of curiosity, how many languages are in Africa?
—Fakeba: A lot!! In Senegal, there are five, six, seven different languages, but Wolof is the main one.
—ElektroSpank: I would like to ask you about the full-length album, Made In Africa, released in April 2018. Can you tell us something about this album? What is the concept idea behind "Made In Africa?" What can you please tell us about the "Made In Africa" tour?
—Fakeba: For Made in Africa, we have made a tour in Senegal. Later we have also done an African tour. I love that album because I talk about Africa. I talk to the African people. I am not representing Senegal anymore, now I am representing Africa. In some songs, I say that music has no frontiers, I also talk about the youngsters in Africa, about the old people, about all these people that are doing nothing. I say to them: stand up. Stop looking back. There are no slaves anymore, but slavery nowadays is imposed on people by themselves when they try to escape from their identity, when they try to look like others, to live like others. I talk about that also. I also talk about the language, ie. in the airports of Senegal you can't speak Wolof, only English or French. There are people know that can't speak Wolof.
—ElektroSpank: Someone can distinguish several elements from electronic music genres. While it seems your music is focused on electropop lines, which are the main influence music-wise? Are there any elements adopted from your home country, Senegal?
—Fakeba: Yes, in the voice. The voice is 100% African and I sing only in African languages, either Wolof or another.
—ElektroSpank: What artists from Senegal and Africa do you like?
—Fakeba: When I was younger, I used to listen to a lot of Mandinka music because I am half Fulani, half Mandinka. I used to listen to Mamadou Diabaté, and a lot of African artists, not only from Senegal. In general, I have listened to musicians from everywhere.
—ElektroSpank: So, according to your words, there is not electro scene in Dakar.
—Fakeba: There is no scene. But young people start to get interested in other musics, like electronic. Maybe people wanted to make it, but they did not dare. I did dare.
—ElektroSpank: What happened with your project with Covenant and Kirlian Camera or the album produced by the Dirty Playerz?
—Fakeba: As I said, I met them thanks to my husband. I organize an annual electronic festival in Senegal. I have invited them and brought them for the first time. It was also the first time that they were in Black Africa. People loved them. And they were shocked because it was the first time that they saw a public of thousands of black people. And everybody danced. After that, we stayed in contact. We also want to do some songs together.
—El Garaje: What can you say about the festival?
—Fakeba: I organize it in Dakar with my husband. Everything worked out fine. People really enjoyed it.
—ElektroSpank: Finally, let's talk about Jotna. Would you like to tell us some things about this new album? Which are your future plans, regarding the promotion of Jotna?
—Fakeba: Jotna is the moment. We are going to tour African in April. Later, we would like to plan Europe.
—John Fryer: The first single "DaKaR" already came out, and it got really good reviews, people received it very well. The next single will be released on February 14th I think, everything is being prepared for the next single before the album comes out, and we are talking with Manuel about making it a triple vinyl release. A beautiful artwork, let's see about the color of the vinyls, maybe three different colors.
—El Garaje: Are you listening to some African music?
—John Fryer: Yes, I listen to all kinds of music. I don't try to limit myself. That was another reason for getting Fakeba to sing in Black Needle Noise song, to try to educate people that there are other languages other than English out there. One journalist, when he reviewed the song, he said: "if you had told me two years ago, that I would be sitting here listening to a kind of industrial song with African vocals, I would have laughed at you, but here I am, listening to it and it sound amazing. So, it's working.
—ElektroSpank: Don't you think that it's quite brave to release an album sang in Wolof?
—John Fryer: But a good melody is a good melody. You can see along with the melody, I don't know the words I can make noises like Wolof. A good melody is a good melody in whatever language is singing. A good song is a good song. Dance music is all about the feeling, if it makes you feel happy and you can dance to it, what does it happen in which language is it? What you listen to it for a while you will try to sing it along. Everybody who came to the rehearsal room started dancing.
—Fakeba: People would tell me that I had to sing in French or English, so that my songs could be understandable. I said no, that others sing in their language, and I, in mine. If you like it, you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it.
—ElektroSpank: The album has been recorded between Madrid, Dakar and Los Angeles. Has it been difficult to work living in places so far and different?
—Fakeba: No, because I also recorded in Dakar. I also came to Madrid to record some stuff and after that, I sent everything.
—John Fryer: It's like Black Needle Noise music was all made remote, I make the music, I send it to the singer, the singer does what he does, beautiful vocals, and he sends back to me and then I mix it. With the internet it's been great to work but it's bad for business. I found it easier this way. If I make the music then I can send it to the singer and they can work as long as they want. Most singers have a home studio now so they can practice, they don't have to be embarrassed about singing out of tune or they can redo the melody, so it's much easier for them. It's nice because you send the music without knowing what will come back, it's always a nice surprise and it elevates the music to another level.
—El Garaje: What is the subject of your lyrics?
—Fakeba: "Jotna" speaks about the fact that the moment to change everything has come, that there are no more frontiers, no more racism. I also sing about the sorcerers and voodoo. In "DaKaR,' I speak about contamination.
—John Fryer: When we came to Dakar we were driving around, and we saw all the rest of the cars...
—Fakeba: They send the old European cars to Africa. There is a lot of contamination. I also sing about the sea, which is the mirror of the world. I also sing about children, because I have an association called Le Monde de Fakeba, which helps orphan African children. Music is not my only thing.
—John Fryer: I have been working on another music projects about global warming, pollution in the world, when we came back from there.Where we are we shouldn't be like there. The world should not be in the state it is so when I came back I made the music and the music just spoke to me to put the words, "Dakar, kill the smoke, you have to kill the smog before it kills everybody else.' So then I put that vocal on and send it to Fakeba and she said yes, I have lyrics about pollution.
—El Garaje: Fakeba, you are the ambassador of Roland in Africa, right?
—Fakeba: Yes, when I play music, I always use their instruments.
—El Garaje: For once, a woman is an ambassador of something...
—Fakeba: Yes, because women are still oppressed. But we have to fight. We respect our husband, but we have the same rights.
—John Fryer:I am also sponsored/supported by Roland, I put them in touch, and we use a lot of Roland for live. It's good to spread the brand around the world, they support a lot of artists.
—ElektroSpank: What can you tell us about your show in Madrid and Barcelona? We missed you at DarkMad.
—John Fryer: It would have been good, but the way it was I could not leave America at the time so we have to cancel. Now I can leave and it's going to be amazing, here and in Barcelona. A lot of bookers and promoters are coming to the show
—El Garaje: Anything else you want to add?
—Fakeba: Thanks a lot for welcoming us here. I hope you'll be coming to the show. I'm very happy to work with John, he's a great person. I think we're the same, on stage he has a craziness that I love. I don't like annoying music, I like everything that's energetic. That's what I see in him, and I love that.
https://elgarajedefrank.es/en/interview-fakeba-and-john-fryer/ (El Garaje De Frank Interview)
https://fakeba.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/fakebaofficial
https://www.facebook.com/John.Fryer.Official/


