Hi everybody,
I'm adding this amazing interview of François-René Cristiani who answered several questions about the time he had an interview with Jacques Brel, Leo Ferre and Georges Brassens.
The interview was conducted by Laurent Muhleisen a few years ago in 2008. Enjoy!
Three questions to François-René Cristiani :
Laurent Muhleisen : How hard was it technically and socially to bring together these three artists of this stature ?
François-René Cristiani : Even more easy than one can imagine! First of all because a young journalist who belongs to "May 68" period did not know what doubt is... and because the magazine where the interview would be published was the Rock§Folk magazine which was popular among artists. After that the network, friends of friends and then the face to face contact on the backstage or in the recording studio with the three singers allowed me to have their agreement in principle. A confirmation letter typed on my Olivetti "Valentine" did the rest. I spent one of the most fantastic moment of my life, thrilled like never before by the exchanges, the words, the sense of humour, the ideas and the provocations that popped out of these three big artists. I still have the impression today that these 2 hours of interview with those 3 emancipated minds made me study humanities in a different field of course from my old philosophy teachers but still not less deeper. The bond they share as artists opened doors that would be quickly shut down today by the political correctness. Of course sliding alongside the anarchists play a role in it.
L.M. : 40 years later, what do you think of the period Brel Brassens and Ferre create and perform their songs ? Has the environment of work and artist status changed ?
F.-R.C. : The three of them had all ate mad cows meat before they eventually became the three biggest poet of the 60s.They saw themselves as craftmen, hard workers they didn't see themselves as stars. A devoted secretary, a good artistic director, awesome musicians (as they were too) were enough for them. They were particularly closed to literature, poetry, jazz, classical music, opera, cinema. The devoted artistic road they took made them as they remain today : friendly, approachable, close to you and irreplaceable. Far less than one can expect they didn't care of their "artist" status at all, they didn't need any army of press assistant nor lawyers to perform their art.
L.M. : When talking about their characters and all the work they did as artists why do think they still remain unique ?
F.-R. C. : First of all for their humanity - calm, bon vivant or radical. Then for their talent of course in different artistic fields but always closed to mankind, words, poetry and music which remain unequalled. They were and still remain today three big popular artists. One can see that the time passing doesn't alter anything !
Translated by Bobbymanhattan.
Here is the link to the part 1 of the article :
http://bobbymanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/09/interview-de-georges-brassens-jacques.html
Bobbymanhattan
I'm adding this amazing interview of François-René Cristiani who answered several questions about the time he had an interview with Jacques Brel, Leo Ferre and Georges Brassens.
The interview was conducted by Laurent Muhleisen a few years ago in 2008. Enjoy!
Three questions to François-René Cristiani :
Laurent Muhleisen : How hard was it technically and socially to bring together these three artists of this stature ?
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| François-René Cristiani |
L.M. : 40 years later, what do you think of the period Brel Brassens and Ferre create and perform their songs ? Has the environment of work and artist status changed ?
F.-R.C. : The three of them had all ate mad cows meat before they eventually became the three biggest poet of the 60s.They saw themselves as craftmen, hard workers they didn't see themselves as stars. A devoted secretary, a good artistic director, awesome musicians (as they were too) were enough for them. They were particularly closed to literature, poetry, jazz, classical music, opera, cinema. The devoted artistic road they took made them as they remain today : friendly, approachable, close to you and irreplaceable. Far less than one can expect they didn't care of their "artist" status at all, they didn't need any army of press assistant nor lawyers to perform their art.
L.M. : When talking about their characters and all the work they did as artists why do think they still remain unique ?
F.-R. C. : First of all for their humanity - calm, bon vivant or radical. Then for their talent of course in different artistic fields but always closed to mankind, words, poetry and music which remain unequalled. They were and still remain today three big popular artists. One can see that the time passing doesn't alter anything !
Translated by Bobbymanhattan.
Here is the link to the part 1 of the article :
http://bobbymanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/09/interview-de-georges-brassens-jacques.html
Bobbymanhattan
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