Childhood of a Leader

[rich]

the kid is American in the movie and his name is Prescott (Bush?)with a
British accent. funny about accents: wonder why they decided Irish actor
Liam Cunningham would be American and American Robert Patterson would be
British

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> The original title of the Sartre story is L'enfance d'un chef, more boss
> than leader. (Written 1938, when there was a Leader.)
>
> Lucien drifts into fascism at the end, he looks into a window, sees his
> face, too pretty, and decides to grow a mustache.
>
> 2017-01-03 20:37 GMT+01:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:
>
>> John Paul Sartre wrote a strong short story with that title, published in
>> The Wall and Other Stories in the US at least but IMDB gives no indication
>> it was a source. Guess the title is almost a generic ironic title all
>> depending on the insights and execution. I haven't ever quite forgotten
>> that story because young and eager.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Scott Walker soundtrack, no less. Interesting questions about the
>>> fatherhood (both metaphorical and biological) of the nascent fascist.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> not sure if this film has been mentioned but worth a look--portrait of
>>>> a fascist leader as a young boy. notable debut for director with impressive
>>>> use of music
>>>>
>>>> rich
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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