http://fiafans.org/2007/07/07/27/ the internet watering hole for fans of the "French in Action" language video course Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://fiafans.org/2007/07/07/27/#comment-982 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:34:24 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/27/#comment-982 Lesson 37 has a fascinating bit in which the “man in black” is reading a copy of Le Figaro with the banner headline: “Affaire Greenpeace: Ou est le verite?” That doesn’t help to pin down the time any more precisely than the bit about John Paul 2′s visit to Kenya, unless of course one is willing to search Le Figaro headlines from around August ’85, but it’s neat to catch a glimpse of the Rainbow Warrior investigation as an ongoing event.

]]> http://fiafans.org/2007/07/07/27/#comment-735 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:04:59 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/27/#comment-735 Vicki,
Charles Mayer really should put more of FIA on his site. At least two of the videos, Skin Horse and Quand tu le voudras are serious, even grim, as opposed to the wholesome, delightful and dry FIA. Perhaps his acting has moved over the decades in that direction, but FIA seemed to be so natural both for him and Valerie that one almost forgot it was a performance and believed that he was a Yalie abroad.

]]> http://fiafans.org/2007/07/07/27/#comment-703 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:54:02 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/27/#comment-703 That’s the day i was born!!

]]> http://fiafans.org/2007/07/07/27/#comment-138 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:45:01 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/27/#comment-138 I completely missed that images section when I looked at his site. Thanks for pointing that out. Has anyone seen any of those films?

]]> http://fiafans.org/2007/07/07/27/#comment-134 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:15:42 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/27/#comment-134 The Charles Mayer website does have references to FIA in the images section. There are pictures of Charles Mayer and Valerie Allain that are credited to French in Action. I am only up to lesson 18 so I don’t recognize several of the pictures (the small airplane, the Indiana Jones outfit, the helmet, etc.)

]]> http://fiafans.org/2007/07/07/27/#comment-31 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:25:37 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/27/#comment-31 Thanks for the tip! I added a link to it under “The Cast.” It’s a wonderful page with plenty of interesting film and audio clips. But no mention of FIA in his biography? Sacrebleu!

]]> http://fiafans.org/2007/07/07/27/#comment-30 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:34:15 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/27/#comment-30 Speaking of Charles Mayer, he has his own website. For you hardcore fans of Robert, you can see him at http://www.charlesmayer.ca.

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