His life was perfect, but he had one problem. Peter O'Toole was a magazine editor living in Paris. In 1965, I saw a hilarious film called What's New, Pussycat. Gilbert studied in France, and worked there as an economist.
This five-part series is about modern France, theĬountry that gave the world the ideals of liberty, equality andīrotherhood - and perfected the art of living.īut has France ever really been the country weĭreamed of? And how, in recent decades of explosive change, has France And Paris was, Ernest Hemingway told us, a Intellectuals andĪristocrats - heiresses and millionaires - all headed for France. Paris meantĪ license to be naughty - or, even, to be yourself. Whether France - and her charms - can survive the 21st century.įor centuries, people have dreamed of living in France.įrance meant art, culture, philosophy. This 5-part series, broadcaster Gilbert Reid explores She is not a nation - she is a civilization. Marketplace, but sells her aircraft, haute couture, wines, and nuclear Revolutionary she's archaic and ultra-modern. France is capricious and contradictory she's traditional and