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Benjamín Muñoz Gamero (Mendoza, 31 de marzo de 1817 - Magallanes, 3 de diciembre de 1851) fue un militar y político chileno.

Hijo de don Florencio Muñoz y doña Paula Gamero. Ingresó a la Academia Militar en 1834 y en 1838 fue guardiamarina. Actualmente la plaza de armas de la ciudad de Punta Arenas lleva su nombre.

Carrera militar

Hizo las campañas de la guerra contra la Confederación Perú-Boliviana, donde ascendió a teniente, y fue nombrado comandante del bergatín Janequeo.

En 1842 ascendió a teniente primero y fue a perfeccionarse a Inglaterra en la escuadra inglesa hasta 1844. Escribió un Diccionario Naval que publicó en Valparaíso en 1849.

En 1849, comandó la expedición para "explorar y hacer un reconocimiento geográfico de la zona del lago Llanquihue - Chile hasta el lago Nahuelhuapi - Argentina". En dicha expedición, descubre la localidad lacustre que nombra como Ensenada.

Desempeñó varias misiones en el Estrecho de Magallanes y realizó importantes estudios e investigaciones en las tierras australes.

En 1850 fue promovido a capitán de fragata y en 1851 nombrado Gobernador de la colonia de Magallanes. Publicó un trabajo titulado Clima del Estrecho de Magallanes.

El Motín de Cambiaso

El 17 de noviembre de 1851 estalló en Punta Arenas el motín militar encabezado por el teniente de artillería Miguel José Cambiaso Tapia. En esa ocasión, Muñoz Gamero fue hecho prisionero.

Se fugó del calabozo en una pequeña embarcación. Vientos contrarios lo arrojaron a las playas de Tierra del Fuego, siendo atacado por los aborígenes y herido de lanza.

Al llegar a Punta Arenas fue hecho prisionero de nuevo y fusilado por Cambiaso. Su cuerpo fue quemado en una pira pública. Su victimario murió fusilado en Valparaíso al año siguiente, ajusticiado por las autoridades civiles del país.

Muñoz Gamero era persona muy ilustrada, sobre todo, tenía un gran conocimiento en idiomas fueguinos y dejó inconcluso un Diccionario Patágonico.

Véase también
 Plaza Muñoz Gamero

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Diccionario Histórico y Biográfico de Chile; Fernando Castillo Infante, Lía Cortés y Jordi Fuentes; Editorial Zig-Zag, Santiago de Chile, 1996, página 331-332.

Enlaces externos
 Biografía en el sitio de la Armada de Chile
 Biografía en el sitio de la Municipalidad de Punta Arenas

Militares del Ejército Unido Restaurador de Perú
Gobernadores del territorio de Magallanes

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It's 3:30AM as I'm typing this. After a stimulating retreat (an oxymoron, I know) I feel creatively reinvigorated and I want to keep working while the fire's still lit. With making, you have to chase the elusive muse while it's there! I just created a detailed outline for my upcoming local weight loss bootcamp, the rough draft for a raw vegan book for sale locally (eBook on that to come as well, it will be longer and more in-depth), and outlines for the Green Lotus Studios teachers. It's time to slow down and look back and the beautiful photos from my short trip to wind down!
We spent most our time at the dining room table with out computers typing lesson plans, class descriptions, and learning new programs. What I explored of this massive resort was absolutely beautiful. The whole area is small and charming and I'll certainly be back to explore gardens and museums.
The kitchen was hilariously over-packed for a 2.5 day stay, filled with herbs, spices, and healthy(ish) things aplenty to snack on. At least two bottles of much-needed wine was consumed. Jennifer made sourdough bread and biscuits from scratch for breakfast and we all had to huddle around it with camera and phones to photograph its majesty! You don't get homemade sourdough biscuits and local orange marmalade and honey every day!
On the final day when work was declared "complete" after a brainstorming session my mom and I snuck off to the heated indoor pool and spa for a short, relaxing soak. The next day I left anxious to take off with my new career as a holistic/creative educator, body care provider and writer.
If anyone has any favorites in Palm Coast, or anywhere to recommend, in Florida or Georgia PLEASE let me know it the comments. I'm always itching for adventure. Extra points if it's kitschy, of course.
This looks like a lovely time! Always good to get away and re-group, right? Hm...the last time I was in Florida I LOVED the Winter Park neighborhood. Ate at a lovely Turkish restaurant. Hope that helps!
Well, it's not kitschy, but Washington Oaks is my most favorite place on the coast. It's a short...short drive from Hammock Beach. Beautiful old growth live oaks, rose garden, citrus field (great to go when they're blossoming!). If you've never went, I highly recommend checking it out. If you like old history, Princess Place Preserve is also very close by. A Princess lived there. :) Free to visit and it's right on the water. Home of Florida's first in-ground pool.
Oh that sounds lovely, I love all things nature so we gotta add that to the list too. Thank you!
Wow, what a great setting for planning and learning!
I didn't see a way to comment on your 'February Goal Updates' post so I hope you don't mind my commenting here ... I just wanted to thank you for that post. There must be something about February (after the 'I can do it all' mania of January) because I came to some similar conclusions (things like: why must I have four blogs? wouldn't one or two be more than enough?). Anyway good luck with March, it sounds like you've really zeroed in on the important stuff!
The comments were turned off on it since I was out of town. No problem coming here to comment at all :) I feel like a lot of us in the indie biz/blog world are realizing the importance of slowing down and doing less! Right now I'm still in recovery mode, selling off one business so I can -finally- just breath and relax! Can't wait. Thanks for sharing that you were in the same boat.
I looove 'em...for eatin' :D But yes the fountain too was gorgeous.


