Isn't the Feist woman from Montreal?
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flea - Mar 13, 2008 9:53:22 am PDT #4304 of 10000
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Sue - Mar 13, 2008 9:55:05 am PDT #4305 of 10000
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Isn't the Feist woman from Montreal?
She is from Calgary, and now lives in France and Toronto.
megan walker - Mar 13, 2008 9:55:29 am PDT #4306 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Does she sing in French though? I wanted to use Arcade Fire, but they don't have that much in French.
Also, speaking of Arcade Fire, thanks PC!
Polter-Cow - Mar 13, 2008 9:58:50 am PDT #4307 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
For the record, if I get around to posting, I'll be posting the Robots in Disguise song "La Nuit," the Apocalyptica song "En Vie," and something by Autour de Lucie.
Nutty - Mar 13, 2008 10:08:06 am PDT #4308 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The extent of my Canadian film-making knowledge is Jesus of Montreal and Atom Egoyan. The latter of whom does include Francophone characters, now and then, but doesn't direct in French to my knowledge.
...and I thought I was all informed and stuff by knowing that Much Music, a music TV channel we used to get in the high, weird parts of cable was a Canadian (Anglophone) channel.
Hayden - Mar 13, 2008 10:08:38 am PDT #4309 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Aren't Godspeed You Black Emporer from Montreal? And Stars? And The Unicorns, who are now called Islands, I believe? And the genius guitarist for Pelican, Laurent Schroeder-Lebec. And the McGarrigle sisters - I can't think of their names, but one's Rufus & Martha Wainwright's mom? I think that's all I have.
As for Francophone African directors, I'm at a loss. But there's that actor guy, Isaac De Benkole (which I'm probably horribly misspelling), from the Jarmusch movies. I've heard of Ousmane Sembene, but I've never seen one of his movies. I've seen a movie about Fela Kuti called Music Is The Weapon, but I think the filmmakers were from French television.
juliana - Mar 13, 2008 10:09:21 am PDT #4310 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
The Barbarian Invasions is the only Quebecois film I've seen in recent memory. That was Quebecois, right?
Hayden - Mar 13, 2008 10:09:52 am PDT #4311 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, and there was the French-Canadian movie The Barbarian Invasions.
xpost, and jinx.
Dana - Mar 13, 2008 10:11:28 am PDT #4312 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
Hayden - Mar 13, 2008 10:14:48 am PDT #4313 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Thanks! Are they actually French-Canadian or am I misremembering?