Point de Vue

[Toledo]

Has anyone here scanned the Point de Vue Special Edition about royal ladies through out the decades? It's the one that has on the cover the photo of Madame, the Countess of Paris (also known as Royal and Imperial Highness Isabelle of Braganza-Orleans)? Caroline is also on that cover. We don't get the Point de Vue Special Editions in my area. :(

[Toledo]

I also missed the Point de Vue Issue on the French 2005 TV series Les Rois Maudits. Hope anyone here has it and would like to share it, here or by PM,
pleaaaase :(

[mybags]

Does anyone know what happened to the website pointdevue.fr? Courrier :: Bienvenue à Horde. ?

Has the magazine gone out of circulation? or are they updating the site?

[Carlos]

Its working for me.

Originally Posted by mybags

Does anyone know what happened to the website pointdevue.fr? Courrier :: Bienvenue à Horde. ?

Has the magazine gone out of circulation? or are they updating the site?

[live4lazio]

I don't think it's gone out of circulation. I have a subscription to it.

[mybags]

I keep getting a message saying I need a username and password and a language to select...anyone else having this problem?

[Warren]

This is the weblink as shown in this week's issue: www.pointdevue.fr

[mybags]

How strange...now it works for me...thanks

[Callaghan]

I'm wondering if any of you in the US has a subscription to this magazine.
I'm thinking of subscribing through Amazon but from the reviews it seems that some people don't get their magazines, or have a very hard time getting them.
Anyone here know the straight poop?

[kirstengrafin]

Originally Posted by Callaghan

I'm wondering if any of you in the US has a subscription to this magazine.
I'm thinking of subscribing through Amazon but from the reviews it seems that some people don't get their magazines, or have a very hard time getting them.
Anyone here know the straight poop?

I've been subscribing to Point de Vue for a while and receive my issues promptly each week. I subscribe through expressmag.com and never have any problems.

[Callaghan]

Thank you very much Kirstengrafin. I'll try it through expressmag.com too.

[zarat]

Toledo
The film "Les rois maudits" has still its web-site with full information but it's only in french. But I hope that you will enjoy at least the photos and music

Les Rois Maudits france2.fr

[Marengo]

As a non frenchman I am getting a bit tired by the present course of Point de Vue, is it really necessairy to put Nicolas Sarkozy, Cecilia and/or the kids on the cover each and every week? This week they were rather original, they had Andree Sarkozy on the cover, mover of the president... a bit weird for a magazine that traditionally focusses on royalty. And when I opened the magazine I got a page with Selma Hayek, Maxima and Ingrid Betancourt all next to each other. Gushing about Maxima´s clothes next to a picture of a broken Ingrid Betancourt.... sigh.

[TheTruth]

Originally Posted by Marengo

As a non frenchman I am getting a bit tired by the present course of Point de Vue, is it really necessairy to put Nicolas Sarkozy, Cecilia and/or the kids on the cover each and every week? This week they were rather original, they had Andree Sarkozy on the cover, mover of the president... a bit weird for a magazine that traditionally focusses on royalty. And when I opened the magazine I got a page with Selma Hayek, Maxima and Ingrid Betancourt all next to each other. Gushing about Maxima´s clothes next to a picture of a broken Ingrid Betancourt.... sigh.

Oh dear, I do have this one too and even as a frenchwoman, I'm sick and tired of hearing about them every week. And what's this creepy page with on one side the poor hostage woman and next to her, the shinning ladies ?! The world is crazy.

[CaliforniaDreamin]

Originally Posted by Marengo

As a non frenchman I am getting a bit tired by the present course of Point de Vue, is it really necessairy to put Nicolas Sarkozy, Cecilia and/or the kids on the cover each and every week? This week they were rather original, they had Andree Sarkozy on the cover, mover of the president... a bit weird for a magazine that traditionally focusses on royalty. And when I opened the magazine I got a page with Selma Hayek, Maxima and Ingrid Betancourt all next to each other. Gushing about Maxima´s clothes next to a picture of a broken Ingrid Betancourt.... sigh.