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});

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Noirvember
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A Few Noirs More
Posted by Gloria on November 25, 2013
Posted in: Film, Hitchcock, Movies. Tagged: film, Film Noir, filmnoir, movies, Noirvember. 5 Comments
WHEN I WAS A KID, I remember watching the likes of Rebecca (1945), Mildred Pierce (1945), and The Asphalt Jungle (1950) on television. I didn't know I was watching something called film noir, but these mysterious, riveting movies were standard broadcast fare on weekend afternoons. How lucky to grow up with movies like those to watch on rainy Saturdays. I pity the kids who have only the likes of Sponge Bob at their disposal to learn how very bad things can happen.
My top picks for Noirvember include movies that have left indelible images in my brain:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) Technically pre-noir because of its 1932 date, this film is grueling. Just thinking of it exhausts me. Paul Muni is wrongfully committed of a crime and suffers the painful consequences of harsh prison life again and again and again. Director Mervyn LeRoy creates a film experience that is raw, violent, depressing, and bleak…and absolutely brilliant.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) One of my favorite of Hitchcock's (and one of his own favorite's as well), this film brings evil intent right into safe family life in a sleepy, small town. Someone you know and trust can hurt you. Teresa Wright is excited when her Uncle Charlie comes to visit but soon becomes suspicious of him. Joseph Cotten is chilling as Uncle Charlie.
Queen Bee (1955) She rules. Joan Crawford is a blast in this sinister portrayal of the perfectly evil bitch. This is a winner of a movie to watch with friends and howl at Joan's over-the-top performance. And what a wardrobe she has!
Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Creepy and sleazy dynamics rage between Burt Lancaster, as a very powerful newspaper columnist, and Tony Curtis, the dirty public relations guy. Like so many noirs, location takes a meaningful role in the action. In this story, New York City and its bars and clubs also star.
Gun Crazy (1950) The original title was "Deadly Is the Female," so guess who is the bad apple in this one? Annie Starr (played by Peggy Cummins) is a liar and maniuplator…and yes, she's gun crazy in her Bonnie Parker outlaw beret. Her man, hapless Bart Tare (John Dall) is no angel, quite smitten with his guns himself, but he's way too willing to get under her spell. You want to shake him most of the time as their crime story road trip unfolds.
Niagara (1953) This one of those Technicolor noirs, a story of a dysfunctional marriage, betrayal, and murder…with the rush of Niagara Falls as the relentless backdrop. Marilyn Monroe and her lover need to get rid of the disturbed husband, Joseph Cotten. Jean Peters is the innocent counterpart to Monroe's juiciness. Such action and suspense!!
I Want to Live! (1958) I can't help but love movie titles with exclamation points! Director Robert Wise takes on a true story of a murder trial gone bad. Susan Hayward gives the performance of a lifetime as Barbara Graham, a defiant party girl who, along with the rest of the world, can't imagine that a woman would get the death penalty. Bring out the tissues.
Post Scripts:
1. Funniest Noir Title: Noir titles are not known for the humor, but the title The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) cracks me up.
2. Gasp-Worthy Trailers: I nominate the trailer for Roger Corman's Teenage Doll (1957) as one of the creepiest and compelling.
3. Perfect Pairing: There is no other film genre that has its own grape: Pinot Noir. Such a perfectly dark wine when you're ready for dark cinema.
Ten More Noirs for Noirvember (homeprojectionist.com)
Nine Noirs for November Nights (homeprojectionist.com)
Ten More Noirs for Noirvember
Posted by Johnny C on November 23, 2013
Posted in: Film Community, Movies. Tagged: Detour, film, Film Noir, Laird Cregar, Mercedes McCambridge, movies, Noirvember. 3 Comments
The definition of film noir for me is both stylistic and formulaic. Stylistically, the film should have a fluid movement to the filmmaking, cinematography, fashion. Story-wise, the thing that sets a noir apart from a regular mystery is the everyman who is put into an unusual situation. From the small boy in The Window who accidentally sees a murder, to the hapless hitchhiker in a film like Detour–suddenly an ordinary life is swept up into extraordinary circumstances by one moment, a moment that could be something like picking the wrong lover to something as mundane as having a flat tire.
My noir recommendation list is vast, but here are ten of my top picks:
Scarlet Street (1945) Like Detour, this is Noir 101. It's a must-see film. And probably my favorite film of the genre. Edward G. Robinson plays a hen-pecked husband who picks the wrong woman to try to save one rainy night. Joan Bennett plays the woman who, with her grifter boyfriend (played by Dan Dureya), thinks that Robinson is a famous painter. From there, noir hilarity ensues. Lots of twists and turns and one of the darkest endings of any American film.
The Lineup (1958) I just recently saw a screening of this, and I was blown away by the violence of the film. The film follows the ruthless killer played brilliantly by Eli Wallach who is trying to track down heroin smuggled in an unsuspecting traveler's suitcase. Some incredible location shots of San Francisco in the late '50s. This is one of those movies they would call edge-of-your-seat suspense.
Fury (1936) Spencer Tracy plays a man traveling across country who stops in a small town and is mistaken for a killer. Based on a true story of vigilantism, the town takes the matter of justice in their own hands and burns down the jail where he is being held. Tracy's character turns from an average Joe to a man of hard, bitter hatred. Sylvia Sidney plays his girlfriend who tries to show him that his hate is destroying him.
