De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (1994) (V)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Yves Desnos
Yann Grasland

Release Date:

1994 (France)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Serge Gainsbourg	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elek Baksik	...	Himself (segment "Boeuf Jazz") (archive footage)
Bambou	...	Herself
Brigitte Bardot	...	Herself
Michel Berger	...	Himself (segment "Serge Gainsbourg et Michel Berger au piano") (archive footage)
Jean Bertho	...	Himself (segment "Interview par Jean Bertho") (archive footage)
Bijou	...	Themselves (segment "Les papillons noirs") (archive footage)
Jane Birkin	...	Herself
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	(segment "La Javanaise") (archive footage)
Philippe Clay	...	(segment "L'assasinat de Franz Léhar") (archive footage)
Georges Conchon	...	Himself (segment "Portrait par Georges Conchon") (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve	...	(segment "Dieu fumeur de Havanes") (archive footage)
Jacques Dutronc	...	(segment "Les roses fanées") (archive footage)
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Herself
Lucien Gainsbourg	...	Himself (segment "Hey man amen") (archive footage) (as Lulu)
France Gall	...	Herself (segments "Serge Gainsbourg et France Gall" / "Dents de lait, dents de loup" / "Les sucettes") (archive footage)
Michel Gaudry	...	Himself (segment "Boeuf Jazz") (archive footage)
Philippe Gildas	...	Himself (segment "Interview par Philippe Gildas") (archive footage)
Denise Glaser	...	Herself (segments "Interview par Denis Glaser") (archive footage)
Pierre Grimblat	...	Himself (segment "Interview de Pierre Grimblat") (archive footage)
Françoise Hardy	...	Herself
Screamin' Jay Hawkins	...	(segment "Constipation Blues") (archive footage)
Gillian Hills	...	Herself (segment "Une petite tasse d'anxiété") (archive footage)
Anna Karina	...	Herself
Valérie Lagrange	...	(segment "La Javanaise") (archive footage)
Michel Lancelot	...	Himself (segment "Interview par Michel Lancelot") (archive footage)
Philippe Lerichomme	...	Himself - recording producer
Eddy Mitchell	...	(segment "Vieille canaille") (archive footage)
Vanessa Paradis	...	Herself
Bernard Pivot	...	Himself (segment "Interview par Bernard Pivot") (archive footage)
Michel Simon	...	(segment "L'herbe tendre") (archive footage)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Company:

INA Enterprise

Soundtrack:

69, année érotique

A must own for any European Gainsbourg fan

Gainsbourg is most famous for "Je t'aime... moi non plus", the sleazy duet he sang with his then girlfriend Jane Birkin and the only song ever forbidden by the Pope.

In France he was more of a superstar. He also wrote "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", sung by France Gall who won the Eurovision Songfestival with it. In 1968 he had a short but controversial relationship with Brigitte Bardot, then considered one of the most beautiful women on earth. He set the lyrics of the French national anthem to reggae in 1979. He sang a duet with his daughter Charlotte (then 15) called "Lemon Incest" - you translate it....

This 2 DVD set collects an enormous amount of clips, interviews and live-recordings by Gainsbourg. In fact, I don't think there's anything left out except for his appearances in movies.

There are several highlights on the discs: there's the live interview on French TV where he asks Whitney Houston to f*** him (he was never to appear live on TV again); a live duet with Jane Birkin singing "Comic Strip"; an alternate version of "Je Suis Venu te Dire Que j'en vais"; and many more.

This DVD has been released only in France and it's a region 2 PAL DVD, so it won't be of much use for fans living in the US. Furthermore it is not subtitled and completely in French.

When I got this DVD I watch it from beginning to end in a day - four hours of material - and I recommended it to every Gainsbourg fan that does not already own it.