De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991 (1994)

Video | Documentary, Music

Extensive compilation of clips, interviews, TV appearances and other media excerpts that feature Serge Gainsbourg, one of France's greatest 20th century singers and artists.

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Serge Gainsbourg

Himself
Elek Baksik

Himself (segment "Boeuf Jazz")

(archive footage)
Bambou

Herself
Brigitte Bardot

Herself
Michel Berger

Himself (segment "Serge Gainsbourg et Michel Berger au piano")

(archive footage)
Jean Bertho

Himself (segment "Interview par Jean Bertho")

(archive footage)
Bijou

Themselves (segment "Les papillons noirs")

(archive footage)
Jane Birkin

Herself
Jean-Pierre Cassel

(segment "La Javanaise")

(archive footage)
Philippe Clay

(segment "L'assasinat de Franz Léhar")

(archive footage)
Georges Conchon

Himself (segment "Portrait par Georges Conchon")

(archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve

(segment "Dieu fumeur de Havanes")

(archive footage)
Jacques Dutronc

(segment "Les roses fanées")

(archive footage)
Charlotte Gainsbourg

Herself
Lucien Gainsbourg

Himself (segment "Hey man amen")

(archive footage) (as Lulu)

Directors:

Yves Desnos , Yann Grasland , Pierre Andro , Jean Bacqué , Pierre Badel , Georges Barrier , Igor Barrère , Bernard Berthier , Luc Besson , Robert Bober , Françoise Boulain , Jacques Brialy , Jacques Busmel , Jean-Louis Cap , Maurice Cazeneuve , Maurice Chateau , Dominique Colonna , Marcel Cravenne , Claude Dagues , Jean De Nesles , Pierre Desfons , Philippe Ducrest , Maurice Dugowson , Bernard Faroux , Georges Folgoas , Serge Gainsbourg , Pierre Grimblat , Rémy Grumbach , Jacqueline Joubert , Pierre Jourdan , Don Kent , Jean Kerchbron , Charles Kerremans , Marianne Lamour , Philippe Laïk , Eric Le Hung , Yves Lefebvre , Serge Leroy , Guy Lessertisseur , Bernard Lion , Hervé Masquelier , Eddy Matalon , Pierre Neel , Jean-Pierre Oualid , Michel Perin , Jacques Pierre , Gérard Pirès , Jacques Poitrenaud , Roger Pradines , Léo Quoilin , François Reichenbach , Nicolas Ribowski , François-Hubert Rondier , Jacques Samyn , Dirk Sanders , Raoul Sangla , Marion Sarraut , Roger Sciandra , Jean-Pierre Spiero , Fabienne Strouve , Alexandre Tarta , Antoine Tudal , Robert Valey , Gérard Van Der Gucht , Claude Ventura

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28 May 2002 | tim_age

A must own for any European Gainsbourg fan

Gainsbourg is most famous for "Je t'aime... moi non plus", the sleazy duet he sang with his then girlfriend Jane Birkin and the only song ever forbidden by the Pope.

In France he was more of a superstar. He also wrote "Poupée de cire, poupée de son", sung by France Gall who won the Eurovision Songfestival with it. In 1968 he had a short but controversial relationship with Brigitte Bardot, then considered one of the most beautiful women on earth. He set the lyrics of the French national anthem to reggae in 1979. He sang a duet with his daughter Charlotte (then 15) called "Lemon Incest" - you translate it....

This 2 DVD set collects an enormous amount of clips, interviews and live-recordings by Gainsbourg. In fact, I don't think there's anything left out except for his appearances in movies.

There are several highlights on the discs: there's the live interview on French TV where he asks Whitney Houston to f*** him (he was never to appear live on TV again); a live duet with Jane Birkin singing "Comic Strip"; an alternate version of "Je Suis Venu te Dire Que j'en vais"; and many more.

This DVD has been released only in France and it's a region 2 PAL DVD, so it won't be of much use for fans living in the US. Furthermore it is not subtitled and completely in French.

When I got this DVD I watch it from beginning to end in a day - four hours of material - and I recommended it to every Gainsbourg fan that does not already own it.