Crazy Horse (2011) Movie Script
Paroxysm
Of eroticism
Paroxysm
Of exoticism
Eternal lesson in seduction
Eternal pleasure in loving desire
Seduction
Baby buns is what they call me when l pass,
all those fellows whistling, looking at my ass,
lve had enough!
Why cant a gal be left alone
just cause shes
theres always some dodo right there
who blocks my way with his tough stare,
l know my baby buns are cute,
but its not fair!
My dear Sir, please take your hand away.
No, indeed, l guess its not your day.
Youre just wastin my precious time.
Guys like you arent even worth a dime.
Step aside and let me by,
or else lll blacken up your eye,
you just aint my kind of man
and baby, thats
Baby buns is what they call me when l pass,
all those fellows whistling, looking at my ass,
lve had enough!
Why cant a gal be left alone
just cause shes
theres always some dodo right there
who blocks my way with his tough stare,
l know my baby buns are cute,
but its not fair!
Open...
Oh, open, do open your door.
I have to see you.
l must speak to you,
excuse my boldness, but the door...
Open...
open, do open your door
I have to see you.
l must speak to you,
excuse my boldness, but the door...
Open...
Oh. open, do open...your legs, kiss,
excuse me, oh my boldness,
open your legs, come on, open your legs.
Come on. Open! Open your legs!
Youve got to open your legs for me, baby!
Open your legs!
We are the girls from the Crazy,
we sing and dance kind of funky,
you might think were somewhat naughty,
please, dont you get the wrong idea.
All men with plenty of money,
diamonds and rubies, are yummy,
if you would like to be happy,
if you would like to be in Paris,
come to the Crazy Horse saloon.
- Hi
-How are you?
Fine and you?
Fine
Hes here, right.
Theres someone again.
Whos that guy there on all fours?
Volga!
Thats a Volga!
Thats Crazy.
Can you start the Shadows film?
The film of Shadows
What do you call that film?
You called it Bernardin.
It works
Please open the curtain completely!
I love the clapperboard
House lights off, please
Its so hot
Right
Bend, bend
Throw it forward
Yes... Bend, bend...
How much time do we have? Two hours?
Koko, Lumina, Zula.
OK.
Once again
So hot
Stretch, bend
So hot
Thanks, girls. To the dressing room.
Take a shower. Even two.
It should not touch
the strip of mirrors next to
We need to work on the lighting.
Could you please just come down?
Should A, B, C and D be at the center?
Yes.
Is the backdrop centered?
Maybe its not well-centered
It is centered.
It is? Are you sure?
Thats what we agreed on
That you finish this way
Then you go up
Turn around
Thats right
I take your skirt off.
You slide down.
Slide in this position
I should first turn like this
I dont feeel sensual with that.
But frankly
And then...
Maybe I can help you like that...
You catch it, then you sway again...
And again.
There... So after its the same.
My body against yours.
Yes but there I used to do something and
you did
I used to do something like this
Yeah?
Wait. Like this.
Like this.
Then we cuddle with each other
Like this.
And then backward, with the music
There, backward with the step.
We come back from further away.
And there, once again and we leave.
Go ahead, put your hand
There...OK.
Did you get it?
Want to try?
Lada took a break.
Good, Zula. Closing your eyes is great
Good idea.
You let yourself go, you close your eyes.
And you change position
...three, four
Sensuality awakens
And one...three...
, yts hot, you open the helmet.
Three...two, three, four...Four
You stand up slowly.
Youre hot.
Its the heat that makes you stand up
Yes...
Now, Lumina enters
You go to the window
Go to the window, Lumina.
You look at each other.
It changes again.
You leave the window
And youre on the other side
Now, first contact.
Good! Second contact...
Contact
Stay in front of the window.
Lumina, not forward. Zula, not backward.
Back in front of the window
Get out of the moving walkway.
And kiss.
On your knees.
Well arched
Buttocks
Then it starts
Here you go.
Get closer.
Yes...
Move away
Get closer again
Now you can do that thing...
that thing you do in the end.
And... boom!
That hook should be changed
It scares me
Good
And please turn the work lights off on the set
Girls, change places
You, the three new girls
Together, together
Try to feel each other.
Yasna, good on the right, bad on the left.
Bend your right hand, Yasna.
Bend your right hand
Not too much. Higher
Perfect
Thank you.
The main question is the lighting
We cancelled Vestal in order to make
more side lighting available.
Part of the light plot was dedicated to Vestal
Without Vestal, we can do better
and play with the colours of the side lighting.
This iob requires
and I somehow speak in your
We should first clean all these spotlights
that all have a thick layer of dust inside
And then we should check on
the whole show and on
with the costumes, to see the result
to see what needs to be adjusted
We may need more side lighting to
outline the bod
Its the basic lighting in ballet.
It picks the bodies out and
makes them more legib
We must use it more and better.
This reviewing of the show brings
back my eternal
please, lets try to close for some time
Without closing
Philippe, lm sorry, the answer is no
What?
I cant, we cant.
Think about it, lets talk to the boss.
I know that hell say no
If you want to make a big step forward,
and reach a higher quality in the show...
We claim to have the best nude
dancing show in th
and that were renewing this type of show
so give me the means to achieve it.
If we want a dazzling premiere
that will impress the intellectuals and all,
let
Some things cant be achieved if we never close
I can only pass on the shareholders position
which has been the same for a year.
I cant believe
there are no legal solutions to i
I understand that paying 60 people
for doing noth
Wven if some of them may clean the spotlights.
There must be a solution
There are firms that close and...
Take a vacation.
And dont go bankrupt. It can be done.
I insist that we find a solution.
Im convinced that a break
is needed to ensure a
I just know that the shareholders said no
At a certain point, they must understand
- We also have constraints.
- I agree.
They ask us to deliver a quality show.
And it involves quite a few things
including clo
If not, the quality wont be there
Id be disappointed
- The show works.
- Right
Its important. Im not blackmailing you,
Im just saying its important
Just look at how Evolution works
This act has been worked on year after year!
Giving me only one or two weeks
to deliver is inh
I need similar conditions to reach the same leve
as Evolution,
which has been worked on for year
Even if I put all my talent and energy into it
I may sometimes be wrong,
I need to adjust and improve
I agree on this. But
Therefore I cant deliver
I cant go on blindly to deliver 3 new acts
The finale is very important
we do need a new on
Just give me a rough idea of your schedule.
For the finale, end of July
I already asked three times for extra time,
and theyre on my back
I keep my head down...
We have to face what creation is about
I agree with you, but...
Once again, with a new finale
and a solution to
some problems of overlapping se
we basically have a new show, dont you agree?
We have a show with
four or five old acts instead
but the overall mood is really different
After we changed
the interludes and the overall p
Right, Philippe, but the shareholders dont care.
They said: Only three old acts
- Ill explain to them
- OK
Thats all I can say
They tell me: This is not what was agreed
Because its creation and
you cant control every
I know they think in terms of a business plan,
but still, its about art
Suppose they ordered a painting of a farm
and I think that the cows should be here
even if they wanted the cows to be there
A painting is art.
I know that the cows should be here!
You may have to justify yourself
though l agree with you.
Youll work all summer?
Well do Venus.
What happened with Venus?
Didnt I tell you?
Well the girls often
come out of this act in tear
They hate touching each other
They dont like it
Because of the bizarre culture they have here
The girls are definitely not dirty
They really hate touching each other...
They are modest
Getting closer than this...
there seems to be an invisible wall
they bump into, and they wont get closer
And what if it was a solo?
They do have a problem pretending to do things
Very few like to pretend.
So we should work on it
so that it becomes technically possible.
I like Zulas idea, even if l must check on it
to put moon boots on the revolving cage
The first cosmonaut would have to go like this
It could be funny and interesting
but it means work and
another technical challenge
Well see.
Yes!
Shall we have the second group?
It,s half an inch short here
Here we go
On the third cha, off you go.
Over here.
Then you move on...
You move on...
Youre too...
You have to do everything sideways
Right, much nicer
Its really good
Yeah, its
The shadows are dancing
Go.
And... one... and ...two...
And then... a lesson in shadows.
I place my body according to focus
Like in front of a camera lens
The focus is there.
You always have to... even if its weird,
you have to play like this, or like that,
in order to make the body visible
Sharper saut de chat
A saut de chat should make you move to the side,
thats the idea.
Dont stay there.
Right! You move to the side
Its 6 oclock, girls.
We should stop.
Thank you very much, girls
So France Billets, perfect.
A Diamond package
Francis?
Right
For two?
All right.
Your name, please?
First name, please. Michel
Perfect. May I have your mobile number?
A pro forma invoice?
Yes
Good evening.
On stage in twenty-five minutes.
A dancer for stage manager.
Any dancer?
Zula, did i give you the invitation?
Yes, thanks.
I love the show.
Some things need to be improved.
We dont know about the wigs
But I found the music really pleasant and funny.
It stays in your head
But now, I dont feel good with the ending
Whispers?
