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Jules Verne Film Festival
The list of iconic French writers is meters-long and usually begins with the likes of Proust, Flaubert and Molière. However, just as much as any French literary figure, Jules Verne belongs among the upper echelon of Gallic wordsmiths. Jules Verne was as much a philosopher, visionary and celebrity as he was a literary writer. Verne wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea before the invention of the submarine; and he penned books and stories about space, air and underwater travel in eerily prophetic ways at a time when the horse-and-buggy was the most common form of transportation. In celebration of Verne’s visionary genius, the city of Paris (parallel to Los Angeles) is hosting the Jules Verne Film Festival showcasing documentaries, feature films and speaking engagements in the spirit of the late master. Read the entire story here…»
