Stealing Beauty

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Romy Schneider, L’important c’est d’aimer, Andrzej Zulawski, 1975

Children believe what we tell them. They have complete faith in us. They believe that a rose plucked from a garden can plunge a family into conflict. They believe that the hands of a human beast will smoke when he slays a victim, and that this will cause the beast shame when a young maiden takes up residence in his home. They believe a thousand other simple things. I ask of you a little of this childlike simplicity, and, to bring us luck, let me speak four truly magic words, childhood’s open sesame: “Once upon a time…”

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Claude Monet

Blow-Up (1966)

Cigarette Girl, 1944. Photo by Charles W. Cushman

Raymond Cauchetier