July & June 1999 News


	9 July 1999
	There are now several photo galleries open plus everything you wanted to know about Swept From the Sea including story, production notes and color photos. I still have some more b&w photos to add. Slowly, but surely, all films will have their own individual pages of information & photos.

	28 June 1999
	Several new photos have been added to the Cannes '99 page. Entertainment Weekly reviewed Nancy Peske and Beverly West's book, Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Movies for Every Mood - "Hilarious observations range from the trenchant ("Sandra Bullock can take off a knit cap and not have hat head much less flyaway") to the feverish ("Vincent Perez is so beautiful, he'll make your joints ache"). A must for your next girls' night in."

	22 June 1999
	The VPA seems to be off to a good start. I believe this is mostly due to the search engines picking up his web site so quickly. After viewing the statistics reports for the past week, I can see that Vincent attracts a very international following with visitors from Australia, Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Malaysia, Luxembourg, Italy, Japan, Canada, Germany, Poland, France, Hungary, United Kingdom, Ireland, Czech Republic, Argentina, Portugal, Sweden and Israel. That's quite a list! Gaumont Films was represented at the Cannes Film Festival and among their featured products was Epouse-moi (Marry Me), which is presently still in production. It's described as a comedy directed by Harriet Marin with Michele Laroque starring opposite Vincent. This movie is expected to be released next year. If you've seen Fanfan, you know how zany and delightful he can be in a comedy.

	10 June 1999
	Today is Vincent's 35th birthday so I thought it was an appropriate date to launch The Vincent PEREZ Archives. Unlike the web site I maintain for actor/writer Peter Coyote, this one is regrettably NOT a collaboration, though we can always hope that Monsieur Pérez will drop by some time in the future. Just a few words about this site. Unlike many celebrity sites, this one has been designed with more content regarding Vincent's screen work as well as his own comments. There is a wonderful surprise on the CD soundtrack of Il Postino. Several artists were invited to share their passion for the poetry of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close and Andy Garcia are some of the readers including our own Vincent. He wanted to pay special tribute to his friend Massimo Troisi, who succumbed to a fatal heart attack after completion of Il Postino. Back in 1991, Vincent starred with Massimo in Le Voyage du Capitaine Fracasse. If you click on the CD photo, you can hear Vincent read "Integrations" against the background of Louis Bacalov's melodic score. Last month Vincent attended the 52nd Cannes International Film Festival held from May 12 to May 23. He was there not only as a cast member for the premiere showing of his latest film, Le Temps Retrouve, but also as director of his own short film, Rien Dire. Alas, neither film won any prizes but just being a featured selection at Cannes is an honor in itself.