It needs revision.
Even more than the finale
Like what?
It needs something
Right now, it falls flat.
Good evening.
Perfect, thank you.
I believe thats us.
Yes, actually.
So, somewhere...
Somewhere here or over there...
Or maybe here?
Yeah, that will be good.
Take this gentleman to number 417.
Instead of number 212
Sir
Youre welcome, have a nice show, Sir
Good evening.
Smile, please.
Baby, cant you see?
Im calling.
A guy like you should wear a warning.
its dangerous, Im falling...
Theres no escape, l cant wait,
l need a hit, baby, give me it,
youre dangerous, Im loving it.
Too high, cant come down,
losing my head, spinning round and round,
do you feel me now?
With the taste of your lips, Im on a ride,
youre toxic, lm slipping under,
taste of your poison paradise,
Im addicted to you,
dont you know that youre toxic?
And I love what you do,
dont you know that youre toxic?
lts getting late to give you up,
I took a sip from my devils cup,
slowly its taking over me.
Too high, cant come down,
its in the air and its all around,
can you feel me now?
With the taste of your lips, Im on a ride,
youre toxic, lm slipping under,
taste of your poison paradise,
Im addicted to you,
dont you know that youre toxic?
Intoxicate me now, with your loving now,
I think Im ready now, I think Im ready now.
Intoxicate me now, with your loving now,
I think Im ready now, l think Im ready now.
Intoxicate me now, with your loving now,
I think Im ready now, l think Im ready now.
Intoxicate me now.
lts getting late to give you up,
I took a sip from my devils cup,
slowly its takin over me.
It must have hurt
Hes a big star in Russia
A Bolshoi soloist
Hes very popular. Everywhere.
He has some physical qualities.
This is unique!
You make me so
No
Just the way she got up...
The floor looks slippery.
These are dancing mats.
It looks tough.
It is tough.
You can see it
Great, no?
We hardly see each other
You see the darkness of
a long coat trailing behi
I catch the whiteness of a summer dress
Im only a shadow
and you
youre a light
Yearning for more than a blue day,
I enter your new life for me,
burning for the true day,
I welcome your new life for me.
Forgive me, let live me, set my spirit free.
forgive me, let live me, set my spirit free.
Losing, it comes in a cold wave,
of guilt and shame, all over me,
a child has arrived in the darkness,
the hollow triumph of a tree.
Forgive me, let live me, kiss my falling knee,
forgive me, let live me, bless my destiny.
Forgive me, let live me, set my spirit free,
weakness sown, now overgrown,
Man is the baby.
Forgive me, let live me, set my spirit free.
Weakness sown, now overgrown,
Man is the baby,
Man is the baby.
- Are you in Scanner?
- No.
We should try it, if you dont mind.
There wiil be a reversal of scenes.
Maybe we wont deliver Infrared
at the end of the week.
Did you know?
It was decided yesterday. Philippe iust told me
Scanner is far from being ready,
but well try to be ready.
If this lady would kindly take this off...
Then well try
a new costume for Venus
- For Venus
- Yeah
Well make it more like...
a Formula One champ...
rather than
I was also told yesterday
that we have to try the skirts on.
Absolutely
New skirts
Yes
For you.
Do you have to change it?
Because the one I have now is really great.
The material looks very nice with the lights.
It looks nice but something still bothers me.
The material is so shiny
that when you dance like this,
leaning on the table with the lighting behind
instead of making nice round buttocks,
you get bony buttocks.
The light draws a stroke
like this on your buttoc
And you end up with
something bony
Instead of something round, see?
But with this new skirt made of a matte material
you feel the curves
It doesnt catch the light
and its more elegant, like for a woman CEO
Theres something more elegant about it
I really loved the other material too,
but with the lighting... it becomes
Too bright
It spoils your figure
I really had the impression...
while, I mean, the idea is to
have nice round but
It didnt do it
We also thought
that this material would be too fragile
to be used long term, and so on
Meanwhile, wear it
Youll see the new one
Daisy tried it on, and its lovely
Come here, Jrome,
I have a hard time undressing the lady.
Go undress in the fitting room
and then come to me
Would you have some shoes for me?
You want slippers?
Thanks
Ill find some.
Baby buns is what they call me when l pass...
Oh, hey!
Oh, darling!
Shes floating like a butterfly, so charming...
Baby girl!
She recognized the man in me.
Number 1 in the world.
Theres something in her eyes
like a spell gett
oh lord, she gave me
one smile, two smiles, thre
she got me going wild.
Worth more than diamonds and pearl.
So, baby, dont change your style.
Sweet honey!
Oh no, no, no!
Tease me, tease me, tease me, tease me, baby!
Till I lose control.
Tease me with your loving until l lose control.
Take all my body and soul, oh girl.
Youre early again.
You in the back, do something else.
Woman, tease me till I lose control,
me ball tease me and tickle up me fancy,
right round the clock until me reach climax,
and when we reach, me will tell fi stop,
Will ya aim fi de sky and
will not turn back, br
you make me heart tick like a clock...
Woman, tease me,
And take a look me weak spot
Only your touch can make me, holds me up
I like this... what Lumina is doing
You look like cheerleaders, but...
Woman, your love
is like fire burning inna me so
Woman, tease me till I lose control.
Tease me, tease me, tease me, tease me, baby!
Good, lm happy
we understand each other, were improving
They want me to carry out a lot of improvements.
Without closing?
No way?
Today, its no way.
And no it is
I keep insisting...
Im rather...
Stubborn
But since l deliver what Im supposed to...
I dont give up...
When I talked to the boss, he sounded happy.
Hes reassured.
I went to see him and said: Fire me.
I didnt fulfil our agreement
I take full responsibility, but Ill explain why
There are various problems. Lets sort them out.
If Im sometimes inefficient
its not only because of my being useless.
We go one step forward, two steps backward
We cancelled some acts
like Venus and Scanner
I cant be brilliant every morning
and thats that
Find someone who can and hire him.
Apart from that, are you happy?
Im passionate about my job.
My job now is to do the Crazy Horse show,
and it keeps me quite busy
I see only whats wrong and I work on it
The rest is normal to me.
When its good, its just normal.
Yet Im still deeply worried
when I see a show like last night
We had great dancers and great technicians
compared with less fortunate shows
But there still was one mistake per act.
These constant errors frighten me.
The infrared broke down the other day.
All these little things
can make the show good or
First, the curtain for Infrared was slanted
The image was blurred
They forgot one of the tulles
while screening Dai
It was screened on the curtain and
you saw absolu
Were supposedly
the best chic nude show on earth.
Fine, we can do it
But if anything breaks, you have to wait,
the act has to stop and we all look ridiculous!
Im worried because of the weaknesses of the team.
Someone talked about reorganizing
the structure of stage management.
It could be useful.
Im trying to do it.
Ill see Maurizio about it
Hes not convinced, I am
Which means?
For example, l would like Rico
to be the stage ma
Rico is very reliable.
Ricos quite reliable.
If hed be the stage manager
I would go to him for any problem and
he would ha
Today, a wrong curtain is nobodys responsibility
Its their stupid rule
all jobs are interchangea
It makes sense with the dancers
not with the technicians
I tried to explain it to Andre
and to the boss
Imagine youre the boss today,
a secretary or an
And the next day
youll take care of marketing
They are supposed to know how to do everything.
They must be able to take over for each other.
This system has to change
If not, it will remain shaky and fragile
They should know everything
but with more precise
Responsibilities
Some of the technicians cant be stage managers.
There are things that they just cant do
Lets face it and put them in the right place.
Right
Were all faced with our limits
For some things. Im just useless,
I just dont d
Thats why I wont do Que calor!
Let me compliment you: youre all just great
Speaking about Que calor...
you were in it yesterday.
I think that you dont like the act but you do it
Youre funny and punchy.
Thats generous. Lets keep it that way
Today is InternationaI Day for Biodiversity
Lets talk about the invasion of exotic species.
This species digs burrows in the ground
The water will therefore be much muddier
We need a method
to coordinate the design shops.
We cant shift from one plan to another
or give up one thing and go to the next
Another idea. one girl instead of two...
These constant changes
in the organization we had
led me to the complete madness I experienced
the other day
We do a sloppy job.
Its not the tradition here.
Nothing is green-lighted
in the production meetin
so I dont want to attend them
because I have a job to do...
Roselyne kept you posted though.
She did, thats what we had agreed
The new schedule
My fault. I admit it
Thats not it, thats not it.
It changes all the time
At each meeting, we change everything.
- There are reasons.
- I know the reasons!
I try to be the most
You must understand
that we simply cant do a good job
with the same enthusiasm we had in the beginning
and for a result that would honour the Crazy
And everybody.
What we did was... shitty
You cant do as you please with the girls
They do the splits
facing the audience...
Or not. or whatever...
You dont take chances with a naked girl.
The costumes may not be important to you
they ar
But we dont have the time
to validate anything with you nor with Andre
At least you!
