One man’s mission to share with the world the fine art of cufflinks.
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series....
As you know, your scribe has a penchant for the occasional game of Chemin de Fer regardless of my curiosity of how it all works. Without the high drama of Black Jack, the posturing of Poker, it is a game for purists and like Poker one plays against each other rather than the House. It requires a modicum of skill and can be a load fun but it’s not for the faint hearted. Unfortunately it’s been slowly moded out of American casinos and one needs to be in the confines of Monaco or some other exotic casino situation in Europe to be able to play properly.
Your scribe also has a penchant for vintage Cine Noir French gangster movies and one of my favourites is Bob Le Flambeur, directed by a young Jean-Pierre Melville and staring a debonair Roger Duchesne as Bob the “Gambler”.
It is classic Casino heist genre and was filmed in 1956 in France. It sparked a spate of other film noir classics in France and launched a genre of dark gangster movies through the 50’s and 60’s. It also launched the career of Jean-Pierre Melville with him directing some some absolute classics such as Le Samourai in 1967.
Our Link Man of the Day is therefore Jean-Pierre Melville….extreme French Director and all round cuff man and Dude…..
Tody’s links are worn on the odd occasion and were a gift on the death of Elvis Presley from a musical producer friend. They are worn with a Simon Carter of London cotton shirt and a Chanel silk neck tie with spade motifs.
Til Later
ONWARD
Each blog a different pair and each blog a different story. Read on in this series....
As you know, your scribe has a penchant for the occasional game of Chemin de Fer regardless of my curiosity of how it all works. Without the high drama of Black Jack, the posturing of Poker, it is a game for purists and like Poker one plays against each other rather than the House. It requires a modicum of skill and can be a load fun but it’s not for the faint hearted. Unfortunately it’s been slowly moded out of American casinos and one needs to be in the confines of Monaco or some other exotic casino situation in Europe to be able to play properly.
Your scribe also has a penchant for vintage Cine Noir French gangster movies and one of my favourites is Bob Le Flambeur, directed by a young Jean-Pierre Melville and staring a debonair Roger Duchesne as Bob the “Gambler”.
It is classic Casino heist genre and was filmed in 1956 in France. It sparked a spate of other film noir classics in France and launched a genre of dark gangster movies through the 50’s and 60’s. It also launched the career of Jean-Pierre Melville with him directing some some absolute classics such as Le Samourai in 1967.
Our Link Man of the Day is therefore Jean-Pierre Melville….extreme French Director and all round cuff man and Dude…..
Tody’s links are worn on the odd occasion and were a gift on the death of Elvis Presley from a musical producer friend. They are worn with a Simon Carter of London cotton shirt and a Chanel silk neck tie with spade motifs.
Til Later
ONWARD
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