Well I am an American who enjoys Point de Vue, and I am certainly getting tired of the Sarkozys as well. If I hear Cecile referred to as "la nouvelle Jackie" (meaning Jacqueline Kennedy ) one more time I will scream aloud. Ms Sarkozy is an attractive and interesting woman but she is NO Jacqueline Kennedy, in my opinion.

I read Point de Vue to because I am a Royalty watcher. I don't want to read about film stars or politicians and their wives. We have People Magazine if I am interested, which I'm not!

Thanks for bringing this up!

[TheTruth]

Alright, I've just received the new release of Point de Vue and at the news page, I've learned that James Blunt has met the Queen. But underneath, there's written : "James Blunt : former soldier, he carried the coffin of the Princess of Wales during her burial." And I'm like "Really ?! I didn't know that!". So I've made my little search on it and it came out that they've written a big mistake. It's not Princess Diana's coffin but the Queen Mum's. I don't know if I should tell them but anyway, it's annoying to realise that such mistakes can be made in a serious magazine as Point de Vue.

[CaliforniaDreamin]

Originally Posted by TheTruth

Alright, I've just received the new release of Point de Vue and at the news page, I've learned that James Blunt has met the Queen. But underneath, there's written : "James Blunt : former soldier, he carried the coffin of the Princess of Wales during her burial." And I'm like "Really ?! I didn't know that!". So I've made my little search on it and it came out that they've written a big mistake. It's not Princess Diana's coffin but the Queen Mum's. I don't know if I should tell them but anyway, it's annoying to realise that such mistakes can be made in a serious magazine as Point de Vue.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the "mistake" was intentional. Point de Vue like some of the other Royal mags like Majesty and Royalty Monthly realize that even in death the Princess of Wales sells...so they continue to use her name and her often. It's really annoying, IMO.

[Marengo]

In the mean time this weeks Point de Vue has Lorenzo Betancourt on the cover, son of Ingrid Betancourt. Rather an odd thing for a glamour/royalty magazine, but I suppose the French news on the cover sells better than their usual nichemarket. And the cartoons that I never understand show Ingrid Betancourt too (of course Betancourt is much more important than, let´s say, Princess Benedikte at a horsing event, but still I find it odd to have news stories like this in a royalty/society magazine.

[kalnel]

Sometimes I think Point de Vue has been trying to remake itself into a magazine more like Paris Match, with more celebrity, entertainment, and political figure coverage. It's been sliding this way for years -- maybe they figured everyone would lose interest in royals after Diana's death.

I liked the old format, with 3 or 4 feature articles on royals and sections in the front and back with short pieces and gossip, much better than the current setup. The stories were better, too -- they went much more in depth on weddings, christenings, funerals, etc.

They seemed to have more exclusive, longer interviews with people like Alexander of Yugoslavia, the Count de Braganza, the French enfants, German princes, Michael of Romania, etc. Now it's all Kate Middleton's fashion sense, Maxima's shoes, whether Frederik and Mary are on the rocks, and other gossip.

(I think that the writing isn't as sophisticated as it used to be either, because my French isn't great, and these days I can read Point de Vue without needing a French-English dictionary. I feel certain my French isn't magically improving, so it must be the magazine. )

BTW, I live in the U.S. and subscribed through Express Mag for years, and it was very reliable. For the last year or so, I've been reading the entire magazine online through Relay. It costs about the same as the paper magazine, but I don't have to wait for the mail and I can preview the contents before buying it. It's also nice to be able to save issues I really like without having magazines pile up around the house.

kal

[helenw]

I liked the old format, with 3 or 4 feature articles on royals and sections in the front and back with short pieces and gossip, much better than the current setup. The stories were better, too -- they went much more in depth on weddings, christenings, funerals, etc.

I agree. I much preferred the older format as well. There seemed to be more pictures.