I've told a few friends that I got La Roue, and how I enjoyed it. The
only thing is I have no French friends to ask how it's pronounced.

I've been saying (Roo-eh), but.......???

When I was 15 with my first girlfriend we were going to see the Discrete
  Charm of the Bourgeois. Until someone told me differently at the end
of the evening, I was saying we were going to see the Discrete charm of
the "Ber-gois-ehh"!!! Quell Damage!! My only comment was "why didn't you
tell me before I said it 300 times!?"

Next to ber-gois-ehh mispronouncing La Roue, is a trifle but I'd like to
know the correct way....

Anyone know? Thanks

spiritus

I've told a few friends that I got La Roue, and how I enjoyed it. The
only thing is I have no French friends to ask how it's pronounced.

I've been saying (Roo-eh), but.......???

When I was 15 with my first girlfriend we were going to see the Discrete
  Charm of the Bourgeois. Until someone told me differently at the end
of the evening, I was saying we were going to see the Discrete charm of
the "Ber-gois-ehh"!!! Quell Damage!! My only comment was "why didn't you
tell me before I said it 300 times!?"

Next to ber-gois-ehh mispronouncing La Roue, is a trifle but I'd like to
know the correct way....

Anyone know? Thanks

spiritus

I've told a few friends that I got La Roue, and how I enjoyed it. The
only thing is I have no French friends to ask how it's pronounced.

I've been saying (Roo-eh), but.......???

When I was 15 with my first girlfriend we were going to see the Discrete
Charm of the Bourgeois. Until someone told me differently at the end of
the evening, I was saying we were going to see the Discrete charm of the
"Ber-gois-ehh"!!! Quell Damage!! My only comment was "why didn't you
tell me before I said it 300 times!?"

Next to ber-gois-ehh mispronouncing La Roue, is a trifle but I'd like to
know the correct way....

Anyone know? Thanks

On May 8, 5:44 pm, spiritus <NoS... at (no spam) mindspring.com> wrote:
I've told a few friends that I got La Roue, and how I enjoyed it. The
only thing is I have no French friends to ask how it's pronounced.

I've been saying (Roo-eh), but.......???

When I was 15 with my first girlfriend we were going to see the Discrete
Charm of the Bourgeois. Until someone told me differently at the end
of the evening, I was saying we were going to see the Discrete charm of
the "Ber-gois-ehh"!!! Quell Damage!! My only comment was "why didn't you
tell me before I said it 300 times!?"

Next to ber-gois-ehh mispronouncing La Roue, is a trifle but I'd like to
know the correct way....

Anyone know? Thanks

spiritus

Some confusion may come from the fact that both Roue (roo) and Roué
(Roo-ay) are French words. The first is a wheel, the second (with an
accent aigue on the e, in case that doesn't show up in your browser)
means a worldly cad. The film is Roue, as in wheel.

Rodney
thanks everyone who responded. I reckon I'll drop the "eh" when I say

. . . I suppose street is just spelled rou, still it
sounds the same.

One night in Paris I gave a group of film addicted Parisians (but that
is another story) a hilarious (apparently) evening as I attempted to
pronounce the difference between "fou" and "fou" (sp?) one meaning fool
the other meaning fire. They took turns pronouncing for me the (obvious)
difference, and found it unendingly (and somewhat tiresomely) amusing as
I got it wrong every time. Go figure the French.....

spiritus wrote:
. . . I suppose street is just spelled rou, still it
sounds the same.

No, street is rue -- pronounced more like rew, but you still need to
roll the r.  That's the rub.

One night in Paris I gave a group of film addicted Parisians (but that
is another story) a hilarious (apparently) evening as I attempted to
pronounce the difference between "fou" and "fou" (sp?) one meaning fool
the other meaning fire. They took turns pronouncing for me the (obvious)
difference, and found it unendingly (and somewhat tiresomely) amusing as
I got it wrong every time. Go figure the French.....

Fire is feu . . . pronounced more like fuh, with a very short u.

Mar de Cortes Baja

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I've told a few friends that I got La Roue, and how I enjoyed it. The only
thing is I have no French friends to ask how it's pronounced.

I've been saying (Roo-eh), but.......???

When I was 15 with my first girlfriend we were going to see the Discrete
Charm of the Bourgeois. Until someone told me differently at the end of
the evening, I was saying we were going to see the Discrete charm of the
"Ber-gois-ehh"!!! Quell Damage!! My only comment was "why didn't you tell
me before I said it 300 times!?"

Next to ber-gois-ehh mispronouncing La Roue, is a trifle but I'd like to
know the correct way....


Anyone know? Thanks

spiritus

Hey, I am just impressed that you have a few friends who would care that you
bought the DVD of a 85 year old French silent film that runs four and half
hours! I think you should throw a La Roue party for them--this would be
mind-blowing to read about.


They really do deserve a party for having so patiently listened to what

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I've told a few friends that I got La Roue, and how I enjoyed it. The
only thing is I have no French friends to ask how it's pronounced.

I've been saying (Roo-eh), but.......???

When I was 15 with my first girlfriend we were going to see the Discrete
Charm of the Bourgeois. Until someone told me differently at the end of
the evening, I was saying we were going to see the Discrete charm of the
"Ber-gois-ehh"!!! Quell Damage!! My only comment was "why didn't you
tell me before I said it 300 times!?"

Next to ber-gois-ehh mispronouncing La Roue, is a trifle but I'd like to
know the correct way....


