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Gainsbourg - Film + Lollipop Love + Look-A-Like Contest

We've been waiting for this. We've been writing about this. We want you to experience this with us in a way that would make Serge Gainsbourg proud (or at least snicker).

Here's the scoop:

You show up at 7:30p in your finest Serge Gainsbourg attire. Ladies, dress like his lovers - Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, etc. (We will be awarding FilmBar prizes to our favorite look-a-likes, so go all out!)

We will give everyone a lollipop to suck. Love your lolly. We will have a photographer on hand to take special shots of you and your lollipops.

At promptly 8:15 p.m. we will all go into the theater to watch the film together. It will be $7 well spent. Trust us.

When we come out, DJentrification will be playing special music for us - Gainsbourg's music. We will dance and talk about the film and step back in time.

Stinkweeds Records will be at FilmBar selling a variety of Gainsbourg CDs. Get your fix.

We have secrets for you. And surprises. We hope you will join us.

The film: http://thefilmbarphx.com/Phoenix-Film/movies/gainsbourg

About Serge Gainsbourg:
In January of 1969 (after DeSade but before Prince) a song exploded in the face of an unsuspecting pop universe -- "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus." The singer-provocateur: Serge Gainsbourg. Partner in crime: English actress (Blow Up ) and hearthrob, Jane Birkin. The effect: mayhem and scandal. The magnitude: somewhere between Elvis' censored pelvis and the tragedy at Altamont. Journalists, world politicians, even the Pope condemned the song as immoral. There were calls for stricter censorship, the review of pop lyrics. The single was banned in Sweden, Spain, Brazil, and Britain. The Vatican implores the Italian government to banish it. Philips is forced to stop pressing the disc. The slack is however, instantly taken up by various black market firms. It appears in 8 languages including Japanese. And with every shrill denunciation comes increased sales, exceeding 2 million by winter's end. Gainsbourg is one of Europe's biggest pop acts.

But Gainsbourg, with typical blasé bohemian elan, just grins, insists it is just an enjoyable sex spoof. And all this downside sure looks like up to him. In familiar mythic terms he's 1 part rat pack, 1 part beatnik, Chet Baker, Sinatra, a dash of Dylan, Leonard Cohen's pungent growl, Tom Waits' irrepressible inventiveness, Johnny Rotten's naughtiness, the look of an absinthe abuser. Actor, pianist, singer, raconteur, poet, filmmaker, soundtrack composer, photographer, painter, novelist but always the rascal voice of the desire dispossessed.

"Je T'aime" has been covered by many, including Donna Summer and Barry Adamson (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds). In 1975 he directed his first film, "Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus" with Warhol star of Trash, Joe Dellesandro, Jane Birkin and a young, unknown Gerard Depardieu.

Gainsbourg mastered the art of scandal better than anyone, including Malcolm Mclaren, because it was written into his DNA -- Born To Raise Hell; he just couldn't help it. "For me provocation is oxygen." He once said. He enjoyed his notoriety but still managed to seduce people with his humanity. With his cig-dangling-from-lips, lecherous persona, his poignant lyrics, and nihilism he was able to speak the unspeakable, once even proclaiming, "I wanna fuck you," to Whitney Houston on live TV. He walked that jittery tightrope between outcast and pop star -- marginal yet marketable; every indie rocker's dream -- or scheme.
(Source: http://www.wfmu.org/~bart/sg.html)