We had a creation meeting scheduled weekly.
Its been three weeks without any.
No more creation meetings. The production meetings
give us a one-week perspective, never more.
What do we do? I cant go on like this.
Its making me crazy
My idea for the title Make Me Crazy
was not me crazy but the men in the audience.
The girls make them crazy, not me
Me, lm happy to work, l love what I do
making the girls look beautiful.
I cant ruin Roselynes work
ruin the image of the Crazy,
I cant ruin myself
Should I remain silent and
act like a little mous
Its not my fault. Its absurd!
We have to be happy and proud of what we do
In the beginning, I felt honoured,
but in the end...
I dont want to shame the Crazy.
This meeting is about this:
we should have a complete
review from beginning t
and then share the work out between us,
so that the planning is completed within a week.
If I cant have the full picture, lll give up
We felt it was logica
that youd oversee
all the costumes of
the new show to keep it coher
Thats what they asked me at first, so
Its much better that way, since myself
I now should oversee the consistency
in terms of choreography, music and structure.
If I cannot supervise the whole show,
it will end up being shaky.
The same goes for you.
You should supervise the costumes as a whole.
As for the method to do it, frankly
Im lost, I dont know
We have an approval process
which is normal for all the decisions.
You have to approve
Andre must approve,
and Roselyne must approve.
It became anarchic
because at the same time
we were creating a new s
We should know who does what
We are always in creation
Its been going so fast that
we lost touch with c
OK. Yes
Dont smile.
Dont look at me, look in front of you.
Let me... Let me see...
Yes, perfect
OK...
OK... turn your head
Turn your head a little bit on this side.
Lumina,
please understand that
these women are like riva
At first, they size each other up,
they look each other up and down,
they judge each other
to see whos stronger,
more beautiful more competent
Then comes a phase of seduction with
a touch of r
They go into a kind of fight
both lethaland loving
and one kills the other
Zoo be zoo be zoo
be zoo be zoo...
Here we go
Push your hips up.
Dont swing it, position yourself in profile.
We dance kind of funky,
you might think were somewhat naughty,
but please,
dont you get the wrong idea.
Forward and up
All men with plenty of money...
Baby, go backward,
keep in line with the others.
Profile
if you
would like to be happy,
in Paris,
come to the Crazy Horse saloon.
Lena, keep your hips up.
Dont lower your head.
Final pose
Thank you, girls
We take it from
Is that it?
...Darling, what did you do with that pearl?
What? Pam pam pam pam.
l am a good girl.
Hop hop hop... Hop
Good
OK! Pipimpipimpim... Good!
Bang
Backward!
Turn around
Oh yes!
I know what happened.
I showed you something thats not in it.
This was good
But when youre there...
You have no retire, youre here.
You dont lose time.
I just saw that l taught you incorrectly.
This foot down... and turn around.
Right
It gives you more time
I showed it to you with a retire
But it takes one beat more and you miss it.
Leg down, foot down...
it helps you turn around
Right. Exactly. And you leave. There
Its been an excellent rehearsal.
Finale on stage, please
Desire is on!
I noticed that the good thing
with Stars of Par
was that the three rows of sidelights were on
Sorry, but the problem is...
were not in the lighting angle
The moving walkway and the letters
are not lit by the sidelights
We could add more all the same
for the feeling
What worked well yesterday was that at times
all these lights were on
and anyway we had these two on... intermittently
So, in addition to the basic lighting,
well need these
Not always, butiust to
have some sort of progres
so that you have more and more light.
Youre doing too many things at the same time
You decide on the lighting aesthetically
while setting the lighting to the music
What I would do...
what I did for Jungle and with Dita
was to try it first manually
without recording th
We have to record it, its for tonight
Weve been rehearsing manually for two days.
We can check it together
Could I have an almost naked girl inside a letter?
Almost naked?
Yes
This is beautiful
Itd be more beautiful
if the letters were animat
Frankly, l...
Thats sublime
Right, but we cant have everything
at the same t
We said wed have an animation
on the curtain, r
And on the letters
It stays when the curtain goes up
But at that moment, the girls are just posing
So youd cut the animation and light the faces
To me, its madness, its much too quick
When the curtain goes up
wed see only silhouett
Then the girls take their places,
sing and stay there.
This is when lighting the faces makes sense
because it lasts.
I understand your idea of the first image
but it
No animation of the letters
It has to open, possibly with some smoke
The opening could be a maxi-shock.
Minus three, approximately...
Two doubles...
Silicone rubber
Bust size...
Ill see about the straps when youre on stage.
Right now, theyre adjustable.
Let me see the back.
If the straps are too stretched
the back sags down, one cant see the curve.
So you should
I think... its all right
Lets try it with the fringes.
Where are they?
I dont know.
Ill get the fringes from Roselyne
Half an inch there
Thats better.
You were too close.
Try to adjust, approximately
If its too high, you adjust
Look for the right position.
Youre not centered, girls
Same here: it,s nicer
with only the buttocks pres
Stick the bust out.
You look like a pile of pudding.
Right, thank you!
Keep playing with your fingers
sensual l ittle f
Youre not listening!
I am
Diagonally means your forearm to
the light and a
Right! This is nice
And here you have to throw your arm
put the other on it
As if you were designing the glove
Dont do...
It has to be fluid, fluid
You pull it and you stretch it and then... off.
Excellent, Liv
Ive always been a devoted admirer of the Crazy
It was more than admiration, it was an obsession
Ive seen the show at least forty times
I was always here, I sang the songs...
I cant do it now that Im part of the team.
I play the music at home and
my assistants go cra
theyre fed up with You told me Im a good girl.
So Im just very obsessional
Ive had various obsessions
Saint-Laurent, Marlene Dietrich
Helmut Newton, the Crazy
The Crazy is one of my strongest obsessions.
And when Im so obsessed with something
I put my whole life in it.
Im obsessed with details that
may not interest P
whos more about another vision of femininity.
At a certain point
he may have had some difficulties here
Maybe because hes worked here too long
with everybody interfering and having an opinion
And since Philippe
is very democratic,
he tends to listen to everybody.
I dont.
I listen to maybe three people whom I believe in
I may even be too much of a dictator
So Ali, are you the co-director of the show?
The artistic director. Philippe is the director
Artistic director because...
I came in much later than him,
and also because most of the acts
were already co
The artistic director... takes care of the ideas
Some acts we designed together.
Others have been designed by Philippe
My job is to look at things in a new light
I come after him.
Im not a co-director. Philippe is the director
The one who conceived most of the acts.
Im just an artistic director
But these are only titles.
At the end of the day,
everyones involved in a way
that we dont know whos the boss between us
But anyway... its still Philippe who is... on top
He deserves it because of
his talent and experien
the legitimacy that gives him rights.
Once again
Same thing, lets go.
Go.
You were late again
Sing in playback, girls
Youre right together with the one on the chair.
The friends arrive
Wheres the other friend?
Theres another one. Number 6
Too early with the hand, Linda
Screen
Its nice if they continue to sing.
Two acts will become classics.
Theyre purely Crazy
Theyre brand new and totally Crazy
at the same t
Youll have to see it to understand
Philippe captured the essence of our brand
While creating something... almost revolutionary
One of the acts is...
Mr Bernardin from his grave would say
If I were still here, ld have done that one.
Which one?
Blushing with Desire
Mr Bernardin had his own definition of eroticism
Whats yours?
The ultimate thing is to suggest
To seduce, without offering oneself. Restraint.
I agree with Mr Bernardin:
it happens through frustration and imagination.
Through dreams, also. Dreaming is important.
And this is...
our trademark, in a way.
The Crazy has created,
celebrated and refined
a certain form in the art.
I think... an art to enhance...
to glorify and set off
women and womens games of erotic seduction
in a way that is extremely
sophisticated and inspiring
Inspiring for women
Some may not agree with me,
but I think that the Crazy, somehow...
Im not saying that women like it more...
its probably the only place today
where naked dancers on stage...
really attract women!
We have many women fans, many women clients
Theres a key here
When women posess
the key to eroticism and enjoy
men benefit from it.
Thats how it goes anyway, sorry, at least for me.
The key to eroticism is the woman.
It goes both ways
Both ways. Absolutely
Could we see now...
Light blue instead of red?
No
Lets run through other colours to see which one
would suit us best
Can you scroll the colours of the sidelights
to see which colour could be better?
This is too much
Too red
Here you lose the red on the rope
Not bad
Dark blue.
Congo blue is not bad.
Its interesting.
Well go with Stars of Paris
This one is perfect
One, two...OK
Done.
OK?
Come on...
Last one
Ali, are you particularly interested in costumes?
Not particularly. Im interested in everything
I may be more interested in
costumes than Philipp
Hes mainly a dancer,
and the bodies are his instruments
Im more interested in the ways people
transfigur
Particularly in the way a woman
can transform herself to look like
the fantasy she has of herself
Its amazing how women have the power,
using what nature gave them,
to display artifices, tricks and strategies
They can transform themselves.