Anyone know? Thanks

spiritus

Hey, I am just impressed that you have a few friends who would care that
you bought the DVD of a 85 year old French silent film that runs four and
half hours! I think you should throw a La Roue party for them--this would
be mind-blowing to read about.
They really do deserve a party for having so patiently listened to what
must amount to hours of me talking about silent movies. I have a feeling
they endure it to an extent. Though one has actually obtained and watched
silents I've mentioned (I can't wait to see what she thinks of The Saga of
Gosta Berling, at 3 hours long). I Love Mauritz Stiller's films. Pity
there are only 3 of them after that fire in the film vault.

Another is coming to visit and said she wants to "see some of your silent
movies" But she's also the person who commented (when I bought some $37
movie)"For a Silent!?, I just bought Felini's Roma for $12 and it has
sound!" So I'm not sure what to show her...

spiritus

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I've told a few friends that I got La Roue, and how I enjoyed it. The
only thing is I have no French friends to ask how it's pronounced.

I've been saying (Roo-eh), but.......???

When I was 15 with my first girlfriend we were going to see the
Discrete Charm of the Bourgeois. Until someone told me differently at
the end of the evening, I was saying we were going to see the Discrete
charm of the "Ber-gois-ehh"!!! Quell Damage!! My only comment was "why
didn't you tell me before I said it 300 times!?"

Next to ber-gois-ehh mispronouncing La Roue, is a trifle but I'd like
to know the correct way....


Anyone know? Thanks

spiritus

Hey, I am just impressed that you have a few friends who would care that
you bought the DVD of a 85 year old French silent film that runs four
and half hours! I think you should throw a La Roue party for them--this
would be mind-blowing to read about.
They really do deserve a party for having so patiently listened to what
must amount to hours of me talking about silent movies. I have a feeling
they endure it to an extent. Though one has actually obtained and watched
silents I've mentioned (I can't wait to see what she thinks of The Saga
of Gosta Berling, at 3 hours long). I Love Mauritz Stiller's films. Pity
there are only 3 of them after that fire in the film vault.

Another is coming to visit and said she wants to "see some of your silent
movies" But she's also the person who commented (when I bought some $37
movie)"For a Silent!?, I just bought Felini's Roma for $12 and it has
sound!" So I'm not sure what to show her...

spiritus

Actually that is an interesting question: Generically (which is all it can
be, without knowing the friend in question), what is the first silent you
would show to a friend? Let's make it harder, and rule out a comedy. Let's
further assume the friend is reasonably intelligent, and not a hopeless
case to start with (i.e. someone who disdains B&W movies).

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I've told a few friends that I got La Roue, and how I enjoyed it.
The only thing is I have no French friends to ask how it's pronounced.

I've been saying (Roo-eh), but.......???

When I was 15 with my first girlfriend we were going to see the
Discrete Charm of the Bourgeois. Until someone told me differently
at the end of the evening, I was saying we were going to see the
Discrete charm of the "Ber-gois-ehh"!!! Quell Damage!! My only
comment was "why didn't you tell me before I said it 300 times!?"

Next to ber-gois-ehh mispronouncing La Roue, is a trifle but I'd
like to know the correct way....


Anyone know? Thanks

spiritus

Hey, I am just impressed that you have a few friends who would care
that you bought the DVD of a 85 year old French silent film that
runs four and half hours! I think you should throw a La Roue party
for them--this would be mind-blowing to read about.
They really do deserve a party for having so patiently listened to
what must amount to hours of me talking about silent movies. I have a
feeling they endure it to an extent. Though one has actually obtained
and watched silents I've mentioned (I can't wait to see what she
thinks of The Saga of Gosta Berling, at 3 hours long). I Love Mauritz
Stiller's films. Pity there are only 3 of them after that fire in the
film vault.

Another is coming to visit and said she wants to "see some of your
silent movies" But she's also the person who commented (when I bought
some $37 movie)"For a Silent!?, I just bought Felini's Roma for $12
and it has sound!" So I'm not sure what to show her...

spiritus

Actually that is an interesting question: Generically (which is all it
can be, without knowing the friend in question), what is the first
silent you would show to a friend? Let's make it harder, and rule out
a comedy. Let's further assume the friend is reasonably intelligent,
and not a hopeless case to start with (i.e. someone who disdains B&W
movies).


Ruling out comedy, I'd probably start with a Fairbanks swashbuckler
("The Mark of Zorro" is one of the best). That would be both a fairly
easy-to-follow film for a first-time viewer, as well as a lot of fun.
The horror films, especially "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Nosferatu",
also both go over well with first-time audiences.

That said, if someone wanted to see what I considered to be the finest
silent films, not necessarily for the "entertainment value" but to see
the artistic heights of the medium, I'd start with Griffith (probably
"Broken Blossoms"), or certainly some of the great German expressionist
masterpieces ("The Last Laugh" being my personal favorite).

I actually was thinking of Phantom of the Opera, since it's entertaining

I Love Mauritz Stiller's films. Pity there are only 3 of them after
that fire in the film vault.

You'll hopefully be happy to learn that there are a few more surviving
examples of the great Mauritz Stiller's art.
THOMAS GRAAL'S BEST FILM
THOMAS GRAAL'S FIRST CHILD
HERR ARNES PENGAR
EROTIKON
JOHAN
GUNNAR HEDES SAGA
GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA
HOTEL IMPERIAL
THE TEMPTRESS
THE WOMAN ON TRIAL
THE STREET OF SIN

What to show a first time silent movie watcher?

I think I'd go with ROBIN HOOD or perhaps BEN HUR.  Something with a
story that's already somewhat familiar.

Another choice might be WINGS or THE BIG PARADE if it were available
in a DVD copy.