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) An unlikely noir with glamour girl Betty Grable and Victor Mature (who I usually hate) in a murder mystery told in flashbacks. The killer thing about this movie, which recurs in many noirs, is the use of a popular song that is played over and over throughout the movie. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is used in this movie, and it will wipe out of your mind all memories of Dorothy and the Tin Man. It was the breakthrough movie for Laird Cregar as the obsessive detective. He died young and it's a tragedy. He was one of the best actors who ever was in movies.
Detour (1945) Much has been written about this low-budget film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. It's the fastest 65 minutes of movie you'll ever sit through. Not a minute of wasted film. Proof that you don't need a big budget just a great story. Ann Savage is the spice that makes this movie pop!
The Scarf (1951) This movie is a cousin to Detour. This story, about an escaped inmate from an insane asylum who is trying to figure out if he really committed a murder, takes its time getting started, but once Mercedes McCambridge picks up the inmate (John Ireland) on the side of the road, the journey begins. Like Detour's Ann Savage, McCambridge tears into every line of dialogue like a vicious cat. It also has a great nightclub scene.
Hangover Square (1945) Again with Laird Cregar. A musician suffers from a condition that has him go temporarily mad when he hears high-pitched sounds. Another ongoing theme of noir is "rooting for the criminal." Cregar creates sympathy with his character so that the audience knows he is just a man who cannot help what he is doing.
Furies (1950) One of the queens of the genre, Barbara Stanwyck, gives a tour de force performance in this noir western. Stanwyck's hate and revenge for her father drive the story of this Greek tragedy-like film. It's got the look of a western, but the heart of pure darkness.
Fourteen Hours (1951) Richard Basehart plays a gay man whose life is no longer worth living, and he spends 14 hours on the ledge of a building. Not a typical noir, but the characters who are drawn into this unusual situation are the people on the street watching the drama unfold. Amazing moments with Agnes Moorehead as the dominating mother and Barbara Bel Geddes as the girlfriend who 'understands'.
Female on the Beach (1955). Joan Crawford, Queen of the Noirs, stars in this camp classic. A great story about deception, but the thing that makes this film is the unforgettable lines per minute:
"I have a nasty imagination, and I'd like to be left alone with it."
"You must go with the house–like plumbing."
"You're about as friendly as a suction pump…"
Keep up with my noir recommendations on the Home Projectionist "What Are You Watching?" Facebook page.
Nine Noirs for November Nights
Posted by Dave on November 22, 2013
Posted in: Film, Movies, Reviews. Tagged: film, Film Noir, movies, Noirvember. 3 Comments
EVEN A BAD NOIR is good, when film noir is your favorite movie genre, as it is mine. So it's really difficult for me to name nine as "the best," particularly when some, like The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice, would be really obvious, unsurprising choices. What follows though are some that I could watch over and over. A few are well-known, a couple maybe not so much. But they're all great–perfect for a chilly, dark and stormy November night.
The Big Heat (1953) Gloria Grahame and Glenn Ford, with terrific chemistry, and a very evil Lee Marvin. Grahame–Marvin's abused girlfriend–delivers sympathy for Ford's plight, and deep regret for her own choices. Ford's utter despair and silent rage are a great contrast to Marvin's nearly psychotic character.
Leave Her To Heaven (1945) "Technicolor Noir" and much admired by filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese. The complex and selfish character played by the beautiful Gene Tierney destroys everyone around her to one degree or another. Awe-inspiring cinematography and an unforgettable score by Alfred Newman.
Point Blank (1967) Lee Marvin, left for dead in an Alcatraz prison cell, is back in L.A. He doesn't want his girl (Angie Dickinson), his life, or revenge. He wants his money. Is he really alive and kicking, or is the entire film a death bed dream? We'll never know, but who cares? This is a wild ride, in more ways than one.
The Killing (1956) Stanley Kubrick's riveting heist film, an early masterpiece. One of Sterling Hayden's best roles, with a clockwork-like plot and intriguing time-shifts.
The Tall Target Dick Powell is a detective in 1861, aboard a train full of sinister characters, one of whom is allegedly the would-be assassin of president-elect Lincoln. Claustrophobic, suspenseful, and unpredictable, it also, because of what we know would eventually happen to the President, has an extra layer of poignancy and foreshadowing.
The Narrow Margin (1952) Like The Tall Target, this terrific film noir, shot over three weeks, is set within the small confines of a train. With great dialog, like Marie Windsor's assertively snide, "There's another train… The gravy train!"
They Live By Night (1948) Nicholas Ray's early, sweet and tragic noir, starring Farley Granger, with a tone that later would be evident in Ray's Rebel Without a Cause. Granger and Cathy O'Donnell are the tragic lovers who, as the opening credits say, "were never properly introduced to the world we live in."
Fall Guy (1947) "Was that the sound of heels clicking, or my beating heart?" Fall Guy is a very low-budget noir from Monogram Studios, based on a Cornell Woolrich story. A young man who'd been implicated in a murder, has no recollection of what happened, and must clear his name.
Dark Passage (1947) My list isn't complete without at least one Bogart picture, and this is the one. On the run from San Quentin, Vince Parry (Bogie) meets up with none other than Lauren Bacall. After some low-rent plastic surgery, Parry is out to prove his innocence against all odds. A great ending scene.