Beauty counts less than what you do with it
When a woman is over twenty-five,
her beauty is something she earns and constructs
My motto is: there are no ugly women.
Only women who refuse beauty
because they deny their femininity.
There are lazy women
I think that any woman with the right assets
can go beyond what she was born with.
You may see girls who are beautiful
when theyre young but dont age well
They rely on the beauty they were given
without making any effort
and they lose their lo
They remain stuck to their image as little girls.
On the other hand, as we see it here
Well, theyre alleautiful.
But I often noticed that those of the girls
who objectively have a perfect anatomy
are not the best on stage
they rely only on beauty
The beauty they are born with
gives them self-con
They dont have to go beyond that
While those who maybe have had complexes
have developed a strategy and a personality
that help them transcend their handicap
It makes them more fascinating and
mysterious on
Theres despair,
a feeling that all the love on earth
wont be eno
...Minus ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five, four
Ignition
Paris is at the Crazy
And the Crazy is Paris
The Sacred-Heart...
There is a Sacred-Heart
in every Crazy-girls he
You see the Crazy-girls as soldiers
They are the soldiers of the wrotic Army
D-e-s-i-r-e!
The girls of the Crazy taste like champagne
Champagne tastes like the girls of the Crazy
Champagne flows
through your fingers
The girls of the Crazy!
Horse!
Paris is at the Crazy
And the Crazy is Paris
D-e-s-i-r-e!
Crazy!
Best take.
Right. Lets have one more.
What is Nahia doing?
She doesnt understand
Is it because youre new here?
Are you Spanish or what?
Ive been working here for one year!
Youre not like Nooka, Zula or Psykko...
Do you want to be hop? On Thursday?
Right?
Put in costume.
Im not going to put it there,
I dont have enough space.
Go ahead, they are not here.
You freaked me out.
But yes... Its mine, we are going to
put this aw
You really freaked me out this one
Feel the air...
Nice!
Well catch a cold.
Closed! On.
Fall in! On! Steady right!
Start steady
Look up! Still! By the right!
Quick mark... time
And! Outside! Guards
Eyes... up!
Stand at ease
Shut
Salute!
Down
Zoo be zoo be zoo...
Zoo be zoo be...means that l love you,
Zoo be zoo be zoo...
Zoo be zoo be...means that l love you,
Zoo be zoo be...means that l love you.
Zoo be zoo be zoo
Changes
No, no,no. There are no changes
Its a diapo, there are no changes in leopards.
But in Infrared
But no
I dont like it. Sorry, girls
What?
The choreography sticks too much to the music
Thats good.
This comes from Jungle.
With a girl behind
That comes from Evolution.
Its a pitty because its really good
And Lumi she turns on her left.
- I love that.
- Beautiful.
Impressive.
Yeah, its better with two girls.
I like the idea of the leopard lighting
on the
Why is he mulling over the pursuit...
Yes but its in the Prelude
- The lighting is great!
- Beautiful!
Theyre like panthers.
We cant see the girl behind! Too bad!
Shes dead
Shes spent.
We should have seen her die
I... yxplain... you all understand French?
Let me explain how the audition goes
Its very simple, dont stress out
Its really simple
Youll go on stage with just a G-string on
And your shoes if you want.
Youll be on our stage with nice lighting.
Youll have music and
youll improvise during one
When youve finished, you come back here. OK?
This audition is meant to see
your body proportions and physical aspect.
Its not about your dancing
or performing capacit
Well see whos a dancer and whos not anyway
You dont have to warm up
or to do the splits or whatever
Be pretty, classy, relaxed,
dont stress out.
And push your buttocks out.
OK?
She fainted before the audition!
The firemen came!
- Today?
- Today.
What is happennig is that...
Could you please come and watch a second
I dont know.
Thank you. Please stay on the stage
Music off.
Can you take off your shoes?
Take position
Put your knees together
Profile
Thank you.
Next
Oh yeah
Yeah its fun...
I saw his waist and that he hadnt breasts
and I said wow
OK, good.
Thank you Maurizio
Thank you.
We dont hire transsexuals.
I found it charming
Please open the curtain, cut the house lights.
All the dancers on stage, line up, no shoes.
Quite a line
Sorry, girls, you have to stay there
We have to compare the heights
I know you may feel idiotic
So, one...
- The third
- The fourth.
Next, not sure, not sure... that one
The fifth, the one with the blue G-string
And that one
Have them step forward.
Girls, I dont remember your names
and Im all mixed up.
So, starting from the control booth
Right, there
Number two...
Number four...
Number five
Whats her name?
Olivia. I remember one name
Next one.
Melissa, come forward
And the last one, Tatiana
We have six.
Wont you keep the Italian girl?
The one with the nice buttocks?
Nice indeed
Until the rehearsal ?
The one who dreams ofjoining the Crazy?
I dont like her
- The Italian?
- Right, true
Those who are in front will remain,
the others may go and Ill ioin them soon
Get together
Olivia, youre small, but never mind
Small is cute. Its not pejorative
The number two looks like Kate Moss
True.
Her legs are short.
It doesnt matter
Can you please turn around?
Push your buttocks out.
Backwards, bend, bend, thats it.
More.
- More?
- Yes
How many Russians are there?
Theyre the best
These two are the best, no?
A gap between the thighs.
Doesnt matter.
Profile, please.
Shes beautiful.
Very cute. And shes got character.
To the dressing room.
Ill be right with you
Not bad
Its a supreme achievement of
beauty under variou
For us, it has been a huge joy to work here
When Im in a rehearsal, l sometimes think:
Not only do I attend a real rehearsal
but were directing it
I have to pinch myself to make sure l belong...
to this place of ultimate refinement,
beauty and
- Did I answer your question?
- Splendidly.
And now, in English, with the same eloquence.
Well its very difficult to...
how do you say rsumer, to resume?
Its very difficult to sum up
the show of the Cra
because its in fact a different er
side of the woman and the erotism
defined initially by Bernardin
So, its not like a... total story
its more a portion of desire that you receive,
but the thing is that I always...
when I first time I saw the Crazy Horse
it was for me one of the most beautiful
the most moving thing I ever saw in my life
And I always think that everybody
like really the French government
should force ev
and see the Crazy Horse once in his life,
to understand how a woman can
how the... what level of beauty a woman can reach
how powerful it can be
and how much its much more about only desire,
its about emotions that go beyond your mind
that touch your unconscious and
go through your v
I have goose bumps,
and l bring friends here
who had a preconceived idea of the Crazy Horse
who thought that it was a revue for
Japanese tour
who came here, and
people from the art, big actress
great directors
who came here and who were entranced.
And I have friends who come here
and who cry when they see such a level of beauty.
And for us to be able to work on this place
and sometimes realize that in fact
we are at this highest level of...
beauty and feminity that could ever be reached
and we are in fact part of that
is something that is really thrilling
and we have to pinch ourselves
to realize that it
So its not... we cannot
reduce the Crazy Horse t
it really is something thats beyond any...
I rarely see something... feel something
You can have the same impact
when you look at Sh
or Fellinis or Fassbinder movie,
or Michael Powell, who inspire us for the show -
yes, when you are in front of those piece of art,
you can have this thrill.
And I had something similar with the Crazy Horse.
In your eyes
I shall drown. May I?
To drown in your eyes is a happiness
Ill come and say
I love you so much
May I?
No, its not easy to love. Its hard. very hard.
Ill come close to a steep cliff
Will you catch me in time?
If I go away, will you write to me?
I cant be without you. I want to be with you.
Not for a minute, not for a month. Forever.
All my life, do you understand?
Im afraid of your answer
Answer me, but dont say a word
Answer me with your eyes.
Do you love me?
If you do, I promise
that youll happy with me forever
If you dont, then I beg you,
dont look at me, dont kill me
If you want to love someone else, do it
But remember me just a little
Ill go on loving you. Agreed?
Like it or not, Ill love you
and Ill always be there for you
whenever you need me.
Crazy...
Paris...
Paris comes to the Crazy
The Crazy is Paris
The Eiffel Tower...
The Eiffel Tower is all lit up
like a girl of th
The Crazy is Paris
Paris comes to the Crazy
What is your name?
D-e-s-i-r-e!
Youll dream of the Crazy naked in your bed
The girls of the Crazy will watch over you
D-e-s-i-r-e!
The girls of the Crazy taste like champagne
Champagne tastes like the girls of the Crazy
Champagne flows through your fingers
The girls of the Crazy!
Paris comes to the Crazy
and the Crazy is Paris.
The Sacred-Heart
Theres a Sacred-Heart in every Crazys girl!
You saw Crazys girls like soldiers
They are the soldiers of wrotica army,
D-e-s-i-r-e!
The girls of the Crazy taste like champagne
Champagne tastes like the girls of the Crazy
Champagne flows through your fingers
The girls of the Crazy!
Paris comes to the Crazy
and the Crazy is Paris.
