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Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities.
Paris 1928 – Episode 2/3
First broadcast: Aug 2014.
Dr James Fox tells the story of Paris in 1928. It was a city that attracted people dreaming of a better world after World War I. This was the year when the surrealists Magritte, Dali and Bunuel brought their bizarre new vision to the people, and when emigre writers and musicians such as Ernest Hemingway and George Gershwin came looking for inspiration.
Paris in 1928 was where black musicians and dancers like Josephine Baker found adulation, where Cole Porter took time off from partying to write Let’s Do It, and where radical architect Le Corbusier planned a modernist utopia that involved pulling down much of Paris itself.
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Song at 5:30?
Did we hear Gershwin? This chaps shows are so empty of genuine content.
Absolute dribble about Paris being cheap in the 20s. One of the most expensive cities in the world at the time. Inflation was rampant.
I'm going to Paris on day after COVID!!!
Thank you for posting this!
October 10 1997, I spent the weekend in Paris. I enjoyed the food and drink. The hotel was okay, but not impressive. The city itself and the people was cold, harsh and uninviting. I was very glad to get back to my home in Schwanfeld, Germany. I immediately went to my backyard patio and garden and relaxed as I gazed out over the roling farm hills in the distant haze as the farmer puttered on his tractor ploughing his fields. I was reminded of Van Gogh by the colors I witnessed.
I did not miss Paris.
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I am frequently in Paris, I love being there . I travel a lot and I learn to pick up what’s special about each city, even if I am there for a day or two. Still Paris is my loveliest. I would give my soul for a smallest room for my own. If you do whatever you do the best in the world , Paris will accept you.
Opal Jenkins
Do you have the Vienna episode of Bright Lights to post online?
Thank you for this engaging documentary. I have been reading Stanley Karnow's account of his time in Paris, but having visuals is a plus!
By the way, does anyone know the song beginning at 11:28?
This is great but somewhat joyless?
Thank you! He's great! Love his enthusiasm
Thank you for sharing this!
never underestimate a Fox
Thanks, I adore Paris and the arts. Such a pleasure to find them both in your video. Great job.
very good. loving this!
Thanks for all the videos you upload. I appreciate 'em.
3/4 is blocked in several countries….