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A new study on pain management around the world has shocked researchers.
The study found that many people in poor and middle-income countries suffer unimaginable pain without any help. They lack even the cheapest painkillers to manage severe pain.
The results of this study has led to action. Researchers now want to find ways to help the millions of people who suffer needlessly.
Felicia Knaul is one of the researchers involved in the study. She is a professor at the University of Miami's School of Medicine. She says that around 61 million people worldwide live and some die in great pain because of a lack of pain medicine and proper care.
Knaul says she became interested in global pain management after her own surgery for breast cancer.
"I woke up from a mastectomy and I remember the horror of the pain, of not being able to breathe. And yet, I got access almost immediately to pain relief, which allowed me to push through it much more easily."
She says that when she realized how inexpensive it could be to help people suffering in pain, she felt the need to act.
"When I thought about other women going through this, when I thought about children, burn victims and having their wounds dressed and cleaned, and the agony of that without pain relief, and then when I found out how inexpensive it is to solve this problem, a real win-win in global health --- that was when we really decided to move forward."
Knaul led the international study on pain relief published in The Lancet. She explains that the researchers looked at worldwide access to a common pain medication, morphine.
"We looked across the world using, as a tracer, access to morphine. And more than 100 countries could satisfy less than 30 percent of need for pain relief just for palliative care alone. And, in fact, the vast majority have almost nothing."
In the United States, morphine costs three cents per dose. In low-income countries, it costs five times as much. However, it is usually not available.
If the cost of morphine were the same for all countries, the study found that it would cost $145 million to make pain relief available for all.
Developing countries can work to close -- what researchers are calling -- the "pain gap." Uganda is one example. Its government makes and distributes morphine for the country's hospitals. Doctors are trained in giving the drug and patients are monitored.
Knaul has asked the World Bank to help end the pain gap. Experts are still developing plans. But the goal is clear: to provide pain relief for the millions of people who truly need it.
One woman suffered such severe pain she had to take opiates to control it.
I found out my phone was bugged.
5.She says that around 61 million people worldwide live and some die in great pain because of a lack of pain medicine and proper care.
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An organization is an entity of people arranged and managed in order to pursue joint goals. Behavior is described as an array of activities and bearings made by entities and organisms, living or artificial in tune with its or their habitat or environment.
Because of many important and competing interests in business, it may become possible for managers or corporate directors to make every one in a firm to focus in the same direction and on the essentials of the firm. This is the moment when Critical Success Factors (CSFs) can help. They are the essentials that a firm's management must get and do right in order to achieve the vision, mission and goals set forth by the company. A CSF is a critical activity of factor that must be done to realize the success of a company (Rockart, 1979; Boynlon & Zmud, 1984). When these 'limited number of areas' are satisfied, an organization will achieve competitive performance.
The organisation's culture and the national culture of the area where a company operates have the capacity to influence the success of the company.


