✔️ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.๐๐๐
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Of course it's not unknown, and rather old judging by the use of the word "recent".
⭐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐... With the most recent interviews we read about ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, we now know the huge impact ๐ท๐๐ฃ๐๐ had on ๐ต๐๐๐๐. And even if ๐ต๐๐๐๐ thinks that at the time he didn't pay much attention to ๐ท๐๐ฃ๐๐'s influence on him, it is certain that he was aware of the importance of the man ๐ท๐๐ฃ๐๐ was, given the memory that he had of him at the time.
⭐ The question is a pleasant one. That's why I wanted to ask you Soulmates, what is your most cherished memory ? Certainly, we didn't have the opportunity to sing with David Bowie ! ๐
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๐ As for me, if it had to be about a famous person, my most memorable moment was when I was on holiday in Vallauris, a tourist town in the south of France, in summer 1998, where the local speciality is handmade pottery and ceramic.
๐ I was visiting the town when I suddenly came face to face with the statue of Beast, from ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข's film ๐ต๐๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ก, at a street corner. And I had a moment of extreme doubt wondering what she was doing there ! This film was one of my first filmic loves as a child. I always admired and loved ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ as well, the actor who played the Beast. I kept walking and saw a second one a few meters away from the first one. My surprise increased. I walked slowly forward and saw a large poster of ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ in the front window. I stepped back a little and I saw the words “Jean Marais” written above the door, as shown in this picture.
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๐ I rushed out the door to enter what was a small gallery dedicated to ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ and his art. He painted, sculpted, drew, etc. I was in awe of every piece of art I saw. The 'Passe-Muraille' (a large statue of a man walking through the wall taken from an old French movie), sculptures of actors he had made films with in his career, or people he admired. And above all a bust of ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข (another artist I love ! ๐ ). It was so exceptionally unexpected !
๐ I was back in childhood, surrounded by faces, atypical objects seen in the films ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ had played in. That entire surreal world that made me dream all my childhood was there, in front of me, around me. A return to the past. A 'pinch me' situation, like ๐ต๐๐๐๐ said, as I've always admired ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , mainly his role as Beast (which is one of my favorite characters) and ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ข. The original sculpture head of the Beast was there. I stared at it for a long time, delighted and amazed ๐คฉ
๐ Actually, this place was a small museum run by ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ where he displayed his life's art. I had no idea that such a place existed, run by himself ! ๐ฎ
๐ I did not meet him, nor did I see him. I did not know that he had been suffering from cancer for some years. He died that same year, in November 1998. His museum was dismantled due to disputes with his successors a few years later. But it seems, at the latest news, that it will be reborn following donations :)
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ
๐ถ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต... ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ! ๐ถ
๐ฅ https://bit.ly/38mC47r ๐
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