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(in case you're curious: yes, there's a link.
Lars von Trier, who was at the forefront of Dogma 95, went on making Melancholia, with Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of French music legend Serge Gainsbourg, and Jane Birkin. Melancholia also featured Charlotte Rampling, who was married to Jean-Michel Jarre. Jean-Michel Jarre was himself the son of Film soundtrack legend Maurice Jarre – Lawrence of Arabia's among many others – and became a synthesiser music star of his own in the 80s…)

So just to summarise, the son of the guy known for composing that:
https://youtu.be/Qr5E54nCDg0?si=uNH3ie4ghBDrBDVn&t=69

… became famous for that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCLEZM_N0K8

… and was married to an actress who starred alongside Woody Allen, Timothee Chalamet and countless others:

The 80s were a wild time.

@deivudesu You keep on talking about JM Jarre in the past. I was afraid he was dead for a second.

(TIL that he's been married with Gong Li for the past 7 years or so... Gong Li who's now 60... I sometimes forget that people age... although in her case, I have doubts)

@David wow. didn't even know about the whole gong li thing (to be fair, only discovered the Charlotte Rampling part while looking her up on wikipedia through said rabbit hole convo).

@deivudesu Jarre and Rampling in the 80s were the coolest couple in France.

La Belle Kapok Mar 22

@deivudesu @David dropping in because you mentioned Serge, and this is simultaneously the most Serge and most French thing ever:
https://youtu.be/unYu22Ign1E?si=xUNtwTZZQwPfJlCx

Again, the 80s were wild.

French Kids Paying Tribute to Serge Gainsbourg (1988)

YouTube

@mylesserhalf I may have seen it live on TV. (it's a very famous segment)

It's a very strange piece. In the late 80s, he was such a drunk that he almost was a zombie, but this song (released in the early 70s) may be his most beautiful.

@deivudesu

@mylesserhalf @David I mean, Serge Gainsbourg is 200 entries of his own into this curio cabinet… 😅

OlDirtyGaijin

@mylesserhalf @deivudesu @David and they say smoking isn’t cool

Coen van der Geest Mar 22

Gong Li was right behind me at the JMJ concert in Brussels last year. She was dancing and singing along. At one point during the encores she shouted the title of the next track. I joked that it was like she had seen the concert before.

@deivudesu "Cheesy" now, but not then. This was the most amazing concert on the planet, then.

@David I'd argue it *was* cheesy then, possibly even cheesier. 😆
It certainly was less dated. But the whole sunglasses-wearing light-keyboard arpeggio playing thing with lasers and fireworks in the background: was already cheesy back then.

Then again, cheesy doesn't necessarily mean bad, and as long as it brings people joy ♥️