Field of Joy and Liberty
Wednesday, 28. October 2009, 11:24:44
Inthe beginning of the nineties, there was a tv-show on French television, that I would stay up for.
The show, called Le Cercle de Minuit was the brainchild of and hosted by writer, journalist and professor in Philosophie Michel Field and broadcasted, daily and usually live, at about midnight.
There's several reasons that made me stay up that late during weekdays.
The show, a cultural one, mostly about books, writers, theater plays and occasionally about exhibitions succeeded to bring the frail, fragile intimacy and passionate atmosphere of discussions between writers and philosophers into the living room.
Numerous to me unknown authors, mostly French of course, passed in review and virtually every topic was touched. Nothing seemed impossible.
Michel Field has been declared a Libertin, in the truest and original sense of the word, a free thinker, a free spirit.
And it showed.
Whether he'd agree or not, with propositions put forward, there was always genuine interest, and politeness within a framework of relaxed and equal minds, created and meticulously preserved and guarded by the moderator.
The show started with a theme by Geoffrey Oryema.
Here's a link, it requires real player ( or something that can handle .ram files ).
At the end, there'd be a performance by another artist, as part of a promotion for their tour or new album.
If memory serves me well, I'd swear I even saw J.J. Cale perform there.
In 1994 he got replaced by another French journalist and writer, that also had a master in Philosophy, Laure Adler.
The reason, all of this came back to mind, was a broadcast of "Au Field de la Nuit" last Monday, that I accidentally stumbled upon while zapping.
The channel that broadcasts the show is only available to us, cable users, since the end of last year, when the fight for the rights of digital tv and distribution got settled.
Another theme, same spirit, same subjects, same approach.
We're back in the fields of joy and liberty.
Here are some snippets of the show you can watch, youtube style.
A short biography of Michel Field and bibliography.
His book, Impasse de la Nuit gave him the "title" of being a Libertine.
The show, called Le Cercle de Minuit was the brainchild of and hosted by writer, journalist and professor in Philosophie Michel Field and broadcasted, daily and usually live, at about midnight.
There's several reasons that made me stay up that late during weekdays.
The show, a cultural one, mostly about books, writers, theater plays and occasionally about exhibitions succeeded to bring the frail, fragile intimacy and passionate atmosphere of discussions between writers and philosophers into the living room.
Numerous to me unknown authors, mostly French of course, passed in review and virtually every topic was touched. Nothing seemed impossible.
Michel Field has been declared a Libertin, in the truest and original sense of the word, a free thinker, a free spirit.And it showed.
Whether he'd agree or not, with propositions put forward, there was always genuine interest, and politeness within a framework of relaxed and equal minds, created and meticulously preserved and guarded by the moderator.
The show started with a theme by Geoffrey Oryema.
Here's a link, it requires real player ( or something that can handle .ram files ).
At the end, there'd be a performance by another artist, as part of a promotion for their tour or new album.
If memory serves me well, I'd swear I even saw J.J. Cale perform there.
In 1994 he got replaced by another French journalist and writer, that also had a master in Philosophy, Laure Adler.
The reason, all of this came back to mind, was a broadcast of "Au Field de la Nuit" last Monday, that I accidentally stumbled upon while zapping.
The channel that broadcasts the show is only available to us, cable users, since the end of last year, when the fight for the rights of digital tv and distribution got settled.
Another theme, same spirit, same subjects, same approach.
We're back in the fields of joy and liberty.
Here are some snippets of the show you can watch, youtube style.
A short biography of Michel Field and bibliography.
His book, Impasse de la Nuit gave him the "title" of being a Libertine.
WIDGETIZE
slackwrdave # 28. October 2009, 15:59
There is still quality TV out there, but it almost takes a detective to find it.
daxonmacs # 28. October 2009, 18:02
And indeed this show was a pleasure, I never imagined this kind of stuff would provide for decent television, but it did and the hour was usually over before I well realised it.
slackwrdave # 28. October 2009, 18:33
Originally posted by daxonmacs:
It's funny, in a somewhat different vein, I am often amazed that television from over half a century ago is still sometimes considered to be the best there ever was.
It would have been a hoot to be able to tell some of the people on those shows back then that in 2009 their show would still run *every day* and almost all over the world.
daxonmacs # 28. October 2009, 20:18
Fact is that older movies are better too, usually.
Now they depend too much on the special effects and there's too little focus on the story and acting performance.
Shaunak De # 29. October 2009, 09:35
daxonmacs # 29. October 2009, 10:46
Composing with a computer or synthesizer is fine with me, I even think it is handy.
Not everyone can just write the notes down and imagine what it would sound like when performed by an orchestra, like the great composers could.