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Alain Delon has died

107 points by xnhbx 2y ago

082349872349872 2y ago
Alain Delon putting on the rizz: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2508/8586/t/6/assets/description_image_marianne-faithfull.jpg?14243084856038419497 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2508/8586/t/6/assets/descr...
- jajko 2y ago
  He was insanely handsome for any era, and in actual manly way (spent some time fighting in Indochina, say equivalent of US Vietnam veteran, when folks don't talk about such stuff you know they have reasons). Couple that with very good acting skill, good luck on some stellar directors of that time and you end up with timeless pieces which are very watchable even after 50-60 years. When living in Geneva I've secretly hoped to bump into him by a chance on some lake promenade walk or in restaurant, just to show my respect for him. Oh well, there goes another legend of my youth.
  - GoodJokes 2y ago
    [dead]
cferry 2y ago
Il vous en prie.
- deleted 2y ago
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- homarp 2y ago
  https://www.alaindelon.club/ https://www.alaindelon.club/ et https://mediaclip.ina.fr/en/i24025289-alain-delon-symbol-of-china-s-openness.html https://mediaclip.ina.fr/en/i24025289-alain-delon-symbol-of-...
- bambax 2y ago
  He indeed used to speak about him in the third person and would casually say "Alain Delon did this" (instead of "I did this"). He was widely mocked for it but he claimed it was a sign of "humility" (?!) because it was a way to avoid using "I" or "me"... He became a huge international star in 1960 with Purple Noon, the first (of many) adaptations of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley. He was 25 and from that moment onward was recognized the world over as the sexiest and most handsome man alive. He continued to work with some of the most acclaimed European directors and starred in over 80 movies. It's probably difficult to handle that level of fame and stardom if you're not prepared for it (or even if you are).
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    I even had a teacher in the States who referred to herself in the third person, so it had been a thing there too, but she (~1915?) was from a generation before Delon (1935).
    - ushtaritk421 2y ago
      I had an elementary teacher in the early ‘90s who did the same. I don’t remember any of us thinking it odd at the time.
HNDen21 2y ago
First movie I saw with him was Borsalino... Jean-Paul Belmondo was in it as well It's been a while, I should rewatch it
- type0 2y ago
  Belmondo also lived until 88 and died just 3 years ago
arunix 2y ago
I only knew of him from Zorro (1975) [1], and I remember that mainly due to the whacky soundtrack [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro_(1975_Italian_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro_(1975_Italian_film) [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBqP75axK8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBqP75axK8
- katspaugh 2y ago
  Some of his best movies are Le Circle Rouge and Le Samuraï.
  - 29athrowaway 2y ago
    His sister is in Le Samuraï as well.
nilawafer 2y ago
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- 73kl4453dz 2y ago
  In the startup world we are usually selling sizzle not steak, and Alain Delon was a master, not just for the caméra, but also in the courtroom, of the Reality Distortion Field. Example: in the picture elsewhere in these comments, it may help to know that on our left is M Delon, charming Marianne Faithfull in the middle, while on our right, looking for all thé World as if he hopes Alain is not about to faire un kino, is none other than Mick frickin' Jagger.
- _xiaz 2y ago
  x has died does seem to be a bit of a meta on HN, yeah
keiferski 2y ago
If you're wondering who this was: in the English-speaking world, he's probably most famous for Le Samourai, which was a great film and an influence on a host of other works, most recently being Drive. I really enjoyed Un flic too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuhPR3xeJm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuhPR3xeJm0
- costanzaDynasty 2y ago
  My favorite was Le Cercle Rouge. Robert Evans supposedly was pushing for him to play Michael in the Godfather.
- vmchale 2y ago
  Un flic was great.
toomuchtodo 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Delon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Delon
TacticalCoder 2y ago
My favorite picture of him, with another iconic french star of the same era, Brigitte Bardot: https://www.entrevue.fr/de/brigitte-bardot-exprime-son-inquietude-pour-la-sante-dalain-delon/ https://www.entrevue.fr/de/brigitte-bardot-exprime-son-inqui...
grugagag 2y ago
Oh wow. I did watch some of his movies in the 80s, they were pretty good. But for some reason I assumed he had died a while ago.
29athrowaway 2y ago
The movie "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" was inspired in the film "Le Samuraï".
- fnordlord 2y ago
  Good call out. Criterion Channel actually paired these two as a double feature a while back.
dangcock 2y ago
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ofrzeta 2y ago
Something missing from the obituaries is a funny trivia story about the guns they found at Delon's home in February 2024. 72 guns, 3000 rounds of ammo and no permit. He even had his own gun range. The lack of a permit didn't seem to be a problem until he was 88 and in need of a nurse.
cryptica 2y ago
It's interesting how celebrity culture works that most Americans have probably never heard of this guy. French people know essentially every American movie star but there is almost no culture flow in the other direction when it comes to film. Some might suggest that there is a language barrier since French is not as widely spoken as English internationally... Yet I was surprised to find out that, for example, a lot of Russians above a certain age know about French film celebrities. The language barrier does not seem to have been a problem in that case. I think maybe it's partly because most Americans will refuse to watch films with subtitles whereas people in most other countries who don't speak English are used to it.
- x436413 2y ago
  alain delon was huge in soviet union and by extension in various zones of soviet influence, because france was soviet friendly state and their cinematography was pretty good. back before the anglo-american establishment gained full cultural dominance, the world was divided not just along the comic lines of "axis", there was more subtlety to it. there was a whole cultural space that existed separately from english speaking world, and it wasn't restricted to specific countries. it was more like european/soviet/communist-regime sphere, where europeans were socialist sympathetic, soviets were open to their influence and various communist regime countries provided exciting, ethnic backdrop and variety. it is to this day a kind of secret language (now mostly dead) that i share with random old men from kenya: they too have watched alain delon movies, can sing along to joe dassin, know who dalida is, etc.
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    Didn't Vladimir Vysotsky have a french girlfriend? While watching a retro-Soviet russian program, I was amused to see a videotape on a desk clearly labeled «Эммануэль» — "Emmanuelle". (I'm pretty sure Americans could watch that even despite subtitles?) EDIT: come to think of it, both france and russia (as well as bits of africa?) used SECAM, which probably helped cultural exchange a great deal. Back in the day, it was easier for us to get not-broadcast-in-the-US anime than not-broadcast-in-the-US BBC programs, despite the language barrier, because the former were NTSC but the latter PAL. Sting has a great story about watching Soviet children's programming while at uni (probably explaining his lines "I don't subscribe to this point of view / It'd be such an ignorant thing to do / If the Russians love their children too"), but I kind of wondered if his friend who built the SECAM decoder had, at least originally, been more interested in picking up cross-channel programming than cross-iron-curtain?
nxobject 2y ago
Oddly enough, I know him because he had a formal button up and slacks clothes line named after him.
rawgabbit 2y ago
I remember him for this song he made with Dalida. His deep voice is something I wished I had. https://youtu.be/_ifJapuqYiU https://youtu.be/_ifJapuqYiU
_xiaz 2y ago
PSL god and serial mogger, as the kids say
BeefLett 2y ago
He was a great actor but also a conservativ bigot, let's not mourn him.

