News and Pics

Recently it was announced that Luca Guadagnino will be remaking 'La Piscine' starring Dakota Johnson. Personally, not thrilled about this as it is one of the few films I love that I have wanted to remake myself, as I have seriously wanted to explore the themes of the original film further. One hopes Guadagnino's version will do the same. In the meantime, here are some Romy pics to ease any and all pain.

Vanity Fair Cover

Current issue of VANITY FAIR magazine (fr) features a stunning image of Romy!

The Important Thing Is To Love (Fan Trailer)

FAN MADE TRAILER

The Important Thing Is To Love (1975) from La Belle Aurore Films on Vimeo.

VIDEO: French television documentary, La Piscine, and L'important C'est Daimer

A 2010 TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY ON ROMY(FRENCH ONLY) NO ENGLISH

LA PISCINE (THE SWIMMING POOL) - FRENCH W/ENGLISH SUBTITLES

L'IMPORTANT C'EST D'AIMER (FRENCH/NO SUBTITLES)

1976 INTERVIEW (IN FRENCH/NO SUBTITLES)

Romy In The Afternoon

INFERNO

Who saw it? Who loved it?

5 Romy Rarities: Pictorial

ROMY and PETER FINCH in JULES DASSIN'S "10:30PM SUMMER"



ROMY and PETER FINCH in JULES DASSIN'S "10:30PM SUMMER"





ROMY, JULES, and MELINA "10:30PM SUMMER"





ROMY and ZULAWSKI "L'important C'est D'aimer"





ROMY and ORSON WELLES "The Trial"

5 Romy Rarities: Pictorial

From a delted sequence in "L'important C'est D'imer" By Jean Gaumy

5 Romy pics rare to me and perhaps, to you...



L'important C'est D'aimer By Jean Gaumy



L'important C'est D'aimer By Jean Gaumy



'Le Fluer' From La Pascine



'Golden'

romy: Photo Book - ich werde nie halbe sachen machen

I have to recommend this uncredible "11x11' photo book one of my nearest and dearest got me not too long ago. Titled simply, 'romy: ich werde halbe sachen machen"





It comes with two CD's featuring tracks from her films as well as tracks with her singing from Les Choses de la Vie.



It includes tracks from " Fantome D'Amour, Cesar et Rosalie, Les Choses de la Vie, Le Train, and Max et las Ferrailleurs.



The book is filled with beautiful two page posed and candid centerfold portraits of Romy.



All the text in my edition is in German. I don't know if there even is an english translated version, but there is next to nil text outside of the CD track lists.

The back sleeve has a small bit of translated text as follows;
"On the occasion of the 25th anniverary of her death, this book pays homage to the wonderful actress Romy Schneider and reminds us of a powerful and sensitive artist. The turbulent private life of the movie star inspired many headlines and it was filled with even more drama than her career. However, she was always attracted to the opposite of the "easy way".

The renowned film composers Riz Ortolani and Phillipe Sarde provided the unforgettable mood of Romy Schneider's most significant movies. Two CD's contain an exquisite selection of film scores."

I must disagree and add myself that one of her absolute most significant movies was "L'important C'est D'aimer". The score to which was composed by the magnificent Georges Delerue, which sadly is not included her, but can be acquired in the films limited edition dvd from MONDO VISION (which I will also highlight here soon).



In regards to this book though, if you're a Romy lover, it's a must have.

Happy New Year

"I love to go to the limits of possibility - at work as well as in my emotional life." - Romy Schneider

The Romy Schneider Season?

I'm not sure how I missed this, ROMY SCHNEIDER SEASON in the U.K.?!!! We need something like this in the states. She's international, after all. And what better place to initiate it than via THE ROMY: Obsessions & Revelations? It may not be official, but it will be. Just don't be surprised if I announce Romy Schneider Season, every season :)

Piccoli at 85

Happy Birthday to Michel Piccoli, long time co-star to Romy Schneider. 85. I discovered Piccoli years ago through Hitchcock's film TOPAZ. And then through Ferrari's LA GRANDE BOUFFE and DILLINGER IS DEAD. But I truly discovered Piccoli and his genius through the films in which he co-starred with Romy.




Les Choses....known in the states as The Things In Life, is a clear example of the magnificent chemistry Piccoli and Schneider produced.





Like her relationship with Alain Delon, Schneider shared something very special with Piccoli. On screen and off, they had a bond.



Every scene shared reveals a creative partnership that surely stems from a very personal simpatico the two had between them, though Piccoli, over 10 years Schneider's senior. There was something much finer and intimate about their friendship. Timeless and transcendent.

Of the at least five films they did together, three of them were directed by Sautet. A director who knew this paring was an essential ingredient for his films.

Here are a few scenes from Sautet's films featuring the two.

The Song of The Siren : The Music and Muse that is Romy Schneider

It wasn't planned, but it is fitting that the Induction of THE ROMY: Obsessions & Revelations, falls on the eve of Michel Piccoli's 85th birthday and begins with a song from Romy and Michel, here performing the Main song from their film "Les choses de la vie", Directed by Claude Sautet. Entitled, "La Chanson d'Helene".

The second video features a German version of the same song "Das Lied der Helene" playing over a beautiful photo montage.