D-e-s-i-r-e!
Crazy!
Of eroticism
Paroxysm
Of exoticism
Eternal lesson in seduction
Eternal pleasure in loving desire
Seduction
Baby buns is what they call me when l pass,
all those fellows whistling, looking at my ass,
lve had enough!
Why cant a gal be left alone
just cause shes
theres always some dodo right there
who blocks my way with his tough stare,
l know my baby buns are cute,
but its not fair!
My dear Sir, please take your hand away.
No, indeed, l guess its not your day.
Youre just wastin my precious time.
Guys like you arent even worth a dime.
Step aside and let me by,
or else lll blacken up your eye,
you just aint my kind of man
and baby, thats
Baby buns is what they call me when l pass,
all those fellows whistling, looking at my ass,
lve had enough!
Why cant a gal be left alone
just cause shes
theres always some dodo right there
who blocks my way with his tough stare,
l know my baby buns are cute,
but its not fair!
Open...
Oh, open, do open your door.
I have to see you.
l must speak to you,
excuse my boldness, but the door...
Open...
open, do open your door
I have to see you.
l must speak to you,
excuse my boldness, but the door...
Open...
Oh. open, do open...your legs, kiss,
excuse me, oh my boldness,
open your legs, come on, open your legs.
Come on. Open! Open your legs!
Youve got to open your legs for me, baby!
Open your legs!
We are the girls from the Crazy,
we sing and dance kind of funky,
you might think were somewhat naughty,
please, dont you get the wrong idea.
All men with plenty of money,
diamonds and rubies, are yummy,
if you would like to be happy,
if you would like to be in Paris,
come to the Crazy Horse saloon.
- Hi
-How are you?
Fine and you?
Fine
Hes here, right.
Theres someone again.
Whos that guy there on all fours?
Volga!
Thats a Volga!
Thats Crazy.
Can you start the Shadows film?
The film of Shadows
What do you call that film?
You called it Bernardin.
It works
Please open the curtain completely!
I love the clapperboard
House lights off, please
Its so hot
Right
Bend, bend
Throw it forward
Yes... Bend, bend...
How much time do we have? Two hours?
Koko, Lumina, Zula.
OK.
Once again
So hot
Stretch, bend
So hot
Thanks, girls. To the dressing room.
Take a shower. Even two.
It should not touch
the strip of mirrors next to
We need to work on the lighting.
Could you please just come down?
Should A, B, C and D be at the center?
Yes.
Is the backdrop centered?
Maybe its not well-centered
It is centered.
It is? Are you sure?
Thats what we agreed on
That you finish this way
Then you go up
Turn around
Thats right
I take your skirt off.
You slide down.
Slide in this position
I should first turn like this
I dont feeel sensual with that.
But frankly
And then...
Maybe I can help you like that...
You catch it, then you sway again...
And again.
There... So after its the same.
My body against yours.
Yes but there I used to do something and
you did
I used to do something like this
Yeah?
Wait. Like this.
Like this.
Then we cuddle with each other
Like this.
And then backward, with the music
There, backward with the step.
We come back from further away.
And there, once again and we leave.
Go ahead, put your hand
There...OK.
Did you get it?
Want to try?
Lada took a break.
Good, Zula. Closing your eyes is great
Good idea.
You let yourself go, you close your eyes.
And you change position
...three, four
Sensuality awakens
And one...three...
, yts hot, you open the helmet.
Three...two, three, four...Four
You stand up slowly.
Youre hot.
Its the heat that makes you stand up
Yes...
Now, Lumina enters
You go to the window
Go to the window, Lumina.
You look at each other.
It changes again.
You leave the window
And youre on the other side
Now, first contact.
Good! Second contact...
Contact
Stay in front of the window.
Lumina, not forward. Zula, not backward.
Back in front of the window
Get out of the moving walkway.
And kiss.
On your knees.
Well arched
Buttocks
Then it starts
Here you go.
Get closer.
Yes...
Move away
Get closer again
Now you can do that thing...
that thing you do in the end.
And... boom!
That hook should be changed
It scares me
Good
And please turn the work lights off on the set
Girls, change places
You, the three new girls
Together, together
Try to feel each other.
Yasna, good on the right, bad on the left.
Bend your right hand, Yasna.
Bend your right hand
Not too much. Higher
Perfect
Thank you.
The main question is the lighting
We cancelled Vestal in order to make
more side lighting available.
Part of the light plot was dedicated to Vestal
Without Vestal, we can do better
and play with the colours of the side lighting.
This iob requires
and I somehow speak in your
We should first clean all these spotlights
that all have a thick layer of dust inside
And then we should check on
the whole show and on
with the costumes, to see the result
to see what needs to be adjusted
We may need more side lighting to
outline the bod
Its the basic lighting in ballet.
It picks the bodies out and
makes them more legib
We must use it more and better.
This reviewing of the show brings
back my eternal
please, lets try to close for some time
Without closing
Philippe, lm sorry, the answer is no
What?
I cant, we cant.
Think about it, lets talk to the boss.
I know that hell say no
If you want to make a big step forward,
and reach a higher quality in the show...
We claim to have the best nude
dancing show in th
and that were renewing this type of show
so give me the means to achieve it.
If we want a dazzling premiere
that will impress the intellectuals and all,
let
Some things cant be achieved if we never close
I can only pass on the shareholders position
which has been the same for a year.
I cant believe
there are no legal solutions to i
I understand that paying 60 people
for doing noth
Wven if some of them may clean the spotlights.
There must be a solution
There are firms that close and...
Take a vacation.
And dont go bankrupt. It can be done.
I insist that we find a solution.
Im convinced that a break
is needed to ensure a
I just know that the shareholders said no
At a certain point, they must understand
- We also have constraints.
- I agree.
They ask us to deliver a quality show.
And it involves quite a few things
including clo
If not, the quality wont be there
Id be disappointed
- The show works.
- Right
Its important. Im not blackmailing you,
Im just saying its important
Just look at how Evolution works
This act has been worked on year after year!
Giving me only one or two weeks
to deliver is inh
I need similar conditions to reach the same leve
as Evolution,
which has been worked on for year
Even if I put all my talent and energy into it
I may sometimes be wrong,
I need to adjust and improve
I agree on this. But
Therefore I cant deliver
I cant go on blindly to deliver 3 new acts
The finale is very important
we do need a new on
Just give me a rough idea of your schedule.
For the finale, end of July
I already asked three times for extra time,
and theyre on my back
I keep my head down...
We have to face what creation is about
I agree with you, but...
Once again, with a new finale
and a solution to
some problems of overlapping se
we basically have a new show, dont you agree?
We have a show with
four or five old acts instead
but the overall mood is really different
After we changed
the interludes and the overall p
Right, Philippe, but the shareholders dont care.
They said: Only three old acts
- Ill explain to them
- OK
Thats all I can say
They tell me: This is not what was agreed
Because its creation and
you cant control every
I know they think in terms of a business plan,
but still, its about art
Suppose they ordered a painting of a farm
and I think that the cows should be here
even if they wanted the cows to be there
A painting is art.
I know that the cows should be here!
You may have to justify yourself
though l agree with you.
Youll work all summer?
Well do Venus.
What happened with Venus?
Didnt I tell you?
Well the girls often
come out of this act in tear
They hate touching each other
They dont like it
Because of the bizarre culture they have here
The girls are definitely not dirty
They really hate touching each other...
They are modest
Getting closer than this...
there seems to be an invisible wall
they bump into, and they wont get closer
And what if it was a solo?
They do have a problem pretending to do things
Very few like to pretend.
So we should work on it
so that it becomes technically possible.
I like Zulas idea, even if l must check on it
to put moon boots on the revolving cage
The first cosmonaut would have to go like this
It could be funny and interesting
but it means work and
another technical challenge
Well see.
Yes!
Shall we have the second group?
It,s half an inch short here
Here we go
On the third cha, off you go.
Over here.
Then you move on...
You move on...
Youre too...
You have to do everything sideways
Right, much nicer
Its really good
Yeah, its
The shadows are dancing
Go.
And... one... and ...two...
And then... a lesson in shadows.
I place my body according to focus
Like in front of a camera lens
The focus is there.
You always have to... even if its weird,
you have to play like this, or like that,
in order to make the body visible
Sharper saut de chat
A saut de chat should make you move to the side,
thats the idea.
Dont stay there.
Right! You move to the side
Its 6 oclock, girls.
We should stop.
Thank you very much, girls
So France Billets, perfect.
A Diamond package
Francis?
Right
For two?
All right.
Your name, please?
First name, please. Michel
Perfect. May I have your mobile number?
A pro forma invoice?
Yes
Good evening.
On stage in twenty-five minutes.
A dancer for stage manager.
Any dancer?
Zula, did i give you the invitation?
Yes, thanks.
I love the show.
Some things need to be improved.
We dont know about the wigs
But I found the music really pleasant and funny.
It stays in your head
But now, I dont feel good with the ending
Whispers?
