Only if you are a moron who doesn't understand that the people of France were starving to death a few kilometers away. Maybe people understand but are so self-absorbed that they just don't care.
I posted this three years ago, damn. While it doesn’t portray the struggle the peasants were facing, it captures the hedonistic and extravagant lifestyle of Versailles perfectly. Isolated, oblivious, and lavish.
All the french royals lived a life of opulence and excess while half their country was starving. Everything is so visually pretty, but you can kind of understand why the french people revolted and chopped their heads off. While they are starving their rulers are buying to excess, bathing with strawberries (look it up they added fruit to their bath water) and gave their dogs jeweled collars. It gives a stark visual as to why the French people had enough.
yeah its the same in Britain in 2018 we got a bunch of marxistglobalist prize fucknuts killing free speech and the country is seething the kettle is going to blow
True. But sadly I don't think the people who live the reality often see naivety or ignorance as a genuine excuse for lack of action. And also unfortunately for the aristocrats who indulged out of fear of boredom from their confining lives, I don't think many people see boredom as a good excuse as, though it's horrible, it's not the worst thing that can happen to a person. @@generalcomments1239
I don't blame Marie Antoinette for being a shopaholic. She didn't consummate her marriage for 7 YEARS! If I wasn't getting any from my husband, you bet your life I'd fill that void with materialistic ventures.
Latter-DayGamer true, and also when you are young as she is you tend to being naive and indulge yourself with materialistic things. Honestly she was a very naive queen, ignored by her family (who had 16 kids and she was the 15 so you can imagine she didn't get much attention), and had to mature at break neck speed at the very last bit of her life, practically while she was attempting to escape and was on trial for her execution.
Hannah Cameron I believe he was sickly as a child and as such he had trouble "performing" in those days it was considered extremely shameful and a blow to a man's ego, I read that he was finally able to "perform" due to herbal medicines though I do not which kind
Her story is actual pretty sad. Married at 14, executed at 38 and in that time had 2 miscarriages and 4 living children, only 1 of whom lived to adulthood. One daughter died before her first birthday, the one son died at 7, and the other aged 10 in prison (after both his parents had been executed)
This scene is both aesthetically pleasing, and disgustingly gluttonous, Overwhelmingly luxurious, decadent to a fault, and puts the "extra" in "extravagant". But throughout, only one thought prevails: those champagne flutes must be really sticky.
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Yeah if I was a teenage girl taken from everything I knew with all this stress to have a baby and a seemingly limitless budget, I'd do a lot of shopping and eat a lot of sweets too xD
And apparently, time-travel because Marie Antoinette had a pair of *purple Converse Shoes* ! (there is a scene where you can see a pair of purple Converse shoes in the film. It's literally the scene before the first scene in the video.)
@@jomarivelasco5260 that was a style choice between Sophia Coppola (the director) and Melina Canonero (the costume designer who won an Oscar for this film), as Coppola wanted to remind the audience this was a teenage girl being scrutinized like a fully formed adult and she needed an outlet so she goes shopping with her girlfriends - which is true to history, Marie Antoinette filled her time with shopping and gambling bc her husband was not interested in parties and socializing the way she was; Louis preferred hunting and reading
Sophia Coppola intentionally put thoese lavender colored converse in the scene to convey that Marie Antoinette was an average teenage girl. it's to make her seen more human.
This movie did such a great job showing how young MA was when she became queen, and how removed from the actual issues the country was facing... She only understood far too late, once the revolution was in full swing.
Aria Musical Because she and her husband were self absorbed aristocrats who despite being the absolute rulers of France, couldn't give two shits about the starving and miserable French citizens just a few miles outside of Versaille.
In the year 2003 i was shocked they played rock and roll music in a marie antoinette film. I mean who would do that?! But in 2022 you see its revolutionary and modern. This film feels right at home in 2022 and does not feel dated
@@QueenlySweetpea That's very naïve to think. You'd still need people to serve like this. In order to have someone willing to wait on you, they'd have to be in a different status than you. So no, the OP is correct. In order for someone to live like this, there'd have to be a society of haves and have nots.
I think the cakes were a basic sponge cake(vanilla) Covered in white modeling chocolate. Or it's possible u can cover it in fondant if u want another color. But in the middle of it, it has to be like French pastry cream. Then fresh fruit. But that is optional. I'm so going to try to make it :)
Even though Marie Antoinete was not at all smart with her money, she wasn't the first and only person who was lavish spending. In fact history points out she didn't spend as much money on petty things than others.
They would maintain a considerable bearable figure because they need to take stairs, dancing and moving around the big gardens. It was very well documented that Marie Antoinette frequently working closely with her landscape architect to get the desired result she want. She also have a clique of friends for picnics, socializing and performing plays and I think her attitude of partying till late often talked about within Versailles
My favorite scene .I was so obsessed with this movie . I did a Birthday party theme rented a old victorian Hall out in a 100 yr old home ..it was fun ..and played the 2 disc sound track .And had chinese food ..and a pink cake ..
