
Robie arrives at the beach where he is met by Danielle Foussard (played by Brigitte Auber), who is the young daughter of one of his old comrades in the Resistance. In the (somewhat involved) process of trying to clear himself Robie arranges to go swimming with a young heiress, Frances Stevens (played by Grace Kelly). A recent string of burglaries leads the authorities to suspect Robie because the burglaries follow his old modus operandi. Cary Grant plays John Robie, a cat burglar who is retired to the French Riviera along with the rest of his gang, all of whom have been paroled in recognition of their work for the French Resistance. Take Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 film, To Catch a Thief . His core concept is that of mimetic desire, a desire which one person acquires by imitating the actions of another. ” As a bonus prize, a Girardian take on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 To Catch a Thief :Īs you may know, René Girard is a theorist of imitation, desires, violence and sacrifice. Wait! Wait! Here’s also Bill Benzon’s “Crisis in Shark City: A Girardian reading of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. Clearly, Waters had reflected on why his first four marriages ended in divorce and identified a common flaw in all his exes: they weren’t “keepers.” He said only, “I’m so happy, finally a keeper.” This is less an ode to his new bride than a back-handed slap at his previous wives. Waters gave little clue when announcing his wedding on social media. That hardly sounds like a romantic setting, yet he was mysteriously drawn to her. It’s all about the circumstances: she was driving the car, up front with the security, while Waters rode in back. So what sparked Roger’s interest in Kamilah? Was it her lovely black hair? The way she held her head? Her entrancing perfume?Ĭuriously, when Waters recalls the attraction he felt for his future bride, nothing he says is about the woman herself.

Waters spent most of their time together staring at the back of Kamilah’s head. There was something about her, but what could it be? It wasn’t love at first sight. I was in one place for two weeks and there were many transfers between the hotel and the venue. My security sat in the front with her and they talked, while I stayed in the back. I don’t know, something about her attracted me…” “I actually met her at one of my concerts a couple of years ago,” Waters explained. “She was driving the car that was taking me. “She worked in transportation.” More precisely, she was a chauffeur.

The reporter asked, “Is Kamilah an artist?” No, Waters replied. Waters told the story in a widely-quoted 2018 interview with Argentine media outlet Infobae. In fact, during their first meetings, she kept her back turned to him. But it wasn’t her face that first drew Waters to Chavis. “Did anyone ever tell you that you have beautiful cheekbones?” That was the opening line rock icon Roger Waters used with Kamilah Chavis, the woman he married in October 2021.
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A longish excerpt from “Mimetic Desire and Serial Monogamy: the Case of Roger Waters“ over at Geoff Shullenberger‘s new blog, Outsider Theory : Anthropologist Mark Anspach (we’ve had guest posts from him here and here) considers Roger Waters, co-founder of the Pink Floyd band, and his recent marriage to his fifth wife. Mostly, he claimed, others do the choosing for us, without us knowing it.

Why do we want what we want – especially in love? It was a question that preoccupied René Girard. Waters was first married to Judith Trim from 1968 to 1975, then to Carolyne Christie from 1976 to 1992, followed by Priscilla Phillips from 1993 to 2001, before marrying Laurie Durning in 2012 and separating in 2015.She’s a “keeper.” Unlike the other four wives. 'Did someone ever tell you that you have beautiful cheekbones?' I saw a small reaction, and that was the beginning."

"One day I said, 'Excuse me,' and she turned around. I don't know, something attracted me," he recalled. My security guard would sit with her and they'd talk while I was in the back. "I was in the same place for two weeks and we were being transported between the hotel and the stadium. Waters said he first met Chavis at one of his concerts, where she was working in transportation and driving the car that took him to his show. RELATED VIDEO: Roger Waters Performs 'Money' on the 2017 Us + Them Tour Because love is about giving, not receiving," he told the outlet. If you have real love, it will surely last a long time. The "Wish You Were Here" singer opened up about his romance with Chavis in a 2018 interview with the Argentinian outlet Infobae, and said at the time that they were not married, but had been together for several years. This is the fifth marriage for Waters, who most recently split from actress and director Laurie Durning in 2015 after three years of marriage, according to Page Six. RELATED: Roger Waters' First Rock Album in 25 Years Asks a Post-Trump World: 'Is This the Life We Really Want?'