It needs revision.
Even more than the finale
Like what?
It needs something
Right now, it falls flat.
Good evening.
Perfect, thank you.
I believe thats us.
Yes, actually.
So, somewhere...
Somewhere here or over there...
Or maybe here?
Yeah, that will be good.
Take this gentleman to number 417.
Instead of number 212
Sir
Youre welcome, have a nice show, Sir
Good evening.
Smile, please.
Baby, cant you see?
Im calling.
A guy like you should wear a warning.
its dangerous, Im falling...
Theres no escape, l cant wait,
l need a hit, baby, give me it,
youre dangerous, Im loving it.
Too high, cant come down,
losing my head, spinning round and round,
do you feel me now?
With the taste of your lips, Im on a ride,
youre toxic, lm slipping under,
taste of your poison paradise,
Im addicted to you,
dont you know that youre toxic?
And I love what you do,
dont you know that youre toxic?
lts getting late to give you up,
I took a sip from my devils cup,
slowly its taking over me.
Too high, cant come down,
its in the air and its all around,
can you feel me now?
With the taste of your lips, Im on a ride,
youre toxic, lm slipping under,
taste of your poison paradise,
Im addicted to you,
dont you know that youre toxic?
Intoxicate me now, with your loving now,
I think Im ready now, I think Im ready now.
Intoxicate me now, with your loving now,
I think Im ready now, l think Im ready now.
Intoxicate me now, with your loving now,
I think Im ready now, l think Im ready now.
Intoxicate me now.
lts getting late to give you up,
I took a sip from my devils cup,
slowly its takin over me.
It must have hurt
Hes a big star in Russia
A Bolshoi soloist
Hes very popular. Everywhere.
He has some physical qualities.
This is unique!
You make me so
No
Just the way she got up...
The floor looks slippery.
These are dancing mats.
It looks tough.
It is tough.
You can see it
Great, no?
We hardly see each other
You see the darkness of
a long coat trailing behi
I catch the whiteness of a summer dress
Im only a shadow
and you
youre a light
Yearning for more than a blue day,
I enter your new life for me,
burning for the true day,
I welcome your new life for me.
Forgive me, let live me, set my spirit free.
forgive me, let live me, set my spirit free.
Losing, it comes in a cold wave,
of guilt and shame, all over me,
a child has arrived in the darkness,
the hollow triumph of a tree.
Forgive me, let live me, kiss my falling knee,
forgive me, let live me, bless my destiny.
Forgive me, let live me, set my spirit free,
weakness sown, now overgrown,
Man is the baby.
Forgive me, let live me, set my spirit free.
Weakness sown, now overgrown,
Man is the baby,
Man is the baby.
- Are you in Scanner?
- No.
We should try it, if you dont mind.
There wiil be a reversal of scenes.
Maybe we wont deliver Infrared
at the end of the week.
Did you know?
It was decided yesterday. Philippe iust told me
Scanner is far from being ready,
but well try to be ready.
If this lady would kindly take this off...
Then well try
a new costume for Venus
- For Venus
- Yeah
Well make it more like...
a Formula One champ...
rather than
I was also told yesterday
that we have to try the skirts on.
Absolutely
New skirts
Yes
For you.
Do you have to change it?
Because the one I have now is really great.
The material looks very nice with the lights.
It looks nice but something still bothers me.
The material is so shiny
that when you dance like this,
leaning on the table with the lighting behind
instead of making nice round buttocks,
you get bony buttocks.
The light draws a stroke
like this on your buttoc
And you end up with
something bony
Instead of something round, see?
But with this new skirt made of a matte material
you feel the curves
It doesnt catch the light
and its more elegant, like for a woman CEO
Theres something more elegant about it
I really loved the other material too,
but with the lighting... it becomes
Too bright
It spoils your figure
I really had the impression...
while, I mean, the idea is to
have nice round but
It didnt do it
We also thought
that this material would be too fragile
to be used long term, and so on
Meanwhile, wear it
Youll see the new one
Daisy tried it on, and its lovely
Come here, Jrome,
I have a hard time undressing the lady.
Go undress in the fitting room
and then come to me
Would you have some shoes for me?
You want slippers?
Thanks
Ill find some.
Baby buns is what they call me when l pass...
Oh, hey!
Oh, darling!
Shes floating like a butterfly, so charming...
Baby girl!
She recognized the man in me.
Number 1 in the world.
Theres something in her eyes
like a spell gett
oh lord, she gave me
one smile, two smiles, thre
she got me going wild.
Worth more than diamonds and pearl.
So, baby, dont change your style.
Sweet honey!
Oh no, no, no!
Tease me, tease me, tease me, tease me, baby!
Till I lose control.
Tease me with your loving until l lose control.
Take all my body and soul, oh girl.
Youre early again.
You in the back, do something else.
Woman, tease me till I lose control,
me ball tease me and tickle up me fancy,
right round the clock until me reach climax,
and when we reach, me will tell fi stop,
Will ya aim fi de sky and
will not turn back, br
you make me heart tick like a clock...
Woman, tease me,
And take a look me weak spot
Only your touch can make me, holds me up
I like this... what Lumina is doing
You look like cheerleaders, but...
Woman, your love
is like fire burning inna me so
Woman, tease me till I lose control.
Tease me, tease me, tease me, tease me, baby!
Good, lm happy
we understand each other, were improving
They want me to carry out a lot of improvements.
Without closing?
No way?
Today, its no way.
And no it is
I keep insisting...
Im rather...
Stubborn
But since l deliver what Im supposed to...
I dont give up...
When I talked to the boss, he sounded happy.
Hes reassured.
I went to see him and said: Fire me.
I didnt fulfil our agreement
I take full responsibility, but Ill explain why
There are various problems. Lets sort them out.
If Im sometimes inefficient
its not only because of my being useless.
We go one step forward, two steps backward
We cancelled some acts
like Venus and Scanner
I cant be brilliant every morning
and thats that
Find someone who can and hire him.
Apart from that, are you happy?
Im passionate about my job.
My job now is to do the Crazy Horse show,
and it keeps me quite busy
I see only whats wrong and I work on it
The rest is normal to me.
When its good, its just normal.
Yet Im still deeply worried
when I see a show like last night
We had great dancers and great technicians
compared with less fortunate shows
But there still was one mistake per act.
These constant errors frighten me.
The infrared broke down the other day.
All these little things
can make the show good or
First, the curtain for Infrared was slanted
The image was blurred
They forgot one of the tulles
while screening Dai
It was screened on the curtain and
you saw absolu
Were supposedly
the best chic nude show on earth.
Fine, we can do it
But if anything breaks, you have to wait,
the act has to stop and we all look ridiculous!
Im worried because of the weaknesses of the team.
Someone talked about reorganizing
the structure of stage management.
It could be useful.
Im trying to do it.
Ill see Maurizio about it
Hes not convinced, I am
Which means?
For example, l would like Rico
to be the stage ma
Rico is very reliable.
Ricos quite reliable.
If hed be the stage manager
I would go to him for any problem and
he would ha
Today, a wrong curtain is nobodys responsibility
Its their stupid rule
all jobs are interchangea
It makes sense with the dancers
not with the technicians
I tried to explain it to Andre
and to the boss
Imagine youre the boss today,
a secretary or an
And the next day
youll take care of marketing
They are supposed to know how to do everything.
They must be able to take over for each other.
This system has to change
If not, it will remain shaky and fragile
They should know everything
but with more precise
Responsibilities
Some of the technicians cant be stage managers.
There are things that they just cant do
Lets face it and put them in the right place.
Right
Were all faced with our limits
For some things. Im just useless,
I just dont d
Thats why I wont do Que calor!
Let me compliment you: youre all just great
Speaking about Que calor...
you were in it yesterday.
I think that you dont like the act but you do it
Youre funny and punchy.
Thats generous. Lets keep it that way
Today is InternationaI Day for Biodiversity
Lets talk about the invasion of exotic species.
This species digs burrows in the ground
The water will therefore be much muddier
We need a method
to coordinate the design shops.
We cant shift from one plan to another
or give up one thing and go to the next
Another idea. one girl instead of two...
These constant changes
in the organization we had
led me to the complete madness I experienced
the other day
We do a sloppy job.
Its not the tradition here.
Nothing is green-lighted
in the production meetin
so I dont want to attend them
because I have a job to do...
Roselyne kept you posted though.
She did, thats what we had agreed
The new schedule
My fault. I admit it
Thats not it, thats not it.
It changes all the time
At each meeting, we change everything.
- There are reasons.
- I know the reasons!
I try to be the most
You must understand
that we simply cant do a good job
with the same enthusiasm we had in the beginning
and for a result that would honour the Crazy
And everybody.
What we did was... shitty
You cant do as you please with the girls
They do the splits
facing the audience...
Or not. or whatever...
You dont take chances with a naked girl.
The costumes may not be important to you
they ar
But we dont have the time
to validate anything with you nor with Andre
At least you!
