vrijdag 17 februari 2006

Sophie


Yep, that's her: Sophie Auster, the very good looking daughter of writer Paul Auster. He got his fame from novels like Oracle Night, and screenplays for the Brooklyn-hailing movies Blue in the Face and Smoke (William Hurt plays Auster). Her dad is convinced she's hugely talented (she followed acting and singing lessons at Lee Strasberg Institute, and played in movies like She's Loves Me) so her got her in contact with musicians of the band One Ring Zero, who set music to lyrics by Sophie, and poems by French poets - translated by Paul. Ambitious yes, but executed stylish. Fall 2005, the debut album by Sophie (titelless) was released. One poem was kept French, Le Pont Mirabeau by G. Appolinaire. French paper Libération wrote that Sophie's adaptation was better than Leo Ferré's. Check for yourself:

Sophie Auster - Le Pont Mirabeau

2 opmerkingen:

  1. THANK YOU! I LOVE paul auster, i just finished The Blindfold by Siri, his wife, and now I'm a fan of thier daughter. And she is SMOKIN' hot to boot. Thank you.

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  2. Beautiful girl with a beautiful song, unfortunately the rest of the album isn't in french (and isn't really good: "Close your Eyes" brrrrrr...)

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