2023-11-19 13:22:00
Often, passers-by call him in the street under the nickname Moule à Gaufres, his pseudonym in Eric Rochant’s Bureau of Legends. It doesn’t bother him, quite the contrary. Gilles Cohen, an actor trained in the theater, discovered in the cinema by Jacques Audiard or Arnaud Desplechin, likes the idea of giving back to supporting roles in cinema or television their letters of nobility.
What was the first record you bought as a teenager with your own money?
Not purchased, but given by my English teacher Janine Sanchez for my bar mitzvah, the Beatles’ blue and red albums. I listened to them over and over, I learned the lyrics, I rolled my cigarettes, I felt like an adult.
Your favorite way to listen to music?
The CDs, all second-hand from Joseph Gibert. I like this store, and I hope it doesn’t disappear from Boulevard Saint-Michel. The sellers are very good. I like to go there around 7 p.m., a little before closing, to “escape” from my solitude.
The last record you bought?
The Delfonics, La La Means I Love You. I realized that certain songs were used by Tarantino in his film soundtracks, always very careful.
Where do you prefer to listen to music?
In my living room or on the beach in Sicily. There, I also like to shazam what people listen to on the beach… Then I listen to them again in Paris to remember Sicily, which I love so much. Besides, I recommend listening to Angelina Mango, who I shaved this summer on the beach: Voglio di vivere.
Do you listen to music while working?
Yes I listen to FIP, I love it. It’s varied, fun, a mix of classical, jazz, new music, world music… Otherwise, I take a record that I like and play it several times during the day.
The song that you are ashamed to listen to with pleasure?
Holidays, I forget everything from the group Elégance, or Nuit de Folie by Early Evening. Hits, tubes, little girl stuff. It’s lame but I like it.
Is there a label or record company that you are particularly attached to?
Chess Records, I’m a blues freak, and I love Chicago, a beautiful city. I just celebrated my birthday there. There are wonderful blues and jazz clubs, splendid towers, less noise than in New York and delicious hot dogs!
Which record cover do you want to frame at home as a work of art?
Cerrone, Love in C Minor. The image is ultra-kitsch, but fun and sexy.
A record you would like to hear at your funeral?
Pelléas and Mélisande, Debussy. Although I think silence is louder than music on this kind of occasion. I would rather we organize a concert for my friends. With a drink afterwards…
Do you know what the metal drone is?
A metal drone?
Do you prefer records or live music?
Both. At home a record, and in concert live music. Although, there was already a concert at my house, but it bothered my neighbors a little.
Do you go to a club to dance, flirt, listen to music on a good sound system or do you never go to a club?
I haven’t been there for a long, long time. I went there to flirt, it was good. I was sixteen years old… And what’s more, it worked!
Your favorite musical film or your favorite film score?
Definitely West Side Story. I saw it at the Kinopanorama cinema in Paris when I was 12, and I saw it again performed by the New York Philharmonic in Manhattan when I was 50, at Lincoln Center, where it was filmed. the film.
What is the record that you share with the person who accompanies you in life?
All Bee Gees songs. I like: it’s disco, romantic, and it takes me back to my youth. I am a great melancholic.
The group you would have liked to be part of?
The Poppys. I even made my classmates in CM2 believe that I was one of them. The teacher didn’t believe me. I had to go up on the stage to sing in front of the students, and a cappella, Isabelle I love you. The class cheered for me, I was happy!
The song or piece of music that always makes you cry?
Songs by Enrico Macias, which remind me of my parents, who died, and of my childhood. I am a great melancholic. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again.
His favorite titles
Bourvil La Tendresse (1963)
Barbara My Men (1968)
Barbra Streisand The Way We Were (1973)
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