We had a creation meeting scheduled weekly.
Its been three weeks without any.
No more creation meetings. The production meetings
give us a one-week perspective, never more.
What do we do? I cant go on like this.
Its making me crazy
My idea for the title Make Me Crazy
was not me crazy but the men in the audience.
The girls make them crazy, not me
Me, lm happy to work, l love what I do
making the girls look beautiful.
I cant ruin Roselynes work
ruin the image of the Crazy,
I cant ruin myself
Should I remain silent and
act like a little mous
Its not my fault. Its absurd!
We have to be happy and proud of what we do
In the beginning, I felt honoured,
but in the end...
I dont want to shame the Crazy.
This meeting is about this:
we should have a complete
review from beginning t
and then share the work out between us,
so that the planning is completed within a week.
If I cant have the full picture, lll give up
We felt it was logica
that youd oversee
all the costumes of
the new show to keep it coher
Thats what they asked me at first, so
Its much better that way, since myself
I now should oversee the consistency
in terms of choreography, music and structure.
If I cannot supervise the whole show,
it will end up being shaky.
The same goes for you.
You should supervise the costumes as a whole.
As for the method to do it, frankly
Im lost, I dont know
We have an approval process
which is normal for all the decisions.
You have to approve
Andre must approve,
and Roselyne must approve.
It became anarchic
because at the same time
we were creating a new s
We should know who does what
We are always in creation
Its been going so fast that
we lost touch with c
OK. Yes
Dont smile.
Dont look at me, look in front of you.
Let me... Let me see...
Yes, perfect
OK...
OK... turn your head
Turn your head a little bit on this side.
Lumina,
please understand that
these women are like riva
At first, they size each other up,
they look each other up and down,
they judge each other
to see whos stronger,
more beautiful more competent
Then comes a phase of seduction with
a touch of r
They go into a kind of fight
both lethaland loving
and one kills the other
Zoo be zoo be zoo
be zoo be zoo...
Here we go
Push your hips up.
Dont swing it, position yourself in profile.
We dance kind of funky,
you might think were somewhat naughty,
but please,
dont you get the wrong idea.
Forward and up
All men with plenty of money...
Baby, go backward,
keep in line with the others.
Profile
if you
would like to be happy,
in Paris,
come to the Crazy Horse saloon.
Lena, keep your hips up.
Dont lower your head.
Final pose
Thank you, girls
We take it from
Is that it?
...Darling, what did you do with that pearl?
What? Pam pam pam pam.
l am a good girl.
Hop hop hop... Hop
Good
OK! Pipimpipimpim... Good!
Bang
Backward!
Turn around
Oh yes!
I know what happened.
I showed you something thats not in it.
This was good
But when youre there...
You have no retire, youre here.
You dont lose time.
I just saw that l taught you incorrectly.
This foot down... and turn around.
Right
It gives you more time
I showed it to you with a retire
But it takes one beat more and you miss it.
Leg down, foot down...
it helps you turn around
Right. Exactly. And you leave. There
Its been an excellent rehearsal.
Finale on stage, please
Desire is on!
I noticed that the good thing
with Stars of Par
was that the three rows of sidelights were on
Sorry, but the problem is...
were not in the lighting angle
The moving walkway and the letters
are not lit by the sidelights
We could add more all the same
for the feeling
What worked well yesterday was that at times
all these lights were on
and anyway we had these two on... intermittently
So, in addition to the basic lighting,
well need these
Not always, butiust to
have some sort of progres
so that you have more and more light.
Youre doing too many things at the same time
You decide on the lighting aesthetically
while setting the lighting to the music
What I would do...
what I did for Jungle and with Dita
was to try it first manually
without recording th
We have to record it, its for tonight
Weve been rehearsing manually for two days.
We can check it together
Could I have an almost naked girl inside a letter?
Almost naked?
Yes
This is beautiful
Itd be more beautiful
if the letters were animat
Frankly, l...
Thats sublime
Right, but we cant have everything
at the same t
We said wed have an animation
on the curtain, r
And on the letters
It stays when the curtain goes up
But at that moment, the girls are just posing
So youd cut the animation and light the faces
To me, its madness, its much too quick
When the curtain goes up
wed see only silhouett
Then the girls take their places,
sing and stay there.
This is when lighting the faces makes sense
because it lasts.
I understand your idea of the first image
but it
No animation of the letters
It has to open, possibly with some smoke
The opening could be a maxi-shock.
Minus three, approximately...
Two doubles...
Silicone rubber
Bust size...
Ill see about the straps when youre on stage.
Right now, theyre adjustable.
Let me see the back.
If the straps are too stretched
the back sags down, one cant see the curve.
So you should
I think... its all right
Lets try it with the fringes.
Where are they?
I dont know.
Ill get the fringes from Roselyne
Half an inch there
Thats better.
You were too close.
Try to adjust, approximately
If its too high, you adjust
Look for the right position.
Youre not centered, girls
Same here: it,s nicer
with only the buttocks pres
Stick the bust out.
You look like a pile of pudding.
Right, thank you!
Keep playing with your fingers
sensual l ittle f
Youre not listening!
I am
Diagonally means your forearm to
the light and a
Right! This is nice
And here you have to throw your arm
put the other on it
As if you were designing the glove
Dont do...
It has to be fluid, fluid
You pull it and you stretch it and then... off.
Excellent, Liv
Ive always been a devoted admirer of the Crazy
It was more than admiration, it was an obsession
Ive seen the show at least forty times
I was always here, I sang the songs...
I cant do it now that Im part of the team.
I play the music at home and
my assistants go cra
theyre fed up with You told me Im a good girl.
So Im just very obsessional
Ive had various obsessions
Saint-Laurent, Marlene Dietrich
Helmut Newton, the Crazy
The Crazy is one of my strongest obsessions.
And when Im so obsessed with something
I put my whole life in it.
Im obsessed with details that
may not interest P
whos more about another vision of femininity.
At a certain point
he may have had some difficulties here
Maybe because hes worked here too long
with everybody interfering and having an opinion
And since Philippe
is very democratic,
he tends to listen to everybody.
I dont.
I listen to maybe three people whom I believe in
I may even be too much of a dictator
So Ali, are you the co-director of the show?
The artistic director. Philippe is the director
Artistic director because...
I came in much later than him,
and also because most of the acts
were already co
The artistic director... takes care of the ideas
Some acts we designed together.
Others have been designed by Philippe
My job is to look at things in a new light
I come after him.
Im not a co-director. Philippe is the director
The one who conceived most of the acts.
Im just an artistic director
But these are only titles.
At the end of the day,
everyones involved in a way
that we dont know whos the boss between us
But anyway... its still Philippe who is... on top
He deserves it because of
his talent and experien
the legitimacy that gives him rights.
Once again
Same thing, lets go.
Go.
You were late again
Sing in playback, girls
Youre right together with the one on the chair.
The friends arrive
Wheres the other friend?
Theres another one. Number 6
Too early with the hand, Linda
Screen
Its nice if they continue to sing.
Two acts will become classics.
Theyre purely Crazy
Theyre brand new and totally Crazy
at the same t
Youll have to see it to understand
Philippe captured the essence of our brand
While creating something... almost revolutionary
One of the acts is...
Mr Bernardin from his grave would say
If I were still here, ld have done that one.
Which one?
Blushing with Desire
Mr Bernardin had his own definition of eroticism
Whats yours?
The ultimate thing is to suggest
To seduce, without offering oneself. Restraint.
I agree with Mr Bernardin:
it happens through frustration and imagination.
Through dreams, also. Dreaming is important.
And this is...
our trademark, in a way.
The Crazy has created,
celebrated and refined
a certain form in the art.
I think... an art to enhance...
to glorify and set off
women and womens games of erotic seduction
in a way that is extremely
sophisticated and inspiring
Inspiring for women
Some may not agree with me,
but I think that the Crazy, somehow...
Im not saying that women like it more...
its probably the only place today
where naked dancers on stage...
really attract women!
We have many women fans, many women clients
Theres a key here
When women posess
the key to eroticism and enjoy
men benefit from it.
Thats how it goes anyway, sorry, at least for me.
The key to eroticism is the woman.
It goes both ways
Both ways. Absolutely
Could we see now...
Light blue instead of red?
No
Lets run through other colours to see which one
would suit us best
Can you scroll the colours of the sidelights
to see which colour could be better?
This is too much
Too red
Here you lose the red on the rope
Not bad
Dark blue.
Congo blue is not bad.
Its interesting.
Well go with Stars of Paris
This one is perfect
One, two...OK
Done.
OK?
Come on...
Last one
Ali, are you particularly interested in costumes?
Not particularly. Im interested in everything
I may be more interested in
costumes than Philipp
Hes mainly a dancer,
and the bodies are his instruments
Im more interested in the ways people
transfigur
Particularly in the way a woman
can transform herself to look like
the fantasy she has of herself
Its amazing how women have the power,
using what nature gave them,
to display artifices, tricks and strategies
They can transform themselves.
