Why Jamie Bamber moved his kids to France

[@afterburner94]

As a French guy, im SHOCKED i was today years old when I realize Jamie is a francophone and francophile. Just watch many interviews he did in French and he is so fluent it's shockingly amazing. this man rules! Im sure his family is super happy in Aix en Provence, its a wonderful area.

[@Skyebright1]

His Italian is also great ;)

[@afterburner94]

@Skyebright1 this dude cannot be greater lol. What a gem

[@Lostouille]

​@@afterburner94 on est tellement habitués à prendre des balles perdues du monde entier qu on se rend pas compte qu on a des gens qui veulent vraiment venir ici 😂😆

[@arnaud.lancelot]

@@afterburner94 i wonder how can you get that fluent.

[@LalaDepala_00]

I'm Dutch and LOVE french cinema, german cinema and danish cinema. I haven't seen a Hollywood movie on the big screen for 10+ years.

[@avengemybreath3084]

You haven’t missed anything

[@alkante2962]

Do not forget the Italian cinema.

[@GrandsPas]

@@avengemybreath3084 Too much Marvel aqnd DC comics super-heroes movies...

[@avengemybreath3084]

@@GrandsPas Yes. Plus, most other movies become condescending political lectures, or were for whatever reason creatively bankrupt.

[@marcelgommans2020]

Why do you watch this clip then? Rather strange...

[@Steve-xl1en]

France still has the highest rate of cinema goers per capita I think. They really support their movies by going to the theatre.

[@jimmyboe8246]

Even if most of them are bullshit third rate movie but i agree you're right

[@Alex-mp1zb]

@@jimmyboe8246 It takes some open-mindedness to understand French films (and foreign films in general).

[@Opitoukisskiss]

@@jimmyboe8246 I agree, I am French. We may be good at other arts but cinema, no. At least not in the last 3 decades. There are a few cinema nuggets now and then from independent productions (not easy to spot, of course) but on the whole it's commercial or political propaganda bs. (I need to add that I lOVE my country all the same.)

[@mnemonija]

@@Opitoukisskisscant say i can name a french movie from the past few decades, but i grew up on alain delon and jean paul belmondo, and later loved everything luc beson and everything with vince cassel. Alt gems like delicatessen and la cite des enfants perdue. France has movies.

[@Slgjgnz]

Didn't know he had so much links our country. Thanks for your viewpoint on it!

[@florianhoppe4159]

French Comedy is great and a lot of it gets released dubbed in Germany. (The Old Louis De Funes movies are classics.) But modern stuff is also great, like "The Intouchables" (which had a lacklucker US remake, "The Upside").

[@florianhoppe4159]

@@yann664 La Grande Vadrouille was great. L'aile ou la Cuisse' is also my personal favorite, followed by "Le tatoué".

[@MN-vz8qm]

Le diner de cons is perfect if you want to test your french mastery

[@Entasis5555]

There is a true story about Angela Merkel husband offering her the full Louis de Funes collection so she could tolerate Nicolas Sarkozy better.

[@Entasis5555]

@@yann664 La soupe au choux is gold.

[@Opitoukisskiss]

@@yann664 If you want to try other French TV series shows, you might like "Engrenages" ("The Spiral" in English), or "10 pour cent" ("Call my agent"). Both really well written and performed in my view.

[@tomatokosir]

Good interview. I hope we can one day also see Kandyse McClure in one of these. She is underappreciated, but was such a bright stop in Battlestar.

[@reguisthesjw7796]

If someone, one day told me I would watch Starbuck and Appolo talking about my country ! Also, My mom's place is a 3 minutes walk from mine and I couldn't be happier , but you know I'm french so I won't judge. I hope you enjoy Aix en provence Jamie.

[@U2QuoZepplin]

I must check out more of French Cinema because I enjoy a lot of foreign language tv and movies.

[@annabarr1304]

I live in a small town in France and they regularly have directors and or cast introduce their films. We also have a small Iranian Film Festival at our cinema, I don't think I ever saw an Iranian film before moving here.

[@flynngames4703]

I had no idea that Jamie is such a lovely human being. ❤

[@AndrewMuscat-t3k]

He is a very good interviewee.

