Art, The Way of Life

J ack Nicholson, who paid £250,000 in 1984 for the rights to a film about  Napoleon , mused back then about the English obsession with France’s famous emperor. “Napoleon was a man who conquered the world twice and then became a symbol of the devil – that’s the way they described him in England,” said the three-time Oscar-winner. Nicholson never fulfilled his dream of impersonating the victorious general of Revolutionary France, a role played by hundreds of actors, including  Marlon Brando ,  Rod Steiger ,  Danny DeVito ,  Groucho Marx  and  Rowan Atkinson . Napoleon has been portrayed in films, musicals, plays, television shows and adverts; in artwork, fiction, historical biography and video games. He has even been the subject of psychological theories and syndromes. Napoleon remains a global cultural icon 250 years after his birth in Ajaccio, Corsica, on 15 August 1769. Napoleon started ‘Little Man Syndrome’ With Napoleon, it’s hard no...

Antonio Banderas interview: ‘Tarantino should be free to make his art'  The actor is reunited with Pedro Almodóvar in the brilliant Pain and Glory. He talks to Patrick Smith about their long relationship, playing gay characters, and being condemned by public opinion    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/antonio-banderas-pain-and-glory-tarantino-lgbt-relationship-characters-kevin-spacey-a9061986.html The actor is reunited with Pedro Almodóvar in the brilliant Pain and Glory. He talks to Patrick Smith about their long relationship, playing gay characters, and being condemned by public opinion