Herbal Face Wash with a French Connection!
Every time I see this commercial for Himalaya herbal face wash I am reminded (in a warm and fuzzy way) of the fabulous French film “Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain” aka “Amelie” if you haven’t seen this movie I recommend you get right on it! It’s all about a wonderful young girl in Paris who decides to change the world by changing the lives of the people around her. You’ll feel warm and fuzzy too.
Didjya Know?
The part of Amélie was written specifically for Emily Watson. She wanted the part but had to decline because she didn’t speak French and had already agreed to be in Gosford Park (2001).
Whenever this film was shot on location, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and the crew would clean the area of debris, grime, trash and graffiti, so that the film would match his fantasy more so. This was an especially difficult task when it came time to shoot at the huge train station.
The traveling gnome was inspired by a rash of similar pranks played in England and France in the 1990s. In 1997, a French court convicted the leader of Front de Libération des Nains de Jardins (Garden Gnome Liberation Front) of stealing over 150 gnomes. The idea was later used in an advertising campaign for an Internet travel agency.
During the film a Volkswagen “New Beetle” appears, although the car was not in production at the time Amelie should live (that would be August 1997 according to newspapers reporting the death of Lady Diana). Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet said he kept it as it fit perfectly with the mood of the film.
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October 14th, 2009 at 2:47 am
I’ve seen Amelie a couple of times and loved it more the second time. Very few movies have that effect on me.. And I was surprised to see how different she looks in Da Vinci code.
October 14th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Ya she’s lovely, I just saw a very weird but beautifully shot film called “The Life Aquatic” check it out!
October 15th, 2009 at 8:17 am
will do:-)
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:52 am
Amerlie is one of my all time favorite movies…I’ve seen quite a few time and still don’t get bored of it.
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:38 am
I have numerous problems with my web browser Omniweb on your website. The chimpanzees are in the page :).
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:45 am
Hmm try with Firefox?
December 8th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
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March 15th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
[...] this movie its really quite adorable, I think I mentioned this before when I was telling you about a herbal facewash commercial which reminded me of it too! I haven’t seen “Priceless” but now I’m intrigued! P.S. Tonight I’m [...]
March 15th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
That’s interesting, I was responsible for the color correction on that commercial and I was purposely going the Amelie look…glad it worked.
March 15th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Hey James good stuff! I liked it a lot :)