[@EliasBac]

Random French guy in Canada here. I have no idea how I got here but loved it. Made me wanna go back a little bit 😅

[@trorisk]

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence is truly a very beautiful bourgeois city typical of the south of France. With fountains on every corner. An almost pedestrian-friendly city center. If I were rich enough this is where I would live for my children.

[@manunhc1644]

Yes, you have to be rich and not just a little well-off. Otherwise, there's Marseille and its exoticism, which all white people flee...

[@alkante2962]

Bourgeois... extrêmement conservateur en fait, un des creuset du fn...

[@fabnobody8316]

@@alkante2962 C'est grace à ça qu'ils sont en sécurité et heureux là-bas

[@alkante2962]

@fabnobody8316 non, ils ont peur et en plus ils ont l'esprit d'une étroitesse...

[@trorisk]

@@alkante2962 Je parle plus au niveau du style de la ville et de ses habitants. Avec l'école d'art avec les filles de bourges avec les rubans dans les cheveux (des bourgeois-bohème), le cours Mirabeau très haussmannien (typique bourgeoisie du XIXeme), la vieille ville, tout le nouveau-centre à l'est de la rotonde avec la FNAC mais aussi des boutiques "bio"... La Fondation Vasarely d'art moderne (les conservateurs n'aime pas l'art moderne), le musée Cezanne. Ca fait plus bourgeois "intégré à la modernité" que purement conservateur où on aurait des processions de catho tradi qui feraient la chasse aux LGBT.

[@BallardBaller]

I’d move my kids the hell out of the US.. 4 years ago, and more now ., at this point

[@LifeCycle1978]

Based on your punctuation you should go back.

[@PaxBritannica34563]

@@LifeCycle1978 And based on your lack of reading comprehension you shouldn't be casting stones...

[@aidanclarke6106]

Quite surprisingly, France is the world's second exporter for movies and series.

[@aramisone7198]

Im supprised it isn't the UK .

[@_Stroda]

@@aramisone7198 Some quick googling appears to show that, by some measures, the UK is.

[@Slgjgnz]

France heavily subsidizes this, always aiming for international standing through culture and language.

[@juliad368]

I’m French and really surprised by that.

[@puccaland]

That's actually audio-visual contents in general not just movies and series. Music isn't subsidised and subsidies help with production not exports. Was surprised too but not surprised because I know about the French measures on exports even things like art, they built a gigantic network and are very aggressive on anything exports in general. They are everywhere. Totally unknown artists, singers everybody can benefit from that network to perform worldwide.

[@flash0v3r89]

The main reason there is so many movies can be made in France is because for each cinema ticket sold, a part of the price ticket is dedicated for founding new movies.

[@Gratindauphinois-26]

" l’art subventionné " = leftist state propaganda. In france we are going to end that , most of our movies are crap , french cinéma died long ago because because of ideology.

[@thecaptain2000]

In the eyes of foreign people (Europeans in this case) Education in the USA is considered as much as your social security / Health care : A total joke, just not a haha kind of joke. An alternative plan, and more realistic than it seems, could be to spend the campus money in actually renting an apartment in either France, Italy or Germany and go to the public universities there. Even if you have to spend one year in learning the local language before attending classes, what is one year lost, compared to live a life without debt? BTW if you get a student Visa, you would save the health insurance costs as you would be fully covered by the local social security. You would be leaving the land of the free (that is how those who do not know any better tend to say) but you would lend in a more modern and advanced society. Just do it, you will thank me later. All the info is available online, you can make a business case in no time.

[@Urbanhandyman]

At least we have freedom.

[@OptimumSlinky]

@@UrbanhandymanI hope you’re being sarcastic. As an American who lived in Europe for several years, I can say from first-hand experience the Germans and French have plenty of freedom.

[@vaudou74]

@@OptimumSlinky only american think they have freedom while they have less...

[@markmurphy4056]

​@@Urbanhandymanfreedom to make idiots of yourselves voting in another idiot🤣

[@DrEmilSchaffhausenThe3rd]

​@@Urbanhandyman Don't you get charged for crossing the road where you want? Jay-walking?

[@bobbyologun1517]

2:57 i respect this calculus!