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2 edition of Come back, little Sheba. found in the catalog.
Come back, little Sheba.
Published 1950 .
Contributions Blackmer, Sidney, 1895-1973., Booth, Shirley., Lorring, Joan., Mann, Daniel, 1912-1991., Inge, William., Theatre Guild., Booth Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.), Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
LC Classifications PN2093 .C64 1995 no. C133
Pagination 1 v.
Come back, little Sheba by Inge, William Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Previous owner's name on front and back free page as well as on page Text is clear of markings and notation. Secure packaging for Seller Rating: % positive. "Come Back, Little Sheba" is the first play, and the one the movie industry left almost untouched. With today's hindsight it becomes easier to understand Lola's depression in the context of Doc's incipient alcoholism, and the fact that they feel stuck with each other in a joyless middle by: 2.
TomS, thanks for your insightful and touching reflections on "Come Back Little Sheba". It was very moving to read of what Shirley Booth's performance means to you personally, evoking a certain person in your life. I just watched "Sheba" for the first time in many years, and found it almost too painful to watch. Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge. ebook. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Kindle Book OverDrive Read Adobe EPUB eBook 2 MB; William Inge (Author) William Inge (–) was born in .
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Come Back, Little Sheba was written by William Inge. A couple of aspects for which the play is known is its depiction of the Midwest as well as a portrait of ordinary lives of characters for whom anyone Come back.
The 50's play, Come back Little Sheba focuses on conflict between a married couple where Lola wishes to recapture her youth of the past while her husband, Doc, doesn't want to relive the past with its bad memories.
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Come Back, Little Sheba is a faithful reproduction of the stage play, together with its assets and liabilities. J 86%. Come Back, Little Sheba is a strong adaptation of William Inge's stage play, featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Shirley Booth as the sweet but banal wife of a alcoholic, middle-aged doctor (Burt Lancaster).
Booth originated the role in the Broadway production, and 4/4(1). Come Back, Little Sheba Summary In his foreword to Four Plays, published inInge observes that the play was popular with only about half of its reviewers and that its Broadway run was less than six months Inge also reveals that he took a cut in royalties, and the cast took a cut.
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butchbird
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« on: 17 November 2021, 21:53:14 »
About two months ago our gaming group Got back on the saddle after a few years hiatus due to the birth of my child (once you've got a little one, 24 hour days and seven day weeks suddenly feel far too short) and the breakup of a couple whom gamed with us ( By the great debate, why did you have to do such a thing! She was the only other member who could manage to read the english rules! Oh woe is us.). Having lost one of our steady players and, due to various other reasons, lost our occasionals too, I had to recruit some new blood (Alas, logistical problem have, as yet, kept me from implementing a second one, but inevitably this will be taken care of). Our newest gamer having, for all experience in strategy game, but a bit of "heroes of might and magic 3" many years ago, I opted for a shift to Alpha Strike, the conduct of which appeared to me much easier for the guy...the fact that we all use recreational substances during games was also a factor, as the day wears on, so does our capacity of keeping track of all the factors influencing rolls in a CBT game.
Did a test with the other member of our group with a fair deal in strategy games, conducting it like a CBT game, and prompting us to theorize that a real game was going to be much too short and brutal, but pressed on none the less. Still thinking in terms of CBT, we did a set-up for a deathmatch on all the maps I had (yes, we actually play "Hex Strike")...that meant the clan invasion maps with all those bloody hills. The game itself was very enjoyable, mostly centering on the maneuvering to flush the ennemy team out of the hills for a very short point-blank brutal final, very enjoyable...but quite clearly half-arsed.
We've got a new game scheduled next week and the way I see it, using objectives (that hill's worth a 100 points, that other one that much, etc.) and a number of turns limit would seem to be a good recipe (and NOT using the hilly maps from clan invasion...I got the desert pack so I'm set on that front)...but I fear I'm looking at this with the wrong viewpoint, Alpha strike being quite different from what I'm used to in terms of games (big fan of talonsoft's old campaing series, you know, east front/west front).
So here I am, after all this contextualisation, to ask for some input from more experienced gaming groups. How do you set-up? What's the goal? Is a turn limit logical or a ridiculous idea whitout a certain reason inside a campaign? Help me out here, my wife is pressuring to go back to CBT, something I have a hard time resisting, but I'm sure my newest payer couldn't take that level of complexity, I have far too many new cool mini's to have mere lance on lance battles and the prospect of properly using combined arms is very appealing (and will be very appreciated by all around the table once we get to that point...back when we CBT'ed regularly, every one had been at their happyest once we'd started using vehicles and infantry)...Grant me your wisdom O my fellow big stompy robot lovers from the alpha strike side of the hobby, this humble gamer pleads to you.
Re: Looking for some input on the conduct of Alpha strike games
« Reply #1 on: 30 November 2021, 20:50:46 »
In case anyone faces a relatively similar situation...
So we had the game, actually managed to find a new occasional player (never thought she'd be interested, long time friend, didn't have much in the way of experience with strategy games and is mostly a poker player, but still liked it enough to come back to the table if it fits in her schedule).
Got a rocky start, first part was voting to keep on using AS rules, passed barely which I was thankfull for, not feeling like our 2 new players would be confortable with CBT. 4 maps, about 7 vs 10 mechs (300 PV's per team), this set-up was pretty good.
I set the turn limit at 14 which had a very positive psychological effet, instead of maneuvering endlessly (very fun, but makes the game far too long especially when combined with all the chatter) and firing the first snap shot at turn 5, by turn 3 we were actively trading long range volleys.
The use of objectives wasn't very well implemented though, using 3, 1 near the defender home edge and 2 in the middle, the attackers advanced on the 2 nearest objectives and set up a defensive position there which we tried to storm, my newest player feeling audacious...still was clearly a better solution then a deathmatch.
So basically this looks like a winning recipe...unfortunately (or fortunately depending on the view point) this was our last AS game, my wife managed to champion the cause of CBT pretty well and we'll be going back that road for next game...kind of sad considering all my fancy new maps and minis, more of which can be used at once in AS.
One last point which I find interesting...In another discussion it had been argued that CBT was "for rpg gamers" and AS "for wargamers"...well my wife is a "grand scale strategy" women with absolutely no interest in rpg's and very little love for sci-fi, yet she made a very good case of CBT feeling more like it belonged in a univers of its own and managed to create a relation between the player and his playing pieces then AS. Just felt that this tidbit was a pretty good look into one of the reasons which keeps AS from growing on players having already experienced CBT.
Personnally I've loved my 2 games of AS, just wish I could've gotten to the point of using vehicles and infantry, combined arms being where, I do believe, AS really shines, would've been curious to try that out...still, it's ever so true that CBT gives so much more of a feeling of "character" to each unit.
Atlas3060
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Just some rando
« Reply #2 on: 01 December 2021, 09:15:48 »
Quote from: butchbird on 17 November 2021, 21:53:14
How do you set-up? What's the goal? Is a turn limit logical or a ridiculous idea whitout a certain reason inside a campaign?
My group has been playing the Total War scale (Classic since you used that term) since forever, but when we play Alpha Strike it was mostly just for the sake "Now we can play a company battle in a day!" So pretty much the same deathmatches we had before, but with more Mechs was all really.
There were some attempts to have a goal or objective, but when you have 4+ players around a table, that gets tough. Fair warning it's been a few years since I been at the table with them, having a kid killed a lot of free time and this pandemic.
I will say that Alpha Strike scaled games allowed us easier access to special piloting abilities as well; or at least remembering we have and can use them.
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MyndkryM
It's looking promising that I'll get to play some games over the next few weeks (yeah for vacation days).
One thing that I've noticed in some of the AS games I've seen played, having a scenario with limited numbers of turns is a really good idea. It's something I'm going to suggest during play. It definitely promotes the players to quickly get into engagements.
"Halfway down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead Troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddlers' Green...."
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As far as objectives go, designating a few strategic positions and giving them a point value (Hold them at the end of the turn limit), probably with 2 objectives near middle of map worth less then a third near defender home edge looks like a promising way to go...after all that's a rather standard practice (or something similar anyway) in wargames that I've tried. It was my originial intension but the imperatives of the moment forced me to opt for a simpler "here's 3 pennys, hold 2 out of 3 and win", it just didn't create the hoped for involvement.
Valkerie
Gravity always wins.
Objectives, whether they are capture points, or destruction points, can add flavor. They key I've found is to make them the focus. Take away destroying the enemy force as a direct path to victory, and the focus turns to the actual objectives. That's worked for the group I run. Even if I do run with kill points, they are very low compared to completing scenario objectives.
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. -Machiavelli
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Because overkill is underrated my friend. -John "Hannibal" Smith
Unit/Scheme of the Month Master Index
Sometimes a spoiler force with their own different objectives might spice up a game.
Side A and B fight over a Radar Station. Side C is head hunting commanders.
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Lieutenant General
Carpe Arcanum Cibum
You want fun? Side C is looking for salvage. After any mech from A or B suffers a weapon or motive crit (regardless of who inflicts it), a mech from Side C must enter the hex that crit happened in, spend at least one weapons phase not performing any attacks, and then make it off the board with the blown-off limb they just grabbed by retreating off their home edge without suffering any weapon crits of their own or performing any melee attacks.
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koraq
I'd say take a look at the WolfNet people's campaign rules, and also the rules developed by Death From Above Wargames. They have made some quite interesting set of scenarios for Alpha Strike.
When I play I try to think of formations as the units I used to command in CBT. It gives less flavour for each mech, but I find the formations and pilot abilities add some of that back, and the fact that it's so much faster is worth every day of the week, and I still like CBT.
In my games I usually set up an objective, and seldom play pure slug fests.


