Photo of Jacques Offenbach
Photo of Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach

“In the Champs-Élysées, there was a little theatre to let, built for [the magician] Lacaze but closed for many years. I knew that the Exhibition of 1855 would bring many people into this locality. By May, I had found twenty supporters and on 15 June I secured the lease. Twenty days later, I gathered my librettists and I opened the "Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens".”

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    THE COWBOY AND THE FRENCHMAN

    DAVID LYNCH United States, 1988

    Slow your horses, partner! Yes, you read that right—this is a deep cut from the one and only David Lynch. Complete with a charmingly goofy turn from Harry Dean Stanton, this miniature comedy mixes American spirit with French panache and ends in a dream-like spectacle worthy of Lady Liberty.

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