[@FlamewielderFirehand]

A country‘s education system is whatever their population wants it to be. Not what the government wants, unless you live in an oligarchy… which of course has every interest in keeping the masses in ignorance. That’s why a healthy democracy requires a good education system, that provides a functional understanding of civics, some historical context that shines light on why past governments made the choices they did, and a basic understanding of scientific principles that have applications in everyday life, regardless of your occupation.

[@davidpaterson2309]

Why an “oligarchy”? Oligarchs rarely have any interest in the education of anyone’s children but their own - and it’s telling that a lot of eg Russian oligarchs have their own children educated in eg the U.K. and Switzerland, at very expensive private schools. France is complicated because historically - and with the approval of most of the population - it was a very “statist” country, one feature of which was a centralised, universal education system with a common curriculum. The French generally don’t regard the state as a threat to their liberty - the state is “our republic” - and they expect it to be active. That doesn’t mean that they don’t complain about bureaucracy, surly civil servants and taxes - but they’d generally be horrified at the idea that eg public services should be run by companies with a shareholder profit motive.

[@FlamewielderFirehand]

@ Precisely: Oligarchs have a vested interest in keeping their population as uneducated as possible, without compromising industrial productivity (on which they rely to maintain their wealth). It’s harder to subvert a democracy when most voters are familiar with the rise of Nazi Germany, or the transition of the Roman state from an imperfect republic to an empire that dominated the Mediterranean basin.

[@jerrymail]

We are happy to welcome Apollo in France 😜. I myself live near Aix-en-Provence, so if he wants to drink a pastis, he can come by my house. 😁👍

[@Tim_Beitel]

As someone who enjoys learning about other languages it’s heartbreaking to hear people losing interest in language learning. With English becoming “the world’s language” and AI, like Translate, people just don’t see the point anymore and it’s sad to hear

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

Not once did he slip out of his American accent on Battlestar. His everyday English accent was much crisper at a higher register when he was younger, it seemed. I was stunned when I heard his voice in an interview after I binge-watched a few episodes.

[@sgtmajvimy]

Kandyse ! Kandyse! Love all BSG cast members, though I find Kandyse harder to find …

[@RICO_SUAVE21]

I wish I could move to France too! 😢

[@BadgerUKvideo]

I hope you get better soon. Stay strong.

[@ChachouLP]

If you know you want to be integrate in the French society then come :)

[@drefhill]

anyone can come in France. But do it legally, coming in Europe without papers is dumb because it'll be very difficult to get a job, in Europe no one use cash.

[@Gratindauphinois-26]

Wait conservatives to be elected or enjoy pure leftist . You kids Will learn arab before french.

[@darwincity]

I’m stunned to hear him saying the US education system is “cut throat”. Public schools are quasi sieves.

[@Soltane-dz]

i studied in Aix en Provence super nice little city near Marseille nice choice.

[@TheJimprez]

I went to school in Canada. In 5 provinces (AF brat)... I never saw a metal detector, had pretty decent food at the cafeteria *NEVER got served sloppy joes... And my University in a world class school, cost me less than 2000$(Cdn) per semester... I also got a lot more bursaries than loans... So no big debt... The only violence I ever felt, was the usual school bully BS, until I found out that I could kick their arses, and it stopped... No guns, no crazy kid on a shooting badtrip, no idiot parent with an AR coming to kill his ex wife, teacher... No school cops (they have some now, in select H-Schools)... The joys of subsidized education... EVERYONE has access to the good schools too... I also remember learning about the BAD THINGS we did, not that weird number one propaganda that the US teaches to erase the bad past... I learnt about our residential schools, and our first Nation abuses in history class... About the bit of slavery that DID happen here pre-abolition... And the rest of our negative history... How can you FIX things, if you hide them ???

[@drefhill]

that was way before, now there is plenty of metals detectors at the bars/nightclubs entrances.

[@TheJimprez]

@drefhill Not in my city... Where do you live? Toronto? I live in Quebec city... Not one club or bar with anything more than a bouncer...

