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Susan Sontag talks about freedom of expression

Publication date 27/07/1972 From €100.00

American writers and America

Essayist and novelist Susan SONTAG is interviewed on freedom of expression in the United States. She explains: "There is no censorship here, indeed. You can say anything, but at the same time, you often get the impression that what you say counts very little"..." There is an ability to absorb dissenting ideas in this society, fantastic, we are very quickly recovered...".

James Ellroy on Brothers John Fitzgerald and Bob Kennedy

Publication date 18/04/2001 From €100.00

American writers and America

The American writer is invited on the set of the show "Des mots de minuit" to talk about his latest book "American death trip". During the interview he gives his point of view on the former President of the United States, John Fitzgerarld Kennedy, whom he seems to hate, he explains: "... I believe that this guy was at the beginning of his two and a half years at the head of the state, and that sooner or later his naiveté will be proven, he will betray people, he will betray organized crime that will have rendered him many services, he will fuck the Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs, that his madness will cause his death...". He then says he prefers Robert Kennedy.

Douglas Kennedy on religion

Publication date 11/10/2004 From €100.00

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Douglas Kennedy is invited on the set of the program "Les cinq dernières minutes" to talk about his last book "Au pays de Dieu". Interviewed about the two candidates in the American presidential election, George W Bush and John Kerry and their relationship to religion, he said: "He (George W Bush) had an intimate relationship with Jesus, frankly, directly, he speaks directly with Jesus... Kerry, he’s very Catholic but privately...for a lot of people in the United States, the fact that Bush is super Christian is great, but there are a lot of Americans like me, on the laic side, who hate the fact that Bush is super Christian and talks about his intimate relationships with God...".

Norman Mailer à propos de l'assassinat de JFK et de Lee Harvey Oswald

Publication date 16/11/1995 From €100.00

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L'écrivain américain Norman Mailer, qui est venu présenter son dernier livre "Oswald, un mystère américain", explique l'impact de l'assassinat de John Fitzgerald Kennedy et de Lee Harvey Oswald sur le peuple américain : "Ces deux évènements ont secoué, ont ébranlé les Etats-Unis... L'Amérique a changé à partir de ce jour... Le résultat aujourd'hui, c'est cette méfiance et cette haine omniprésente aux Etats-Unis... Cette idée qu'on a voulu enterrer toute cette affaire a eu un effet très négatif sur les dirigeants américains."

Norman Mailer talks about the Kennedy years

Publication date 16/11/1995 From €100.00

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American writer Norman Mailer came to present his latest book "Oswald, an American mystery". Interviewed about the Kennedy years as the years of happiness and the embodied American dream, he says: "In retrospect yes, but at the time Kennedy was complaining because he wasn’t as left as we hoped, but in retrospect indeed, it was the golden age...".

Mary Higgins Clark on the US election

Publication date 08/06/2008 From €100.00

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American novelist Mary Higgins Clark is invited on the set of the show to present her latest book "Where are you now?". Interviewed about the American presidential election and deploring the absence of Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, she explains: "...yes, that she is a Democratic candidate, because she has so much experience. England got Margaret Thatcher, Israel got Golda Meir... we’re supposed to be the biggest democracy and don’t have a woman in the White House yet...".

Susan Sontag on American Cultural Policy

Publication date 09/11/1993 From €100.00

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American writer Susan Sontag is invited to the show to talk about her latest book "Disease as a Metaphor". Asked about the fight for creation and freedom of expression in the United States, she explains: "...there is very little support for the arts compared to Europe, it is minimal in the United States. There are not really any state subsidies, it is for this reason that the greatest artists, in the theatrical fields, like Lucinda Childs, like Bob Wilson and Peter Sellars, have made most of their career in Europe...".

Russell Banks donne sa vision du rêve américain

Publication date 14/09/2005 From €100.00

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L'écrivain américain Russel Banks est venu présenter son dernier livre "American Darling". Interviewé, il dit son pessimisme de la société américaine et du "rêve américain : "Au cours des quatre dernières années, mais surtout depuis qu'il y a une administration Bush, les divisions entre les races et entre les classes sont devenues de plus en plus rigides, de plus en plus douloureuses, sont de plus en plus larges, donc ce fantasme doit s'effondrer, s'écrouler... Mon pessimisme se fonde surtout sur ce que je perçois comme la mise en place progressive d'un Etat que je ne peux que décrire comme une ploutocratie fasciste..."

James Baldwin on the situation of black Americans

Publication date 21/10/1970 From €100.00

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James BALDWIN, addressing Jean-François REVEL, talks about the situation of black Americans in the United States, underlining the misunderstanding of this situation by whites and the West.

Bret Easton Ellis evokes American society

Publication date 17/04/1992 From €100.00

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The American writer is invited on the set of the show to talk about his latest book "American psycho". In his speech he often makes back and forth between his book and the reality of American society of the Reagan years, whose superficiality he evokes: "...the Americans began to believe in the superficiality of things, the superficiality of things became reality, the superficiality defined people, we did not look beyond the surface, Bateman or Reagan, so we saw this very beautiful character, very kind, who promised a lot of good things..."

James Baldwin on racism in the United States

Publication date 08/09/1985 From €100.00

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American writer James Baldwin is the guest of the newspaper to present his book "Murders in Atlanta". Interviewed about the persistence of racism in the United States, he explains: "I would like to say the opposite but I cannot. It is part of our history, it is part of the so-called white identity and it also involves economic life, here in America and South Africa...".

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