GAINSBOURG, Serge (1928-1991)

GAINSBOURG, Serge (1928-1991)

Autograph manuscript signed (in the text)
N.p.n.d. [c. 1988-1989], 1 p. large in-4° (29,7 x 21 cm)
On watermarked [Marais] laid paper: Hellenic figure in profile
In fine condition throughout

Early sketches for Stan in Flasher, Gainsbourg’s final film

« directeur de la photo
camera
ingénieur du son
déco

avec la participation
de Gainsbourg
dans le rôle
de David »

Released in theaters on March 7, 1990, Stan the Flasher is Gainsbourg’s final cinematic work. As early as 1988, he began outlining the project with his saxophonist, Stan Harrison, to whom he confided: “I have this idea for a film—it’s about a guy who wears a coat and flashes people throughout the entire movie, but he’s always shot from behind. At the end, he collapses, dead; his coat opens, and we see he has a tiny thing… I’m going to give him your name. The film will be called Stan the Flasher.” (Le Gainsbook, ed. Sébastien Merlet, Seghers).
True to his creative habits, Gainsbourg wrote the screenplay in just eight days during the summer of 1989, from his room at the Hôtel Raphael in Paris.
This manuscript reveals that Gainsbourg had initially considered playing the role of David himself before changing his mind. The part ultimately went to Richard Bohringer, while Gainsbourg played a friend of the character.