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Валері Жискар д'Естен (; 2 лютого 1926, Кобленц, Німеччина — 2 грудня 2020, Отон, Франція) — президент Французької республіки (П'ята республіка), 1974—1981. Правоцентристський політик.

Життєпис та політична діяльність
Після кончини Жоржа Помпіду вибраний президентом республіки і знаходився на цій посаді один повний семирічний термін. Під час правління Жискара були зроблені масштабні державні проєкти (зокрема, спорудження швидкісних залізниць TGV і будівництво АЕС). Лауреат премії Нансена 1979 року. Проте в другій половині його терміну почалася значна економічна криза, що зупинила стабільне зростання французької економіки і закінчила «славне тридцятиліття».

Президентство

Дистанція від голлізму. Рух в ЄС і НАТО

Жискар д'Естен заявив про себе, як про «ліберала, центриста та європейця», що не належав до голлістських партій. Пообіцвши омолодити французьку зовнішню політику, він зобов'язався зберегти її основні принципи, сформовані Шарлем де Голлем і Жоржем Помпіду та перевірену практикою голлістську дипломатію, висунув принцип «діалог замість конфронтації», пообіцяв змінити стиль відносин із США та іншими партнерами по НАТО в бік згладжування розбіжностей та прояву більшої кооперативності.

Почав переглядати деякі аспекти зовнішньої політики голлізму. При ньому Франція поступово почала повертатися у військові структури НАТО, підтримавши рішення Ради НАТО розвернути в Європі американські ракети середньої й малої дальності. У 1974 році відбулося розблокування американсько-французьких відносин .

Політика жорсткої економії

Прем'єр-міністр Франції Раймон Барр проголосив «політику жорсткої економії», що призвело до скорочення програм фінансування французького впливу за кордоном, зокрема — у країнах Тропічної Африки. Наприкінці правління Жискара критики звинувачували його в авторитаризмі, відмові од компромісів і прагненні фактично перетворити уряд на своє «ближнє коло». Це відштовхнуло од нього багатьох правих. Під час його президентства відбулося масштабне будівництво залізниць і атомних електростанцій, зростання рівня життя і зниження виборчого віку до 18 років. Саме при ньому було створено «Велику сімку» .

Франко-німецькі стосунки

У Європі він установив тісні відносини з канцлером Західної Німеччини Гельмутом Шмідтом, і разом вони створили основу єдиної валюти євро, заснувавши Європейську валютну систему. Легалізував аборти і розлучення за взаємною згодою. Йому приписують залучення Франції до ядерної енергетики .

Політика щодо Африки

Африка залишалась регіоном, де вплив Франції був винятковий. Із 5-ма французькими країнами (Берег Слонової Кістки, Сенегал, Габон, Центральноафриканська Републіка, Джібуті) діяли угоди про співробітництво у галузі оборони. У цих країнах залишалися французькі військові бази. У 1978 році в Тропічній Африці залишалися 5 500 французьких солдатів та офіцерів. Крім того, з десятьма країнами були укладені угоди про двосторонню допомогу (напрям радників і поставки зброї).

Бажаючи зберегти свій вплив у Африці, Франція неодноразово йшла на серйозні економічні та політико-моральні втрати. Африканська політика Франції була в результаті головною причиною погіршення в 1977-78 році відносин з СРСР, який прямо або опосередковано просував своїх африканських ставлеників.

Позиція щодо Близького Сходу

Президентство В. Ж. д'Естена було відзначене подальшим розвитком арабської політики Франції. Президент проявив себе послідовним захисником палестинців. Позиція Франції впливала і на позицію обєднаної Європи. Зміст документів щодо врегулювання ситуації на Близькому Сході, прийнятих Європейською Радою у Венеції у червні 1980 року, помітно відрізнявся від позицій дипломатів США.

Близькосхідна політика д'Естена не уникала впливу першого нафтового шоку. Піля арабо-ізраїльського конфлікту (жовтень 1873 р.) пошук безпеки для нафтових поставок відігравав головну роль у визначенні французьких позицій на Близькому Сході. У 1974 році після відміни ембраго на поставку зброї воюючої країни Франція активізувала цю діяльність, продаючи зброю арабським країнам. Незважаючи на деяке покращення ініціативи Франції французько-ізраїльських відносин у перші два роки президентської семирічки, на тіл арабської політики Франції вони розвивалися повільним темпами.