[@richarda786]

If this gentleman is that fluent in french, he should have a look a the book "la fabrique du crétin" by school teacher Jean-Paul Brighelli and think twice about putting his daughters in the french public school system... We're no better than the US unfortunately. Anyway, bienvenue en France

[@markphc99]

The tv actors life seems crazy

[@Malomferi]

I’m a French living abroad for more than 25 years. His look on France is interesting. Not 100% accurate, regarding the industry, even if he obviously knows the CG ou try and the peoples very well. 1 film every 20 years reaches 20 millions tickets. Last year 180 M. tickets were sold and 45 films reached 1 M. tickets. 15 were French (only ? 🇫🇷👍🏻). Only 2 exceeded 5 M, and they were US. But French film industry is quite strong in comparison with other EU countries.

[@AC_702]

Smart man!

[@dmac7128]

The French film industry has always had widespread public support. The government there takes an active role in fostering an environment for domestic film production through subsidies and tax incentives. And based on what was said here, the US film industry is dead in comparison. When was the last time a decent comedy came out? Or a hit film that wasn't directed by Christopher Nolan, was a sequel, or based on comic book characters or some intellectual property?

[@Tyu-f1s]

when was the last time a decent french comedy went out ? Even KV1 was a failure

[@user-Stephen-1967]

I'm sorry that Jamie didn't find a stable, reliable and diverse enough school curriculum in the Los Angeles area for his children, maybe he should have tried Idaho and it's private schools.

[@prouvencau6343]

French cinema isnt just for the locals, it's well exported worldwide. Also France isnt the only French-speaking country in the world

[@p4olo537]

10 French movies a week he's a bit exagerating but half yes, 20M tickets films are very rare only a few of them reach that the vast majority don't reach the million tickets. This production only survive because it's heavily subsided by TV channels and authorities since in every tickets there's a tax (taxe CNC) wich is then used to fund French produced movies.

[@kroooassant9899]

I went to Houston University and did a Bachelor in supply chain and logisitics, i'll be honest I have no idea how it goes in my country but to me it was really just a waste of timeand really they shoudl totally forbid the presence of cell phones because cheating is omni-present, i m not kidding like a good 50% are just cheating in test and are in class just to pass time or I don't even know why they pay so much to get nothing out of it. I don't want to throw the rock at the university because there are some great teachers but the programms seemed off to me, very chaotic, and the books OMG the total scamm every year you have to buy a new book for the same disciple for like 400 dollars this is just outrageous!!!

[@IanMcLoughlin-cm9jh]

US v. rest of OECD in schooling? Sport. It's secondary in rest of world but basis of US schools i.e. they're a nursery for NFL, NBA etc. Hence the jocks v. nerds and CHEERLEADERS!

[@annabarr1304]

In France they have very good clubs from a very young age, nursery for real football!

[@MHDebidour]

Many unitedstatians kids in french schools recently

[@zapokoin6133]

clever man

[@spadaacca]

"Education in the US is cut throat" - yet Americans can't answer basic science, maths, geography, history, or any general knowledge question and barely manage to speak 1 language.

[@Gratindauphinois-26]

French graduates actually do not even writes it correctly. It is crumbling, if you want a good education you have to pay a private school and this is what he does. The " baccalauréat " means nothing and is even easier than the " brevet des collèges " that our grand parents had to pass .

[@sgtmajvimy]

Jamie never talks about his band of brothers appearance, unless I missed it.

[@plasauce4271]

Realistically, he could've been on set for a week. One action scene in a field, next episode in the back of a truck. Maybe 15 lines total. That point in his career he was filming a few things simultaneously. Its all a blur.

[@canicheenrage]

Interesting interview, but i don't know how much "for themselves" the french films really are. Most of the romcoms ( which i believe are the majority ), probably tailored even more specifically for the parisian public, sure, but the rest ? There are 320 million french speaking people in the world, 4% of the world's population. By 2050, thanks to african development, it's expected to be 8%. And that's not counting the fact that many non-french countries did enjoy a lot of dubbed french films, though that was mostly before the near complete hollywood dominance of the 1980-1990s, and the death of most european popular cinema...Except in France, where cultural production was protected by law.

[@DavidCodyPeppers.]

Oh gosh. Comment deleted number one. 🕊️

[@pepeloco1452]

to bad it is getting ruined now!

