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It’s about destiny

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dimanche 18 septembre 2005 [n° 234]

Take a look to these two young boys. The one posing for the photographer Tracey Moffat, and the french actor Stephane Rideau in André Techiné’s film “Wild Reeds” (1994). Don’t they seem alikes ? By nature, both are probably very different, and they are unlikely to know each other.

Both have a loose tie close to the neck, which could be viewed as the symbolic expression of an uncompromising reluctancy to conform the official etiquette. A victorian high-necked lace collar was fashionable in a society where elegance reflected moral rigidity. By contrast, these boys are openly defying the “uptight” generation.

However, one can easily imagine that it is unsure where the resemblance ends. Both seem to share the same fragile and stubborn attitude. They are scarred for life.

“Tracey Moffat, Donald Rodney, and Jason Evans and Simon Foxton portray key personal issues such as childhood experience and trauma; our sense of identity and its relationship to class, race and gender; power and freedom of expression.”

Scarred for life Tate Gallery

Job hunt (Scarred for life)

Job hunt, by Tracey Moffat (1976) 1

Tracey Moffatt
Job Hunt, 1976, 1994
from the offset photograph series Scarred for Life
Text from image: “After three weeks he still couldn’t find a job.
His mother said to him, ‘maybe you’re not good enough’.”

Tracey Moffatt Dia Center for the Arts

Scarred for life

Scarred for Life at Tate Liverpool
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Wild Reeds

Photo : actor Stephane Rideau in the film “Wild Reeds” aka “Les roseaux sauvages” from Director André Techiné, reviewed by The New York Times in an article titled :

First Love, With No Girls Around by CARYN JAMES October 7, 1994, Friday

“In the film’s most vivid scene, Francois decides to go to the owner of the local shoe store, a man he has heard is a homosexual, too. With touching naivete, he decides to ask the man for advice. “It’s not about my shoes,” he tells the bewildered stranger. “It’s about my destiny.”

Les Roseaux sauvabes César Awards, France: 1995 by André Téchiné

Filmographie

Filmographie sélective de Stephane Rideau :

2003 Le Clan
2001 Le Ventre de Juliette
2001 Loin
2000 Presque rien
1999 Les Passagers
1998 Sitcom
1996 A toute vitesse
1994 Les Roseaux sauvages d’André Téchiné avec Elodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, …

Stephane Rideau par Nicolas Bardot


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