Talk:Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne

Rétif or Réstif?
1911 Encyclopedia as Réstif while we have Rétif, for his surname. Which is correct? --Nabla 2005-07-06 15:05:06 (UTC)


 * Both: French orthography and pronunciation undergo significant alteration after the 18th Century, such as the S after a vowel and before a T becoming muted
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reforms_of_French_orthography
 * Nuttyskin 03:50, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
 * There are 2 published references I found that both use Restif: a 1964 English translation of Les Nuits de Paris, and the 1982 movie La Nuit de Varennes.  So far, I have found none that use Retif. For me, at least, Retif seems the obscure version, whereas Restif is mainstream.  Jrgilb (talk) 22:55, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Retifism
"The term retifism was named after him." Can anyone produce a cite for this? All the online references I can find appear to use this article as a source... -- Karada 16:32, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd be satisfied with an explanation of why Rétif is associated with shoe fetishism. I'm assuming that he demonstrates an ususual fascination with women's shoes in his writings, but an affirmation (with an example) would be helpful. -- llywrch 19:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Not so much an ususual fascination with women's shoes as with their feet. His characters, it must be stressed, pay much attention to the rest of their heroines' bodies, too; but particularly and noticeably to their feet.
 * Nuttyskin (talk) 17:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Anti-Justine
I added it. Seem BDSM wasn't to well accepted in the 1910s. ;-)  --Nemissimo II 12:42, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * "Quite unfit for general perusal," as the article goes on to say. And rew D alby  14:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Quaint typographic system

 * the quaint typographic system in which most are composed.

What does this mean? --84.20.17.84 14:58, 26 June 2007 (UTC)


 * No idea. Except that it might relate to the fact that Restif often composed his works directly onto the printing press without using a manuscript. Sade, whom we know hated Restif with a deeply reciprocated passion, even put the story around that Restif used to sleep with a printing-press at the head of his bed so he could use it without even getting up.
 * Nuttyskin (talk) 17:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Portrayal in movies
I used to recieve French television and think I remember a TV miniseries based on the life of Retif, set around the time of the Revolution. Does anyone know what this was called? Or am I confusing him with someone else? Drutt (talk) 01:07, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
 * There is an amazing and wonderful 1982 Franco-Italian movie La Nuit de Varennes directed by Ettore Scola and starring Jean-Louis Barrault as Retif. This movie is a fictional portrayal of Retif and other luminaries (Casanova, Thomas Paine) as up-close observers of the Revolution.  It certainly bears mentioning under "Retif as portrayed in modern cinema." Jrgilb (talk) 00:17, 30 July 2011 (UTC)


 * There was a TV mini-series made in 1989 called "Les nuits révolutionnaires" with Michel Aumont as Restif. Details at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257976/  I watched it when it was broadcast in Australia and it was a big budget series and was very, very good. (IMHO). Channel 4, SBS and a German TV company were listed as co-producers; I assume they financed it along with FR3.--TrogWoolley (talk) 23:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I think it was a dramatization of Les Nuits de Paris. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:55, 9 February 2013 (UTC).

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