Movies and art on the French Riviera

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It's our series finale on the French Riviera. This time, we're looking at art, especially through the lens of cinema (and the Cannes Film Festival) - and via the paintbrush of the impressionists.

This episode features author Edward Chisholm (Instagram here) and artist Johan Patricny (Instagram here). Cohosted by Lina Nordin Gee (Instagram video of the art here).

Rolling Stone link: https://cornichewatches.com/rolling-stones-exile-ville-nellcote/

Music by Pres Maxson.

Happy travelling! (Find more here: www.theearfultower.com/riviera)

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0:00.0	Hello, folks, Oliver G here from the Earful Tower podcast, and I bring to you today the season finale
0:06.5	of this mini-series about the French Riviera, and we are talking about art on the coat
0:13.6	d'azure. By my side, in life and love and light. Especially light. Yes, that's the theme today.
0:21.7	It's the theme.
0:22.6	It's me.
0:24.1	Yes, Lena Nordenjee, an artist in your own right.
0:27.5	And we'll talk a little bit about that in a second.
0:30.2	But brief recap of this mini-series, we've done Golden Rules for visiting the French Riviera.
0:37.1	We have done literature and the writers that were in the Riviera throughout the centuries.
0:43.6	And last week we tackled some of our favorite places, the hidden gems, the places people must visit.
0:49.9	A little pearls.
0:51.3	And this week it's all about art.
0:53.7	And you guys are going to hear from two very special guests as well as Lena and myself,
0:58.9	holding it all together, talking about cinema and capturing the Riviera with a paintbrush.
1:06.5	Hmm, now I'm intrigued.
1:08.3	Shall we get into it?
1:09.2	Let's do it.
1:38.9	Okay. Hmm, I'm intrigued a quote for you.
1:39.7	Do you?
1:49.5	Yes, it's by the writer Somerset Mourn, who said that the Riviera, the French Riviera, is a sunny place for shady people.
1:52.5	Sounds rather sinister.
1:53.1	Doesn't it?
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