Alain Delon is the shit. His Ripley character in Plein Soleil could kick Matt Damon's ass in The Talented Mr. Ripley, any day (and I don't really have anything against Matt Damon; in fact, I think he's okay). Delon managed that rare feat in acting of overcoming his amazing looks and giving fantastic, nuanced performances in every movie he was in. Never just a pretty face. If you aren't fluent in Delon, check out the aforementioned Plein Soleil (aka Purple Noon), Le Samurai, The Leopard, and Rocco and His Brothers, for starters. I love that he worked with Visconti quite a bit. You know Visconti was in love with him, for sure. Who wouldn't be?
Delon is still kicking, btw.
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mai oui, ma cherie.
ooo la la!
If you love Alain Delon as much as I do, do not, I REPEAT, do not google to look for a current photo of him. Just pretend he's dead and leave it at that.
And here's another unsavory tidbit from Wikipedia: "In January 2007, he will perform on stage The Bridges of Madison County with Mireille Darc at Théâtre Marigny in Paris."
Wasn't he also involved with some sort of mafia intrigue involving a dead body in a dumpster??? We'll always have LE SAMOUAI, Alain cheri...je t'aime!
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