107 points by xnhbx 2y ago

Alain Delon putting on the rizz: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2508/8586/t/6/assets/description_image_marianne-faithfull.jpg?14243084856038419497 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2508/8586/t/6/assets/descr...

jajko 2y ago
He was insanely handsome for any era, and in actual manly way (spent some time fighting in Indochina, say equivalent of US Vietnam veteran, when folks don't talk about such stuff you know they have reasons). Couple that with very good acting skill, good luck on some stellar directors of that time and you end up with timeless pieces which are very watchable even after 50-60 years. When living in Geneva I've secretly hoped to bump into him by a chance on some lake promenade walk or in restaurant, just to show my respect for him. Oh well, there goes another legend of my youth.
- GoodJokes 2y ago
  [dead]

cferry 2y ago

Il vous en prie.

deleted 2y ago
[deleted]
homarp 2y ago
https://www.alaindelon.club/ https://www.alaindelon.club/ et https://mediaclip.ina.fr/en/i24025289-alain-delon-symbol-of-china-s-openness.html https://mediaclip.ina.fr/en/i24025289-alain-delon-symbol-of-...
bambax 2y ago
He indeed used to speak about him in the third person and would casually say "Alain Delon did this" (instead of "I did this"). He was widely mocked for it but he claimed it was a sign of "humility" (?!) because it was a way to avoid using "I" or "me"... He became a huge international star in 1960 with Purple Noon, the first (of many) adaptations of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley. He was 25 and from that moment onward was recognized the world over as the sexiest and most handsome man alive. He continued to work with some of the most acclaimed European directors and starred in over 80 movies. It's probably difficult to handle that level of fame and stardom if you're not prepared for it (or even if you are).
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  I even had a teacher in the States who referred to herself in the third person, so it had been a thing there too, but she (~1915?) was from a generation before Delon (1935).
  - ushtaritk421 2y ago
    I had an elementary teacher in the early ‘90s who did the same. I don’t remember any of us thinking it odd at the time.

