Entertainment & Arts
How many Surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
July 18, 1993
Books
For most Americans, the name Andre Breton, if they know it at all, stirs some uncertain if intriguing memories.
Aug. 27, 1995
Archives
Some 5,500 objects considered talismans of the French Surrealist movement from Andre Breton to Rene Magritte will go on sale in Paris this month despite an outcry from artists opposed to splitting up the works.
April 2, 2003
Andre Breton, the father of Surrealism, did not shock easily.
May 6, 1993
When Surrealist patriarch Andre Breton visited Mexico in 1938, he declared it the “Surrealist place par excellence,” what with its dramatic terrain and rich mixture of races and native and imported religions.
Oct. 7, 1995
Movies
Luis Bunuel’s films take a provocateur’s pitiless view of humanity. That was never clearer than in his last works.
June 22, 2003
In a 1924 manifesto, Andre Breton introduced surrealism as “a new vice,” delivering ecstatic freedoms to its addicts--freedom from the contamination of reality, freedom from the entangling skeins of logic, freedom for the mind, the heart, the unconscious to roam at leisure.
Oct. 22, 1990
Sports
Tour de France winners (no races during the two world wars): 1903 Maurice Garin...France 1904 Henri Cornet...France 1905 Louis Trousselier...France 1906 Rene Pottier...France 1907 Lucien Petit-Breton...France 1908 Lucien Petit-Breton...France 1909 Francois Faber...Luxembourg 1910 Octave Lapize...France 1911 Gustave Garrigou...France 1912 Odile Defraye...Belgium 1913 Philippe Thys...Belgium 1914 Philippe Thys...Belgium 1919 Firmin Lambot...Belgium 1920 Philippe Thys...Belgium 1921 Leon Scieur...Belgium 1922 Firmin Lambot...Belgium 1923 Henri Pelissier...France 1924 Ottavio Bottecchia...Italy 1925 Ottavio Bottecchia...Italy 1926 Lucien Buysse...Belgium 1927 Nicolas Frantz...Luxembourg 1928 Nicolas Frantz...Luxembourg 1929 Maurice De Waele...Belgium 1930 Andre Leducq...France 1931 Antonin Magne...France 1932 Andre Leducq...France 1933 Georges Speicher...France 1934 Antonin Magne...France 1935 Romain Maes...Belgium 1936 Sylvere Maes...Belgium 1937 Roger Lapebie...France 1938 Gino Bartali...Italy 1939 Sylvere Maes...Belgium 1947 Jean Robic...France 1948 Gino Bartali...Italy 1949 Fausto Coppi...Italy 1950 Ferdi Kubler...Switzerland 1951 Hugo Koblet...Switzerland 1952 Fausto Coppi...Italy 1953 Louison Bobet...France 1954 Louison Bobet...France 1955 Louison Bobet...France 1956 Roger Walkowiak...France 1957 Jacques Anquetil...France 1958 Charly Gaul...Luxembourg 1959 Federico Bahamontes...Spain 1960 Gastone Nencini...Italy 1961 Jacques Anquetil...France 1962 Jacques Anquetil...France 1963 Jacques Anquetil...France 1964 Jacques Anquetil...France 1965 Felice Gimondi...Italy 1966 Lucien Aimar...France 1967 Roger Pingeon...France 1968 Jan Janssen...Netherlands 1969 Eddy Merckx...Belgium 1970 Eddy Merckx...Belgium 1971 Eddy Merckx...Belgium 1972 Eddy Merckx...Belgium 1973 Luis Ocana...Spain 1974 Eddy Merckx...Belgium 1975 Bernard Thevenet...France 1976 Lucien Van Impe...Belgium 1977 Bernard Thevenet...France 1978 Bernard Hinault...France 1979 Bernard Hinault...France 1980 Joop Zoetemelk...Netherlands 1981 Bernard Hinault...France 1982 Bernard Hinault...France 1983 Laurent Fignon...France 1984 Laurent Fignon...France 1985 Bernard Hinault...France 1986 Greg LeMond...U.S. 1987 Stephen Roche...Ireland 1988 Pedro Delgado...Spain 1989 Greg LeMond...U.S. 1990 Greg LeMond...U.S. 1991 Miguel Indurain...Spain 1992 Miguel Indurain...Spain 1993 Miguel Indurain...Spain 1994 Miguel Indurain...Spain 1995 Miguel Indurain...Spain 1996 Bjarne Riis...Denmark 1997 Jan Ullrich...Germany 1998 Marco Pantani...Italy 1999 Lance Armstrong...U.S. 2000 Lance Armstrong...U.S. 2001 Lance Armstrong...U.S. 2002 Lance Armstrong...U.S. 2003 Lance Armstrong...U.S. 2004 Lance Armstrong...U.S. 2005 Lance Armstrong...U.S.
July 25, 2005
Oct. 19, 1990
NEW MYSTERIES OF PARIS by Barry Gifford (Clark City Press: $11.95; 82 pp.).
Aug. 25, 1991