Вибори 1981 року

1981 року балотувався на другий термін, але в другому турі програв Франсуа Міттеранові. Жискар звинуватив в цій поразці свого експрем'єра голліста Жака Ширака (попередника Барра), який висунув свою кандидатуру на цих виборах, відібрав у президента частину голосів і, не пройшовши в другий тур, не закликав своїх прихильників голосувати за Жискара. Згодом, коли Ширак уже сам став президентом (1995), Жискар завжди критикував його політику.

Діяльність після президентства

2003 року обраний членом Французької академії, з 2004 брав участь у засіданнях Конституційної ради Франції (хоча її членом був довічно ще з 1981 як експрезидент, але до цього займав виборні пости, несумісні згідно зі законом із місцем у Раді).

Учасник розробки Європейської конституції. Супротивник прийняття Туреччини до Євросоюзу. Перед виборами 2007 року підтримав Ніколя Саркозі, що викликало дискусію, оскільки Жискар як член Конституційної ради має деякі обмеження на публічні висловлювання (аналогічна критика була пов'язана і з його виступами на підтримку Європейської конституції перед референдумом).

Французи називають його l'Ex (Екс) — упродовж чверті століття, з 1981 до 2007 року, він був єдиним експрезидентом, який жив (за винятком кількох місяців у 1995—1996, між відходом Міттерана з свого поста і його кончиною). 2004 року Жискар побив рекорд Еміля Лубе найдовшого перебування в статусі експрезидента (Лубе прожив 23 роки після того, як покинув посаду).

Постійний член Більдерберзької групи.

2020 року 37-літня німецька журналістка подала скаргу до прокуратури Парижу на Валері, вона звинуватила його в тому, що тоді 92-літній політик під час інтерв'ю поклав руку їй на сідницю. Такі дії за законом Франції караються позбавленням волі до двох років та штрафом у 30 тис. євро.

Примітки

Джерела
 Від коронавірусу помер колишній президент Франції Валері Жискар д'Естен /Укрінформ, 3.12.2020/

Посилання
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Література
 Кривонос Р. А., Маковський С. О. В. Жискар Д'Естен // Європейський Союз: економіка, політика, право: енциклопедичний словник / редкол.: В. В. Копійка (голова), О. І. Шнирков (заст. голови), В. І. Муравйов та ін. — К.: Видавничо-поліграфічний центр «Київський університет», 2011. — С. 162—163.
 Р. Л. Кривонос. Жискар д'Естен // Українська дипломатична енциклопедія: У 2-х т. /Редкол.:Л. В. Губерський (голова) та ін. — К: Знання України, 2004 — Т.1 — 760с. ISBN 966-316-039-X

Валері Жискар д'Естен
Уродженці Кобленца
Члени Французької академії
Випускники Політехнічної школи
Кавалери ордена «За заслуги» (Франція)
Випускники ліцею Людовика Великого
Політики П'ятої французької республіки
Люди на марках
Кавалери Великого Хреста особливого ступеня ордена За заслуги перед ФРН
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Now I am even more confused
I rarely write about Northern Ireland because not many people are interested in it, since it was a daily diet of murder and mayhem, but now I am urged to say something because I believe our local and international politics are going down the tubes. 40 years on, we are not the country we were, we still have terrorists, but now we also have the indignity of a foreign country, Eire, interfering in the internal politics of the UK, where it affects us. The Good Friday Agreement brought about by David Trimble, was to some extent a sop to the IRA, the Eire government, and the American Irish lobby. I believe an American senator acted as chairman. At about that time the Ulster Unionist party was the strongest party, and had several seats at Westminster. Since then, possibly due to apathy on the part of the more conservative population, who were sick to death of politics, allowed the DUP to take over the representation of the Protestants, to a point where now the Ulster Unionists have one member of Parliament, Lady Sylvia Hermon, representing, probably, a high proportion of the electorate, who are still apathetic.
Recently we have had two conflicting financial problems, on the one hand we have the Treasury demanding that we make £122m efficiency savings inside the next two years, which is clearly a mountain to climb, and will have far reaching deleterious effects, at the same time, the Appointed Minister Designate for Social Development for the new Executive, Margaret Ritchie, makes a serious political blunder, which I believe to have been intentional, thus causing a judicial enquiry costing £300,000 and judicial censure. When asked about this she was totally unrepentant, and determined to continue in office. I find this also confusing as today there seem to be so many cases in political life both here and in Westminster, where lack of honesty seems to be able to be maintained without reprisal.
For example, Sinn Fein, whose elected representatives refuse to sit in Parliament, seem to be making a mockery of Parliament itself, because while not attending the debates, they are actually enabled, through knocking on doors, to achieve their ends. This implies by the very nature of its success, that in fact the debates are a waste of time, and the whole system could be conducted behind closed doors. This statement, of course, ignores the need for open government, which has been the basis of our legislative system. On the face of it Sinn Fein has disenfranchised the electoral seats that they allegedly represent, and they have been allowed to get away with it.
Recently, on a Sunday, in the politics show, Sir Reg Empey was confusing me with his new proposal of joining the Ulster Unionists in some manner with the British Conservative party, as a unit to represent Protestants in the North of Ireland. His confusing explanation, citing the different combinations that one can vote for, made me believe yet again, that the Unionist vote will be split among so many parties, that the whole of Northern Ireland conservatism will be relatively unrepresented. Whether this matters, in the light of what I have written in the paragraph above, seems open to debate.
Published 2nd May, 2009 By jp
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