Emmanuel de Brantes, society gossip columnist by profession
Society gossip columnist, scriptwriter, Emmanuel de Brantes is well known amongst the Jet Set world. Moreover, he has immortalized his intimate knowledge of this milieu by co-writing the famous film "Jet Set" in which the leading man, Christophe Lambert, played the part of a columnist. Emmanuel de Brantes also happens to be the nephew of the former French President, Valérie Giscard d’Estaing.
If you were to become a Robinson Crusoe, what would be your final destination?
No further than the tip of my nose.
As a gourmet connoisseur, what is your favourite dish?
Pasta Carbonara, Brantes-style.
If you were a wine?
A vintage wine.
If you had to define yourself in three words?
One, two, three.
To spice up life…
Art.
What is your definition of luxury?
Rare, intimate and spacious.
Your own luxury?
Hospitality of my friends.
What do you enjoy the most?
My family, in the largest sense.
The height of luxury?
To be accessible.
The masterpiece falling from your hands?
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Nietzsche.
A place that looks like you?
Madagascar.
Music that brings you up?
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Strauss.
A question that obsesses you?
Excuse me?
What inspires you?
Beauty, goodness and difficulties.
How important is music in your life?
For me, music is essential everywhere: I hear it in the musical notes, words, colours … and even the silence.
Décembre 2008