How are they not fat? I mean noble women didn't do sports usually at that time and everyday they would stuff their faces with these pastries. Uh so unfair
Consider, the foods that ate were always fresh. No such thing as unnaturally made preservatives, and they had the best dietitians of the time. If they needed to lose a few pounds, they'd be put on diets and be back in shape within a few weeks.
In this movie, they wouldn't have shown women being fat. However, eating as many pastries as this WOULD make them fat. It's a modern vs. archaic beauty thing.
She had to purchase these dresses, fabrics and pay to have them made to keep the silk industry in France in business making money. By wearing these garments, she would be copied by setting trends, and other aristocrats would be purchasing the same fabrics and dresses too to keep up. Of course, this lavish spending backfired on her as well and made her seem frivolous. When she started wearing other fashions made of cotton (chemise a la reine) she was scrutinized because now that she was wearing cheaper imported fabrics, the silk industry started struggling because no one was purchasing the expensive silks, there for importing of cotton was made illegal.
It’s hard to fathom that those beautiful tassels, ribbons, shoes and flowing gowns, existed in an era and place where people are scared to bathe and there are no sanitary toilets.
awesome fashion trends yes, but I have to wonder how her poor neck would support her head with that huge wig on. Unfortunately her poor neck wouldn't have to worry about it for too much longer.
Nina - Not to be the 'ACTUALLLLYYYY' guy, but Marie-Antoinette was personally repulsed by the poor hygiene at Versailles. She was the first in Versailles to really institute full bathing etiquette, and she bathed more than anyone else. Her baths were luxurious affairs, with pine nuts and citrus fruits and flowers, and she rubbed her body down with sweet almond oil. She had her many rooms in the palace filled with fresh flowers, incense, scented pastilles, and other perfumed items to drive off the horrific odors coming from the courtyard outside. It was only at the Petit Trianon that she was able to escape the odors of Versailles.
They feared taking baths with hot water because it opened the skin pores and would allow disease like the plague to enter the body. Soo they used lots of perfume for the feet and used different concoctions to mask bad breathe but did not perfume their private areas and arm pits. They changed clothes frequently throughout the day to try to control body odor and thought wearing white was a way of cleanliness. There were "peeing walls" in the palace for men to relieve themselves and women wore little pots under their dresses to catch their pee. (I just watched a documentary on Versailles)
Here to dispel beliefs commonly believed about Marie Antoinette. 1) she hated spending money. She was forced to do it. 2) jewelers was not her thing. 3) she didn’t say Let them eat cake. She said Let them eat bread. It was directed at the poorer people. 4) she had a soft spot for poorer people. She even adopted a child. 5) hair was her LEAST favorite thing to do. She stated multiple times it hurt her head too much
Actually, she said. “Let them eat brioche” which in Austria - was a common bread, however extremely sweet. The French did not eat brioche, so they automatically assumed it a cake. Her suggestion for brioche, was because it took less flour then traditional bread, therefore more economical for the townspeople. She was trying.
@@K119_ no, it's incorrect. This sentence was written in a novel published before Marie was even born. "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" was written by Rousseau in his "Confessions". It was linked to the Queen during the Revolution because apparently Marie liked desserts a lot (but actually it seems she didn't like eating much else except for sweets) More than that, it's true she had problems with her hair. She had alopecia since she was very young and was always trying to find a style that could hide that.
@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 Really? I like it better with the Converse, even if it makes no sense historically. It's a stark reminder that Marie was a teenager.
i don't need converse shoes to remind me that she was a teenager. If you need to use converse shoes to remind people that a character is a teenager, you’re a bad storyteller - and Sofia Coppola isn’t a bad storyteller. The film doesn't reference the 21st century in that way at any other point in the film, so it's stylistically completely out of nowhere. Anyway, it’s skimmed over so quickly that I didn’t even notice the first couple times I watched the film! It was appearing on film mistake lists as a “film mistake you didn’t notice” the first years after the film came out because that’s exactly what it looks like. All it does is jar me out of the movie and remind me that I'm watching a film, instead of experiencing history (a romanticised version of it, anyway). Honestly, I swear they just made a mistake by leaving them in, and didn't want to admit it, so claimed it was a stylistic choice...because it really is it out nowhere, and doesn't make any sense in the context of how the entire film is made, how every other prop, costume, set piece, etc. is used, and how the film tries to present itself stylistically. It doesn't try to present itself as some sort of amalgamation between the 21st and 18th centuries....it tries to present itself as a an accurate rendition of the 18th century, even taking pains to make semi-copies of Marie Antoinette’s actual outfits (albeit more toned down, simplistic versions of them), make all her other surroundings accurate to the period. She wouldn’t have had so much cake around her all the time, but they even go so far as to make sure that every single piece of food they show is period appropriate! Yes, you can claim that the music is modern, but that’s background music. The characters themsel cccccggfcgcves aren’t hearing it. When the characters do listen to music, it’s actual music from the time period. If they’d gone to a rock concert instead of an opera, then they’d be making the same type of statement through music. I think it was an actual mistake that Coppola didn’t want to admit to, because she got some criticism when this film came out, and she was probably quite defensive about it. it’s hard for anyone to see a mistake like that after they’ve invested so much time, effort, and money into the making of a film. The film looks so much better with the error left out, though. The film flows better, and looks better. Anyway, that’s my rant done. That mistake really annoys me, lol.
