Clives "Postcard" series was the best.funniest wittiest and most entertaining travel programmes ever made in my eyes. RIP pal
@ArseneJenga Жыл бұрын
Agreed. His commentary/writing always had me guffawing. So clever. So cultured. Self-deprecating. Totally adorable. Felt like a dear friend. Would love to have known him.
@stu1701E4 жыл бұрын
As someone who is ambivalent about the current cultural obsession with enjoying "travel" (aka being on holiday) as a substitute for having a personality, I find this to be a most entertaining travel show.
@jenniferpierno61084 жыл бұрын
These 'postcards' are fabulous because they combine Clive's wit, intelligence, knowledge of history, social mores, literature, etc. Very enjoyable. I hope we will always be able to access them on youtube. RIP
@william-uk Жыл бұрын
This is so perfectly edited with the bridge sequences bookending it and the superb script he wrote for the very end, and a bunch of hilarious incidents scattered throughout. Can't believe it's taken me 33 years to watch this particular film, but I would have been too young to fully appreciate it at the time. Now it's very much a feeling, recalling my own visits to Paris, of "oh wow, Clive James went there too". Nearly three years after his death I don't feel overwhelmingly sad, because there is so much - almost an unlimited amount - of work he left for us to enjoy.
@larrywildman70083 жыл бұрын
My favourite in the postcard series. Clive James had such a way with words. Great entertainment witty and charming reminiscing of what could have been and we can all look back and think the same. A slice of history ( released in 1989) a different era wonderfully written and filmed. I love Paris and it deserves its reputation as a place for lovers. RIP Clive James greatly missed but we still have his celluloid and especially his words to remind us of his genius.
@ArseneJenga Жыл бұрын
Agreed with everything.
@lisabkay90134 жыл бұрын
I loved all his "Postcards from". He was such a funny guy. RIP Clive.
@borderlord4 жыл бұрын
RIP Clive ,you opened up so much of the arts and travel to me with your books and Postcard series!
@Kevin-si1es13 күн бұрын
Loved clive james on the tv one of the best ever programmes up there with whickers world and love the voice over comments he said
@justme-hh4vp4 жыл бұрын
Of all his postcards, this is the one I remember as a child because of the Bonjour Tristesse references. His conclusion at the nightclub and on the bridge is just perfect
@SelfReflective4 жыл бұрын
"Knowing it better, I might have loved it less, but as it is, I can't take my eyes off the place" "I felt like a visitor from another planet, which I suppose is what I was, and always had been."
@JCSAXON4 жыл бұрын
Clive James is my hero but let’s hear it for the crew on the postcard series as well. The camera work is sublime and the editing is impeccable. Every episode was a masterpiece. This level of craftsmanship in video representation is seldom today. James might just be by favorite poet
@ritchyfox4 жыл бұрын
The last few lines in this episode are utterly beautiful, I have tears in my eyes. Au revoir, Clive. Rest well.
@robcousins2312 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Beautiful sentiments expressed by someone who had Paris in his soul.
@cedricsharpe88933 жыл бұрын
The legend is Clive James
@chickenbonejohn7144 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr James. Well I recall the Restaurant Chez Miguel - on an architectural study visit I took a group of students there. What an evening- it was hilarious...the food was dire, the wine well-watered. Madame was closely observing us to make sure we ate up everything..so inedible was it that some girls were tipping the food into their handbags. What a great tip-off for a memorable evening- thank you Clive, you will be sorely missed.
@sidensvans6711 ай бұрын
Excellent . Clive James .
@daviddefkeys3 жыл бұрын
"They look like Norwegian paratroopers" Too funny, too brilliant
@FelixRigg7 ай бұрын
Terrific. Thanks for posting.
@chrisandrew8524 жыл бұрын
RIP Clive... you'll be surely missed.
@swiper18184 жыл бұрын
miss Clive James so much
@borderlord4 жыл бұрын
But he left so much for us to enjoy so we're lucky !
@alexanderdelacruz92494 жыл бұрын
My family and I loved Paris ......... it’s magical ☺️
@davidvonbehren4743 жыл бұрын
I have been looking for this for years...THANK YOU...BLESS YOU!
@patrickcrowther91954 жыл бұрын
Inés - one classy lady.
@wendischofield352 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for posting this series.
@suitejudyblueeyes14 жыл бұрын
This no joke... What a great Driver 10/10 !!!
@christophersantana58952 жыл бұрын
RIP CLIVE JAMES. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN ONCE AGAIN.
@barbarafischer62994 жыл бұрын
Clive was the best.
@borderlord11 жыл бұрын
Great writing from Clive! I like the Piramid!
@moniquelee3623Күн бұрын
At 40.50: ''I wish I known about this place when I had more hair then money, I might never have left''.
@Julian-vp3xj7 жыл бұрын
Almost 30 years ago! great observations and writing.
@angelapay37184 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Paris ❤️ Such a shame what happened there it’s now hell.
@mrsuperger54292 жыл бұрын
I always wondered what happened to that student girl at 36-40. ? I hope she's had a great life.
@melisseclark73084 жыл бұрын
A liitle PS - both our cabbies in the 9th Arrondissement in 2013 were charming & voluntarily spoke English to us.
@learnerm31202 жыл бұрын
So much melancholy. But I can relate.
@mrbetamax92904 жыл бұрын
Love ya style pal... rip.. quality tv. .
@egparis189 жыл бұрын
For anybody who hasn't guessed, Paris is a beautiful city, but just a place where people live. Parisians aren't all top models, loony novelists, exquisite creatures, art fans etc. The taxi drivers aren't all rude. The pyramid does its job, The best, truest, thing Clive James said is that you can perhaps live in a cramped and shabby flat, but walk out the door and feast your eyes on a glorious view, for free.
