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Lyrics + translation:

cara bel, cara mia bel (dear beautiful, my beautiful dear) ah mia bambina, oh Chell (ah, my child (feminine), oh Chell) che la stima x2 (that she holds in esteem) e cara mia addio (and goodbye my dear) oh mio bambino caro (oh, my dear child (masculine)) perche non passi lontana, si lontana da scienza? (why not go far away, yes far away from science?) cara x2 mia bambina ah mia bel ah mia cara x2 ah mia bambina ah cara cara mia

^ yeah, I was gonna put "Jean-Pierre Jeunet is an awesome director... even without Marc Caro.

Exclusivo, Bandidos - haha...

Bandidos Caro Chaseo Exclusivo!

Considering she's just ten, this is an amazing voice, but please keep it real. Compare her performance of "O mio Bambino caro" to that of a seasoned opera singer on a pure technical basis and its crap. And nobody in their right mind would expect it to be different. This takes years and years of training. Not just talent.

Just compare a seasoned opera singer like Angela Gheorghiu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9OTShQ_rc

or even the absolute top of opera singers Maria Callas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxy4qrnKwVo

Sorry, but the word opera star get's thrown around a lot, Eropeans might remmeber the Paul Potts, who, like this girl sings better than I ever could but is far from a professional opera singer.

BTW: Common wisdom among professional singer is that if you start to early with difficult parts like this, it will ruin your voice for life.

^great film by Jeunet and Caro, the former being one of the screenwriters of Amélie!

Am I the only one thinking that this was a terrible delivery? I was frowning the whole time I was watching this clip. Ugh!

I've seen better talents in this show than this guy, and they get sent off. Why is everyone cheering? Oh yea, for an amateur, it's amazing. And yes, Opera is refreshing apart from whatever the hell they're singing about. But tears? TEARS? Those hicks MOCK OPERA SINGERS!!!!

I'm no 'expert' on classical music or anything, but at least I can call myself a dilettante. And I must say, if you think that was 'moving', you guys should CLEAN OUT YOUR EARS, and really learn to appreciate opera with the REAL stuff.

Sumi Jo - The Magic Flute - Queen of the Night - Hell's vengeance boils in my heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qn5PH7MC4g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njgzI0T7hBI

Luciano Pavarotti - Caruso from DallAmeriCaruso by Lucio Dalla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8A61eY1Efg

Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partiro (Time to say goodbye)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhh8MaRnzMc

Angela Gheorgheiu - Habanera from Carmen by Georges Bizet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axvhEUyVfX0

Te Kanawa & Cotrubas - Marriage of Figaro - Duettino - Sull'Aria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaVIwwNhocg

Te Kanawa - O mio Babbiono caro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUE2zG3R-hc


Yes, it's good to see people appreciating opera for a change. But it also seems like the audience is so ignorant when it comes to arias, serenade and operas that they seem to love anything that sounds remotely 'opera-like'.

It really disgusts me how some people were 'moved' by this mediocre performance. It really does.

Here are these films in order...

(It starts with the back-end of The Terminator titles)

13 Superman (1978) Directed by Richard Donner Title Design by: Sheldon Elbourne
14 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Title Design: Pablo Ferro
15 The Virgin Suicides (1999) Directed by Sofia Coppola, Title Designer: Geoff McFetridge
16 Our Latin Thing (1972) Directed by Leon Gast, Title Design by: Unknown
17 Delicatessen (1991)Directed by Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet Title Design by: Marc Bruckert
18 Pi (1998) Directed by Darren Aronofsky, Title Design by: Jeremy Dawson
19 Se7en (1995) Directed by David Fincher, Title Design by: Kyle Cooper
20 Hollow Man (2000) Directed by Paul Verhoeven, Title Design by: The Picture Mill
21 Casino (1995) Directed by Martin Scorsese, Title Design by: Saul Bass
22 Alien (1979) Directed by Ridley Scott, Title Design by: Saul Bass
23 Matzes (2004) Directed by Margien Rogaar, Title Design by: Karst-Janneke Rogaar & Roel Wouters.
24 North by Northwest North by Northwest (1959) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Title Design by: Saul Bass
25 Panic Room (2002) Directed by David Fincher, Title Design by: The Picture Mill

The other 12 chosen can be seen here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7p1v6NWnhw

Had to dig deep to rescue this one. Thanks.

This is my favorite Jeunet/Caro movie.

The legendary reason for sunglasses and hats and what not is that people want to see emotions in eyes. I just don't think this is true. You simply don't want someone looking. All the biggest tells in poker is the pattern of eye movement that someone goes through. With most people it's entirely instinctual.

If you play poker I highly recommend trying this: when the flop comes out, look at the eyes of at least one player, preferably any player who raised preflop or who called a big bet preflop. When they look at the flop, see where they look next.
* a look away, *especially* a look away from the oncoming action, generally means they either hit big, or have a big draw.
* a look towards the oncoming action usually means they will fold.
* staring at the flop usually means they don't have anything, particularly if they raised preflop
* looking at their chips means they are probably going to bet
* looking at your chips, or their opponent's chips, means they are *probably* going to bet but are thinking of pulling a bluff. They're trying to reckon how much they'd have to bet to make you fold. Alternatively this sometimes means they are considering taking a gamble and trying to decide whether you have enough money in front of you to make it worthwhile. For clarification, if there is $100 in the pot and my opponent only has $100 in front of him, I am not going to take a long shot gamble. If there is $100 in the pot and my opponent has $1000 then I might, if I think I can get his whole stack if I hit.

Anyway, I gather it's sort of against the rules to self-link, but if I upload all or part of the Caro video to youtube, can I link to it?

To avoid running afoul of self-link rules, let one of the other sifters know if it's youtube so they can Sift it for you...

In reply to your comment:
“Mike Caro's "Book of Tells" covers these and many more. It's old so lots of funny pictures in it. There is a video that I have also... maybe I should post part of it to youtube. Many of his points are considerably more subtle than what's given in this short video.”

Mike Caro's "Book of Tells" covers these and many more. It's old so lots of funny pictures in it. There is a video that I have also... maybe I should post part of it to youtube. Many of his points are considerably more subtle than what's given in this short video.

One funny thing about studying tells is that, once you know what a certain physical tell looks like, what should *you* personally do? Well... tells exist because they WORK against weak players. So against weak players you can generally act as they do. Acting weak means you have a strong hand in general, so, if you have a strong hand you should act weak. This seems kind of counter intuitive, but it makes good sense. If your opponent is NOT skilled in reading tells, then you should not be reversing tells.

A good example of this is when you have a very good hand and you wish for your opponent to call on the end. The right thing to do is to appear nervous and agitated, but subtly so. I tap my fingers on the cards, maybe jiggle my knees up and down, etc. This is because you, as a reader of tells, KNOW that when someone is agitated they have a big hand. However, to the amateur, such nervousness is almost universally attributed to someone who is bluffing, when the opposite is usually true (bluffers tend to try to remain still and calm, people with big hands actually get nervous).

I really, really, miss having good venues to play live since I moved to Austin.

francophool (james)
one of the best trailers of all time.

I wonder what is next for jeunet/caro?

he's dominique pinon. he's in all the jeunet & caro movies (amelie, city of lost children, very long engagement and delicatessen).