+Gladius ExE .. I didn't notice orange sticks, but those edible poker chip things are marzipan which were the base of the cakes / candies and then they went on to coat with various coatings .. ok I went back to the video and those orange sticks were candied orange peel. They featured the poker chips ( the playing ones ) because Marie Antoinette love to go to the gaming houses to play poker and various other gambling games ..
if you watch the this scene on dvd u will notice in 1 of the scenes during this montage a pair of blue tennis shoes which i do not believe they made back in that era lol
Helen Rogers they spoke about how that quick snippet of a scene was supposed to represent Marie Antoinette and her teenage personality. She was very young at this time in the film, and she was 14 when married to Louis, so therefore the purpose of that shot was supposed to symbolize her youth, naivety, and teenage personality.
Imagine if the frencg monarchy, with these lavish lifestyle, combined with a modern stereotype of shopping for couples Madame Marie Antoinette was busy by the choice of clothes and styles Whereas King Louis sitting on the bench, with shopping bags, wondering when this shit was going to end
All I knew about Marine Antionette is that she became queen at a young age and she spent the money she was suppose to use on her subjects for food. She spent the money on dresses,shoes, champagne, parties,dogs, jewerly, and Cake. The people rebelled and she got her head cut off. 🎵🎶🏰🐕🐶🐩💐🌹💎💍👑💄👡👠👒🛍👝👜👛👗👄💘💝🎉🎈🎁🍇🍎🍞🥐🥖🌽🍗🥞🍩🍮🍨🍧🍦🍫🍰🎂🍾🍷🍸
Marie Antoinette... A married teenager, shopaholic, and Queen of France. She was so... How do I phrase this... Ignorant. Yet, the sympathy I feel is great. She was living in Paradise. She was just out of touch. Though, it is quiet obvious why the people revolted. There were many reminders, but it wasn’t her choice to be there. In fact, it was not allowed to marry who you want as a royal. You’d think that during this rough, violent season, the Austrians would save her. You thought wrong. Not even her family cared. All they wanted was for her to have the next king of France. Great Parenting, am I right?
I have been to the Versailles and trust me, those people were not happy there. It was like a luxurious prison. Have you ever heard the term "A bird in a gilded cage?" Well it made sense to me the day I visited the Versailles.
Their marriage was a very unhappy one for years in the beginning. Shopping and parties were probably her escape/coping method. Also she was a foreign queen and probably tried to fit in by matching/upstaging the opulence around her
I wish modern celebrities would concentrate more on beautiful fabrics, interesting combination, & true glamour instead trying to see who can be the most naked on the red carpet. It’s like they’re competing for best dressed prostitute rather than being the elite in fashion, entertainment, etc.
Seeing this scene, two things come to my mind 1. The Hunger Games. This is so much like the capitol people lived while tge rest of the country starved until they rebelled 2. Diabetis must have been rampant at Versailles from all those cakes and sweets
hmm that was part of her undoing!to say that, the ordinary folk HAD NO FLOUR TO MAKE CAKE LET ALONE FOOD...STUPID WOMAN...AND SO OUT OF TOUCH...BUT SHE PAID THE PRICE WITH HER LIFE..
It was actually the line in a children’s story that was made before she was even born. She had no idea the common people were suffering or what they were eating. She was never told the state of affairs of her people. She tried to help what she knew about. And king louis’s advisors probably lied to her that everything was fine so they could run the country through louis
not a lot seeing how they dont have artificial sweeteners or corn syrup in that era which is what makes people gain weight more quickly, if you had any sugar it was natural sugars like sugar cane or the type of sugar in fruits
cherry cho Also, sugar was very rare in that time.This is just a movie and in actuality Marie Antoinette wasn't a huge fan of sweets. She was dainty and also a dainty eater.
You're kidding right? if this is legit then she spent her entire life in pain..Because even in today's world of dentistry ppl have really awful experiences with dentures especially the bottom plate..I read how George Washington suffered while trying to eat the softest of foods due to his fake teeth. So I wonder just how much of this opulent food that M.A. was able to indulge herself in without suffering from severe mouth pain..
The question should be... in this period, why were there *Converse Shoes* ?! (The scene before this showed her shoes and you can clearly see a pair of purple Converse shoes, if you didn't know)
Remember the French people and children were suffering, dying and had no food to eat, while the royals were enjoying lavish lifestyles in the castle. I’m not saying it’s their fault, but you can see where frustration comes from. And to ppl saying she was young, yes a lot of people married young back then. And a lot of children died before adult hood. A lot of women died during child birth. The royals had better quality of life while poor had it worse The outcome was still sad though