@manolokonosko286810 ай бұрын
"Postcard from Paris" was originally broadcast on 18 January 1989. I had visited Paris in Sept 1988 and loved it. The city and the girls looked exactly as you see them here. I don't think it will be as beautiful as it once was at the time. People who recently visited it report it as run down, dirty, ugly.... like Latin America. Plus it's even more expensive than was before, and overcrowded. Despite opposition, it's turned into another American pre-fabricated Disneyland for foolish tourists.
@elainegarnsey20204 жыл бұрын
So right...
@mrFalconlem4 жыл бұрын
Wow didn’t know he just passed. Strange but his wit will be missed.
@dc6714 жыл бұрын
He just 'passed' what?
@The_Butler_Did_It4 жыл бұрын
@@dc671 It's the latest euphemism for "died"
@pmcg974 жыл бұрын
Not one mobile phone in sight 👍, R.I.P. Clive , your great wit will be missed 🧐
@mrFalconlem4 жыл бұрын
Sasha Petrov yes 10 more years till the mobile phone began to ruin our lives.
@bobwebb13484 жыл бұрын
You do know that this film was made many years before the proliferation of mobile phones?
@TheWesternunionman4 жыл бұрын
Clive James R.I. Postcard.
@LivingLegendMe5 ай бұрын
Hilarious throw away lines. RIP Clive.
@andrewmac39602 жыл бұрын
Does anyone happen to know what the music is at the beginning and end of this? Thanks
@jennaleigh-raine Жыл бұрын
Watching again in Oct 2022
@krugerfuchs4 жыл бұрын
Can't get used to the fact he's gone
@borderlord4 жыл бұрын
Definitely sad to think I won't hear or read his take on things ,but we're blessed that he left so much behind with the books and programmes!
@technodemic62583 жыл бұрын
You're a very funny man, Clive James.
@ironpirites6 жыл бұрын
BCBG = Preppy, where I come from. (Toronto) The concept might be broader in Paris, to include mature members of the social stratum that can afford to send their children to private schools and elite universities.
@borderlord4 жыл бұрын
What year did Clive and team make this Postcard
@robjack280411 ай бұрын
Sadly, not the Paris of today. Things changed in such a short time.
@ucheucheuche4 жыл бұрын
26:06 Suffers a 3 Shells toilet dilemma like Stallone in Demolition Man.
@bradford_shaun_murray6 жыл бұрын
20:37 wow lol...
@user-zd2id6yw7y8 ай бұрын
Such a british sense of humor lol
@manolokonosko286810 ай бұрын
@18:22 Oh, Clive! You are so fortunate you didn't live to see what she looks like today.
@1bush0532 жыл бұрын
ines de la fressange "fashion victims are stupid." Lol.
@movesky66963 жыл бұрын
so what his bcbg just tell a comment
@stevencoardvenice8 жыл бұрын
I love paris. just like they love new york. lol
@MrVorpalsword4 жыл бұрын
Clive James wrote like Raymond Chandler would have done if he had been any good and had had a sense of humour.
@footballgeorgiebest4 жыл бұрын
😂
@dionlindsay24 жыл бұрын
Half of his script for these postcards are non sequiturs and consist of him being pleased with himself regardless of his surroundings, But the production values are high and the narrative is compelling so it doesn't matter so much. His poetry and his more serious tv and radio work are great though. Raymond chandler was a much better noir writer than Clive James was a commentator. Great shame to have to write about Clive James in the past!
@charlespeterson37984 жыл бұрын
You are, in as few words as needed, full of shit ignorance and opinion. Trifecta for the Prole.
@johnandpaul46574 жыл бұрын
What is that French phase for style?
@sclogse14 жыл бұрын
la mode For one. you can go literal....
@johnandpaul46574 жыл бұрын
No that “Bisi Bishi” thing... 10:40 :)
@johnandpaul46574 жыл бұрын
No that “Bisi Bishi” thing from 10:40
@douglasmilton28054 жыл бұрын
BCBG: Bon chic, bon genre. Still going strong over here...
@yanikkunitsin14663 жыл бұрын
That girl at 26:50, they just don't do em like this anymore
@ThePlataf3 жыл бұрын
You mean the chick in the latrine?
@yanikkunitsin14663 жыл бұрын
@@ThePlataf I think it's called restaurant, but to each their own
@sunkat762 жыл бұрын
@@yanikkunitsin1466 🤣
@dazcona Жыл бұрын
Ines de le Fressange, beyond lovely!
@MichaelFlynn05 жыл бұрын
Jesus I loathe fast drivers.
@yanikkunitsin14662 жыл бұрын
Newer knew Piaf had 26 yo when she was 46. Talking bout couguars
@sp1d3r73 жыл бұрын
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@inkyguy4 жыл бұрын
My God, this is dated! Interesting, but dated. My French teacher wasn’t even born when this was produced. It is a very witty slice of time. What’s interesting is how much more polluted the air was hanging over the skyline of Paris like mustard gas over No Man’s Land at the Marne.
@jacksonwhite45562 жыл бұрын
You lot are weird
@bobwebb13484 жыл бұрын
I loved Clive James but he embarrasses himself here. He comes across as a philistine, but then he is Australian.
@ArseneJenga Жыл бұрын
? WTF ? To whom? He’s so cultured and clever. Have you acquainted yourself with his history and friendship circle. His novels and poetry? His ‘thing’ was self-deprecating humour. Unless you were being ironic?
@ms.annethrope4811 Жыл бұрын
How pretentious the French are. Hopefully they have matured beyond this point.