[@manuelatreide]

There’s at least one specific kind of shows that we absolutely do not know how to do it good, here in France: sci-fi shows. It’s a pity since one of the « fathers » of the genre is Jules Verne. Maybe you too could settle here for a while and teach us how it is done. We are quite civilized and we would listen to you carefully. On second thoughts, tell the whole BSG cast to come with you. I’m pretty sure France has a sufficient variety of landscapes, climates and cultures to fulfill your every wishes! It is nice to see you both once again. Frack I miss your laughs!

[@arnaud.lancelot]

Ask him if it s a private or public school😅😂. French public education system is very negatively criticized in ... France.

[@Slgjgnz]

We criticize everything (with good reason), but we're still very lucky compared to most other countries. One probably being the reason for the other.

[@arnaud.lancelot]

@@Slgjgnz Compared to which countries? French school system is considered as ooe of the most "inequalitarian" by OECD. Chasing for mediocrity has a price paid by the poorest. Just for you information, it is not just the BAC which has been sweetened; but also the entry examination for professors....

[@brigittelacour5055]

Because private schools are better ? Not in my region ! Yes some have good results at baccalaureate but they get rid of the pupils who might not succeed ! And please don't put all teachers in the same bucket, some are only on months or years contracts without any teaching training ( same in private)some with masters and fully trained like the one with agrégation, some in between.

[@arnaud.lancelot]

@brigittelacour5055 Please, french private schools have been outperforming public ones for decadeS. And who noeadays use the BAC as a metric😆? 99% of the population can get it, and 50% of it with "une mention". You see the differenve in Universities or Engineer Schools or whatever takes a certain level of instruction.

[@puccaland]

There is no difference between public and private. That's the same curriculum taught by the same teachers trained and payed by the State. In general the best schools are public schools. Public or private isn't what will tell that you're in a good school. The French criticise everything in France even what they have good for themselves. We look like caricatures now.

[@Galantus1964]

Education is cutthroat in USA, true but you spell it like this ... BAD... so Jamie welcome to Europe

[@dennisnguyen8105]

No, as an immigrant, half the children from third world countries, if they were able to attend US schools they would dominate.

[@mike74h]

It's a big country. Where do you live?

[@dennisnguyen8105]

@@mike74h I've live in major US cities. Both coasts and MIdwest.

[@mike74h]

@@dennisnguyen8105 Well, in my opinion it's a very broad, arrogant comment with no way to justify it in any objective manner. But it's typical, as I know from extensive interactions abroad. Congrats on your immigration and helping us improve our average competitiveness level.

[@manuelwenaud8231]

L'éducation en France est une catastrophe totale... Arf !

[@N.L.-ul9ld]

Exactement ! Surtout pas venir en France !

[@Alix777.]

l'Ecole en France est une catastrophe !

[@alexandrelarsac9115]

C'est vrai que ça s'aggrave mais le niveau reste au-dessus de l'école américaine en général et en France tu peux trouver des bonnes écoles privées dans lesquelles tes gamins ne risquent pas de se faire flinguer à l'école..

[@Tyu-f1s]

@@alexandrelarsac9115 bref, il veut le beurre et l'avantage du beurre

[@ChachouLP]

Il ne faut pas pousser non plus

[@N.L.-ul9ld]

@@alexandrelarsac9115 Tu es déconnecté !

[@RichFinn-ue2yw]

Didnt have to move to france....the most educated country on earth is a couple hours north......

[@flymacseamus3474]

I would love to hear Jamie about the current rise of violence in France, the mass immigration from muslim countries changing the local culture (a quarter of the population is non-european and making 3 times more children than the native french) -- and I wonder if this had any part in him moving his family to London, otherwise why not stay if it's so idyllic?

[@hede1574]

il a les moyens de vivre dans des quartiers protégés, loin de tous ces problèmes

[@thunderbolt8409]

oh mais ferme là et pour le "quart de la pop non européenne" lol gros bullshit on sait tous pour qui tu vote Goebbels

[@ohpatriote5622]

No problem like this in Aix en Provence Private school

[@ChachouLP]

The problem is not the muslims it's the radical muslim ( huge difference). Same problem in almost everywhere in Europe You apparently disagree with the fact he moved to France... c'est la vie 🤷‍♀️

[@takix2007]

Like London is not a quarter Pakistani...