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Polly Platt today

posted 18 years ago by mathmaniac
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I love the movie. It is so interesting to me that Polly Platt was a model for one of the characters. For a few years, I have held on to and reread her book, 'French or Foe' because her descriptions and introduction to modern French culture are so entertaining.
She is or was married to a European man who works and lives in France and I guess she spends at least part of the year there. I believe she may give seminars to American and corporations from other cultures who hope to work harmoniously in France. She explains to them what are tabu customs and how French people like to be treated. She does a little bit of explaining why the French are perceived to act the way they do.
Love the book. Only recently realized that she has a past in 'the pictures' business.
What a fascinating life!
Reread her book before my big trip to Paris...

[–] mathmaniac 18 years ago

Oop, sorry about that. There really are two Polly Platts. I went to Google her and found that out. However, it is pretty confusing: Polly Platt the producer and production designer that is the model for Lucy did come to the United States from Germany at the age of 15.
And she did write something for Louis Malle.
However, she is not the Polly Platt I described. Who is very successful in her field but it is not the entertainment business. The Polly Platt of the pictures has had a few marriages but not to the man who makes his home with the other Polly Platt.

[–] vanityfair_713 17 years ago

Hahaha, thanks for clarifying. I was really confused.

He said it's all in your head, and I said, so's everything--
But he didnt get it.

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] lor_ 16 years ago

To Benji -let's separate fact from opinion -where is the evidence of Ms. Platt's "to this day" big credits as a producer? She hasn't seen a green light on anything of consequence, i.e., releasable, in over a decade. Looks like you've been drinking the same Kool Aid as Woody Anders, master of the revisionist anti-factual IMDb Mini Bios for horror movie actresses (every one of which would appear to have had a Katharine Hepburn level career judging from his hyperbole). To paraphrase Ghoulardi: cool it with the misinfo!

[–] mvpx7 14 years ago

The Hollywood producer and production designer died on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at the age of 72, a victim of Lou Gehrig's Disease.