HNDen21 2y ago

First movie I saw with him was Borsalino... Jean-Paul Belmondo was in it as well It's been a while, I should rewatch it

type0 2y ago
Belmondo also lived until 88 and died just 3 years ago

arunix 2y ago

I only knew of him from Zorro (1975) [1], and I remember that mainly due to the whacky soundtrack [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro_(1975_Italian_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro_(1975_Italian_film) [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBqP75axK8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LBqP75axK8

katspaugh 2y ago
Some of his best movies are Le Circle Rouge and Le Samuraï.
- 29athrowaway 2y ago
  His sister is in Le Samuraï as well.

nilawafer 2y ago

[flagged]

73kl4453dz 2y ago
In the startup world we are usually selling sizzle not steak, and Alain Delon was a master, not just for the caméra, but also in the courtroom, of the Reality Distortion Field. Example: in the picture elsewhere in these comments, it may help to know that on our left is M Delon, charming Marianne Faithfull in the middle, while on our right, looking for all thé World as if he hopes Alain is not about to faire un kino, is none other than Mick frickin' Jagger.
_xiaz 2y ago
x has died does seem to be a bit of a meta on HN, yeah

keiferski 2y ago

If you're wondering who this was: in the English-speaking world, he's probably most famous for Le Samourai, which was a great film and an influence on a host of other works, most recently being Drive. I really enjoyed Un flic too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuhPR3xeJm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuhPR3xeJm0

costanzaDynasty 2y ago
My favorite was Le Cercle Rouge. Robert Evans supposedly was pushing for him to play Michael in the Godfather.
vmchale 2y ago
Un flic was great.

toomuchtodo 2y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Delon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Delon

TacticalCoder 2y ago

My favorite picture of him, with another iconic french star of the same era, Brigitte Bardot: https://www.entrevue.fr/de/brigitte-bardot-exprime-son-inquietude-pour-la-sante-dalain-delon/ https://www.entrevue.fr/de/brigitte-bardot-exprime-son-inqui...

grugagag 2y ago

Oh wow. I did watch some of his movies in the 80s, they were pretty good. But for some reason I assumed he had died a while ago.

29athrowaway 2y ago

The movie "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" was inspired in the film "Le Samuraï".

fnordlord 2y ago
Good call out. Criterion Channel actually paired these two as a double feature a while back.

dangcock 2y ago

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ofrzeta 2y ago

Something missing from the obituaries is a funny trivia story about the guns they found at Delon's home in February 2024. 72 guns, 3000 rounds of ammo and no permit. He even had his own gun range. The lack of a permit didn't seem to be a problem until he was 88 and in need of a nurse.

cryptica 2y ago

It's interesting how celebrity culture works that most Americans have probably never heard of this guy. French people know essentially every American movie star but there is almost no culture flow in the other direction when it comes to film. Some might suggest that there is a language barrier since French is not as widely spoken as English internationally... Yet I was surprised to find out that, for example, a lot of Russians above a certain age know about French film celebrities. The language barrier does not seem to have been a problem in that case. I think maybe it's partly because most Americans will refuse to watch films with subtitles whereas people in most other countries who don't speak English are used to it.

x436413 2y ago
alain delon was huge in soviet union and by extension in various zones of soviet influence, because france was soviet friendly state and their cinematography was pretty good. back before the anglo-american establishment gained full cultural dominance, the world was divided not just along the comic lines of "axis", there was more subtlety to it. there was a whole cultural space that existed separately from english speaking world, and it wasn't restricted to specific countries. it was more like european/soviet/communist-regime sphere, where europeans were socialist sympathetic, soviets were open to their influence and various communist regime countries provided exciting, ethnic backdrop and variety. it is to this day a kind of secret language (now mostly dead) that i share with random old men from kenya: they too have watched alain delon movies, can sing along to joe dassin, know who dalida is, etc.
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  Didn't Vladimir Vysotsky have a french girlfriend? While watching a retro-Soviet russian program, I was amused to see a videotape on a desk clearly labeled «Эммануэль» — "Emmanuelle". (I'm pretty sure Americans could watch that even despite subtitles?) EDIT: come to think of it, both france and russia (as well as bits of africa?) used SECAM, which probably helped cultural exchange a great deal. Back in the day, it was easier for us to get not-broadcast-in-the-US anime than not-broadcast-in-the-US BBC programs, despite the language barrier, because the former were NTSC but the latter PAL. Sting has a great story about watching Soviet children's programming while at uni (probably explaining his lines "I don't subscribe to this point of view / It'd be such an ignorant thing to do / If the Russians love their children too"), but I kind of wondered if his friend who built the SECAM decoder had, at least originally, been more interested in picking up cross-channel programming than cross-iron-curtain?

nxobject 2y ago

Oddly enough, I know him because he had a formal button up and slacks clothes line named after him.

rawgabbit 2y ago

I remember him for this song he made with Dalida. His deep voice is something I wished I had. https://youtu.be/_ifJapuqYiU https://youtu.be/_ifJapuqYiU

_xiaz 2y ago

PSL god and serial mogger, as the kids say

BeefLett 2y ago

He was a great actor but also a conservativ bigot, let's not mourn him.