Beauty counts less than what you do with it
When a woman is over twenty-five,
her beauty is something she earns and constructs
My motto is: there are no ugly women.
Only women who refuse beauty
because they deny their femininity.
There are lazy women
I think that any woman with the right assets
can go beyond what she was born with.
You may see girls who are beautiful
when theyre young but dont age well
They rely on the beauty they were given
without making any effort
and they lose their lo
They remain stuck to their image as little girls.
On the other hand, as we see it here
Well, theyre alleautiful.
But I often noticed that those of the girls
who objectively have a perfect anatomy
are not the best on stage
they rely only on beauty
The beauty they are born with
gives them self-con
They dont have to go beyond that
While those who maybe have had complexes
have developed a strategy and a personality
that help them transcend their handicap
It makes them more fascinating and
mysterious on
Theres despair,
a feeling that all the love on earth
wont be eno
...Minus ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five, four
Ignition
Paris is at the Crazy
And the Crazy is Paris
The Sacred-Heart...
There is a Sacred-Heart
in every Crazy-girls he
You see the Crazy-girls as soldiers
They are the soldiers of the wrotic Army
D-e-s-i-r-e!
The girls of the Crazy taste like champagne
Champagne tastes like the girls of the Crazy
Champagne flows
through your fingers
The girls of the Crazy!
Horse!
Paris is at the Crazy
And the Crazy is Paris
D-e-s-i-r-e!
Crazy!
Best take.
Right. Lets have one more.
What is Nahia doing?
She doesnt understand
Is it because youre new here?
Are you Spanish or what?
Ive been working here for one year!
Youre not like Nooka, Zula or Psykko...
Do you want to be hop? On Thursday?
Right?
Put in costume.
Im not going to put it there,
I dont have enough space.
Go ahead, they are not here.
You freaked me out.
But yes... Its mine, we are going to
put this aw
You really freaked me out this one
Feel the air...
Nice!
Well catch a cold.
Closed! On.
Fall in! On! Steady right!
Start steady
Look up! Still! By the right!
Quick mark... time
And! Outside! Guards
Eyes... up!
Stand at ease
Shut
Salute!
Down
Zoo be zoo be zoo...
Zoo be zoo be...means that l love you,
Zoo be zoo be zoo...
Zoo be zoo be...means that l love you,
Zoo be zoo be...means that l love you.
Zoo be zoo be zoo
Changes
No, no,no. There are no changes
Its a diapo, there are no changes in leopards.
But in Infrared
But no
I dont like it. Sorry, girls
What?
The choreography sticks too much to the music
Thats good.
This comes from Jungle.
With a girl behind
That comes from Evolution.
Its a pitty because its really good
And Lumi she turns on her left.
- I love that.
- Beautiful.
Impressive.
Yeah, its better with two girls.
I like the idea of the leopard lighting
on the
Why is he mulling over the pursuit...
Yes but its in the Prelude
- The lighting is great!
- Beautiful!
Theyre like panthers.
We cant see the girl behind! Too bad!
Shes dead
Shes spent.
We should have seen her die
I... yxplain... you all understand French?
Let me explain how the audition goes
Its very simple, dont stress out
Its really simple
Youll go on stage with just a G-string on
And your shoes if you want.
Youll be on our stage with nice lighting.
Youll have music and
youll improvise during one
When youve finished, you come back here. OK?
This audition is meant to see
your body proportions and physical aspect.
Its not about your dancing
or performing capacit
Well see whos a dancer and whos not anyway
You dont have to warm up
or to do the splits or whatever
Be pretty, classy, relaxed,
dont stress out.
And push your buttocks out.
OK?
She fainted before the audition!
The firemen came!
- Today?
- Today.
What is happennig is that...
Could you please come and watch a second
I dont know.
Thank you. Please stay on the stage
Music off.
Can you take off your shoes?
Take position
Put your knees together
Profile
Thank you.
Next
Oh yeah
Yeah its fun...
I saw his waist and that he hadnt breasts
and I said wow
OK, good.
Thank you Maurizio
Thank you.
We dont hire transsexuals.
I found it charming
Please open the curtain, cut the house lights.
All the dancers on stage, line up, no shoes.
Quite a line
Sorry, girls, you have to stay there
We have to compare the heights
I know you may feel idiotic
So, one...
- The third
- The fourth.
Next, not sure, not sure... that one
The fifth, the one with the blue G-string
And that one
Have them step forward.
Girls, I dont remember your names
and Im all mixed up.
So, starting from the control booth
Right, there
Number two...
Number four...
Number five
Whats her name?
Olivia. I remember one name
Next one.
Melissa, come forward
And the last one, Tatiana
We have six.
Wont you keep the Italian girl?
The one with the nice buttocks?
Nice indeed
Until the rehearsal ?
The one who dreams ofjoining the Crazy?
I dont like her
- The Italian?
- Right, true
Those who are in front will remain,
the others may go and Ill ioin them soon
Get together
Olivia, youre small, but never mind
Small is cute. Its not pejorative
The number two looks like Kate Moss
True.
Her legs are short.
It doesnt matter
Can you please turn around?
Push your buttocks out.
Backwards, bend, bend, thats it.
More.
- More?
- Yes
How many Russians are there?
Theyre the best
These two are the best, no?
A gap between the thighs.
Doesnt matter.
Profile, please.
Shes beautiful.
Very cute. And shes got character.
To the dressing room.
Ill be right with you
Not bad
Its a supreme achievement of
beauty under variou
For us, it has been a huge joy to work here
When Im in a rehearsal, l sometimes think:
Not only do I attend a real rehearsal
but were directing it
I have to pinch myself to make sure l belong...
to this place of ultimate refinement,
beauty and
- Did I answer your question?
- Splendidly.
And now, in English, with the same eloquence.
Well its very difficult to...
how do you say rsumer, to resume?
Its very difficult to sum up
the show of the Cra
because its in fact a different er
side of the woman and the erotism
defined initially by Bernardin
So, its not like a... total story
its more a portion of desire that you receive,
but the thing is that I always...
when I first time I saw the Crazy Horse
it was for me one of the most beautiful
the most moving thing I ever saw in my life
And I always think that everybody
like really the French government
should force ev
and see the Crazy Horse once in his life,
to understand how a woman can
how the... what level of beauty a woman can reach
how powerful it can be
and how much its much more about only desire,
its about emotions that go beyond your mind
that touch your unconscious and
go through your v
I have goose bumps,
and l bring friends here
who had a preconceived idea of the Crazy Horse
who thought that it was a revue for
Japanese tour
who came here, and
people from the art, big actress
great directors
who came here and who were entranced.
And I have friends who come here
and who cry when they see such a level of beauty.
And for us to be able to work on this place
and sometimes realize that in fact
we are at this highest level of...
beauty and feminity that could ever be reached
and we are in fact part of that
is something that is really thrilling
and we have to pinch ourselves
to realize that it
So its not... we cannot
reduce the Crazy Horse t
it really is something thats beyond any...
I rarely see something... feel something
You can have the same impact
when you look at Sh
or Fellinis or Fassbinder movie,
or Michael Powell, who inspire us for the show -
yes, when you are in front of those piece of art,
you can have this thrill.
And I had something similar with the Crazy Horse.
In your eyes
I shall drown. May I?
To drown in your eyes is a happiness
Ill come and say
I love you so much
May I?
No, its not easy to love. Its hard. very hard.
Ill come close to a steep cliff
Will you catch me in time?
If I go away, will you write to me?
I cant be without you. I want to be with you.
Not for a minute, not for a month. Forever.
All my life, do you understand?
Im afraid of your answer
Answer me, but dont say a word
Answer me with your eyes.
Do you love me?
If you do, I promise
that youll happy with me forever
If you dont, then I beg you,
dont look at me, dont kill me
If you want to love someone else, do it
But remember me just a little
Ill go on loving you. Agreed?
Like it or not, Ill love you
and Ill always be there for you
whenever you need me.
Crazy...
Paris...
Paris comes to the Crazy
The Crazy is Paris
The Eiffel Tower...
The Eiffel Tower is all lit up
like a girl of th
The Crazy is Paris
Paris comes to the Crazy
What is your name?
D-e-s-i-r-e!
Youll dream of the Crazy naked in your bed
The girls of the Crazy will watch over you
D-e-s-i-r-e!
The girls of the Crazy taste like champagne
Champagne tastes like the girls of the Crazy
Champagne flows through your fingers
The girls of the Crazy!
Paris comes to the Crazy
and the Crazy is Paris.
The Sacred-Heart
Theres a Sacred-Heart in every Crazys girl!
You saw Crazys girls like soldiers
They are the soldiers of wrotica army,
D-e-s-i-r-e!
The girls of the Crazy taste like champagne
Champagne tastes like the girls of the Crazy
Champagne flows through your fingers
The girls of the Crazy!
Paris comes to the Crazy
and the Crazy is Paris.
D-e-s-i-r-e!
Crazy!