Her marriage to serge gainsbourg may have ended a lifetime ago in the early 1980s, but her name remains irrevocably linked to his. The english singer and actor jane birkin met serge gainsbourg in 1968 when she was 22, and left the french singer and songwriter more than half a lifetime ago in 1980 yet at 71 her name is. The british actress, model and singer took to the stage on friday at new york citys beacon. Born in london in 1946, she followed in her mothers footsteps and began acting at the kensington academy in london. Birkin would attain further acting credits in agatha christie s films death on the nile 1978, and evil under the sun 1982. Jane birkin was joined by iggy pop for a cover of serge gainsbourg s elisa on fallon share during the week which would mark the 29th anniversary of his death, jane birkin and iggy pop provided a fitting tribute to serge gainsbourg on the tonight show with jimmy fallon last night. The heavybreathing vocalist on one of the most infamous charttoppers in british history, jane birkin enjoyed a long film and recording career. The secret stories of jane birkin and serge gainsbourg. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver krassky, although her sleazy boss boris warns her that hes gay. Jane birkin has been determined to honor the musical legacy of her late lover, serge gainsbourg. With eric elmosnino, lucy gordon, laetitia casta, doug jones. Vinyl release of jane birkin serge gainsbourg on discogs. My daughter, charlotte, is going to sing johnny jane, which was the signature tune for je taimemoi non plus, the film segment.
Serge gainsbourg and jane birkin made waves with the release of the song je taime moi non plus in 1969. Serge gainsbourg widmete jane birkin 1990 sein letztes album amours des feintes. Jane birkin on her relationship with serge gainsbourg. It includes elements of symbolism recurrent in gainsbourgs work. Jane birkins love affair with serge gainsbourg telegraph. Banned from being broadcast on the radio in numerous countries due to its sexually explicit lyrics and birkins breathy simulation of an orgasm, the song is a perfect summation of why gainsbourg is remembered as such a legendary provocateur. It caused such a scandal, it was banned by the bbc which of course only piqued the. Gerard depardieu has a few short appearances, playing a passing cynical gay local.
Serge gainsbourg licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of universal music division mercury records. Nearly three decades after serge gainsbourgs death, his former romantic and artistic partner jane birkin is still bringing his storied music catalogue to life. Birkin gainsbourg le symphonique jane birkin has often dressed and undressed the works of serge, the legendary poet whose songs she has been singing since the first album he composed for her, serge gainsbourgjane birkin, released in 1969. Cult icon serge gainsbourg wrote, directed, and scored je taime moi non plus, a tale of doomed love between a lonely truck stop waitress jane birkin, blowup and a gay, hunky garbage truck driver. The petite waitress johnny works and lives in a truckstop, where shes lonely and longs for love. The duo released their debut album jane birkinserge gainsbourg 1969, and also appeared in the controversial film je taime moi non plus 1976 under gainsbourgs direction. Jane birkin recalls her scandalous song with lover serge. With jane birkin, joe dallesandro, hugues quester, reinhard kolldehoff. Iggy will perform, too, he is such good fun because he in fact already knows all of serges work.
The film follows notorious musician serge gainsbourg s exploits from his upbringing in nazi occupied france through his. Enter the young british actress in 1970s paris, basket swinging nonchalantly from one arm, baby daughter clasped carefully in the other, dancing down boulevard saintgermain with the thoughtful french musicians. Its 39 years since jane birkin fell in love with serge gainsbourg, 27 years since they split up, and 16 years since gainsbourg died, but youd never guess. Birkin 1968 mit gainsbourg in dem film du bist wunderbar. Jane birkin interview britains bestknown french actress on sex scenes with bardot, life with gainsbourg and recording the infamous duet je taime. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Jane birkin will always be frances favourite petite anglaise, but few will have even.
Serge gainsbourg was born on april 2, 1928 in paris, france as lucien ginsburg. This enjoyable, handsomely designed, somewhat ragged film brings us close to gainsbourg as a personality. Jane birkin was born on december 14, 1946 in london, england as jane mallory birkin. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Ihr zu ehren wurden wahrend des festivals einige ihrer filme aufgefuhrt, so z. Cult icon serge gainsbourg wrote, directed, and scored je taime moi non plus, a tale of doomed love between a lonely truck stop waitress jane birkin, blowup and a gay, hunky garbage truck driver joe dallesandro, flesh, whose boyfriend hugues quester becomes increasingly jealous of the two. Je taime moi non plus 1976 was the first film directed by serge gainsbourg. The french love song je taime moi non plus i love you me neither features jane birkin and serge gainsbourg passionately narrating their lovemaking session, which climaxes with birkins moans of ecstasy. J ane birkin has little desire to move out of the shadow of her former lover, serge gainsbourg, the sleazy but chic, louche but uptight singer, songwriter, occasional film. Sharing its title with gainsbourg and birkins sexually explicit 1969 hit pop song, the film.
Gainsbourg worked with a pool of collaborators on melody nelson that included bassist herbie flowers whose fat bass notes would be all over the radio a year later on lou reeds walk on the wild side, jane birkin both the voice and face of melodyits birkin, four months pregnant at the time, posing topless with a toy monkey as melody on the album cover, and orchestral arranger. She is an actress, known for evil under the sun 1982, blowup 1966 and death on the nile 1978. Jane birkinyes, jane birkinon her best outfit ever man. Jane birkin and iggy pop cover serge gainsbourgs elisa. Ahead of a new retrospective celebrating her films and those of her daughter charlotte gainsbourg, jane birkin speaks to vogue. Jane and charlotte forever will screen january 29february 7 at the film society of lincoln center in new york. So welldocumented is the love affair between jane birkin and serge gainsbourg, that to picture it retrospectively is to watch a flickering series of film stills in ones mind. For more than a decade, 60s style icon jane birkins relationship with serge gainsbourg a young english actress and the rebellious french singer almost 20 years her senior was the subject. A glimpse at the life of french singer serge gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s nazioccupied paris through his successful songwriting years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
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