Movie of the Week - Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire De Melody Nelson

Melody Nelson, a short film directed Jean-Christophe Avery, based on Serge Gainsbourg's 1971 album, starring Serge and Jane Birkin. Click here for the complete story.

NYNS - J'ai vu New York

(Republished from the New York Nobody Sings) "Empire State Building oh! Rockfeller Center oh! Internationnal Building oh! Waldorf Astoria oh! Pan American Building oh! Bank of Manhattan oh!" Basically a list of New York landmarks (I saw New York! It's high!), circa 1964, who better to capture the sexy, sleek, international flavor of mid-60's New York than Serge Gainsbourg with his "New York USA"? Hat tip to Mr. Lee for the inspiration.

Daily Travels - Serge, Bob and some giraffes

Jerry Lee Lewis Meets Serge Gainsbourg

Ever wonder what might happen when two cultural icons, both seemingly under the influence of probably two different (or more) intoxicants, meet? Not a lot, it turns out, but it's entertaining enough for a couple of minutes.



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Serge Gainsbourg biopic

Bonne annee, indeed! It's only 9:30AM on the first morning of 2010, and already we've found our pick for sexiest music film of the year...a bio of Serge Gainsbourg entitled Gainsbourg (vie Heroique). This will be released in France this month, and it appears that Focus Features will have it for the US, so get thee down to your local arthouse. This looks very good. Laetitia, it's good to see you. Visit the film website here - it helps if you can speak French.

Below, there is the official trailer, as well as a playlist collecting the several excerpts posted on youtube. They're all relatively short, and will give you a good idea for the flavor of the film.