Podcasts TV There's Sometimes a Buggy May Special Subject Jacques Becker Sampler - ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (1947); RENDEZ-VOUS DE JUILLET (1949); CASQUE DOR (1952) and TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (1954)

May Special Subject Jacques Becker Sampler - ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (1947); RENDEZ-VOUS DE JUILLET (1949); CASQUE DOR (1952) and TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (1954)

Published: May 27, 2022, 5:09 a.m.

Join your hosts as they race the clock to adumbrate the myriad merits of French Golden Age Master, Jacques Becker! We key in on the director\u2019s ingenious use of diverse genres to drop diegetic depth charges into the abyss of gendered subjectivity at midcentury. From the nerve-wracking rom-complications of Antoine et Antoinette to the Bert n\u2019 Ernie gangster pyjama party of Touchez pas au grisbi, no four films have ever done a better (or more rapturously entertaining) job of laying bare the unbecoming banality of being under Patriarchy.

\xa0

Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (1947) [dir. Jacques Becker]

0h 36m 27s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 RENDEZ-VOUS DE JUILLET (1949) [dir. Jacques Becker]

0h 56m 15s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 CASQUE D\u2019OR (1952) [dir. Jacques Becker]

1h 21m 51s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (1954) [dir. Jacques Becker]

\xa0

+++

* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

* Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of\xa0The Internet Archive)

* Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d

* Check out Dave\u2019s new Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!\xa0

Follow us on Twitter at\xa0@therebuggy

Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com

We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join!\xa0