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3 unusual facts about Michel M. Liès


Michel M. Liès

He joined Swiss Re in 1978, focusing on Latin American Life & Health markets.

Together with his wife he then journeyed to Brazil where he served in São Paulo and Mogi Guaçu as Chief Financial Officer of a ceramics company.

Michel M. Liès (born 1954 in Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France) is a citizen of Luxembourg and noted reinsurance expert.


50 Films to See Before You Die

Three of the 50 films on the list were produced or distributed by Channel 4's own Film4 ProductionsTrainspotting (#25), Secrets & Lies (#49) and Sexy Beast (#5).

Cliff Martinez

The same recording also ended up in Steven Soderbergh’s hands and Martinez was hired to score the famed director’s first theatrical release 1989’s sex, lies, and videotape.

Community 2: A NewOrderOnline Tribute

The Community 2 project started on January 1, 2006 when the website NewOrderOnline.com announced that David Potts, one half of Monaco with New Order's Peter Hook decided to join the line-up as a guest artist covering the song "The Village" from New Order's 1983 album, Power, Corruption & Lies.

David Aukin

From 1990-98 he was Head of Film at Channel 4, during which time he commissioned over 100 feature films including Trainspotting, The Madness of King George, Secrets & Lies, Shallow Grave, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Brassed Off, and films by Ken Loach, Peter Greenaway, Tony Harrison and many others.

Garden District, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Steven Soderbergh, a former longtime resident who considers Baton Rouge his hometown, shot his first feature film, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, on location in the Garden District (Laura San Giacomo's character lives in a Garden District home) and other Baton Rouge neighborhoods; although not overtly set in Baton Rouge, the characters do speak of renting in the Garden District.

Hearts That Bleed

"Hearts That Bleed" was chosen as the second single from State of Shock's second studio album, Life, Love & Lies.

Henri Fantin-Latour

The painting "A basket of roses" was used as a cover of New Order's album "Power, Corruption & Lies" in 1983.

Ron Vawter

In addition to his work with The Wooster Group, Vawter appeared in films, including King Blank, Philadelphia, The Silence of the Lambs and Sex, Lies, and Videotape, generally playing small but memorable character roles.

Shill

In his book Fake: Forgery, Lies, & eBay, Kenneth Walton describes how he and his cohorts placed shill bids on hundreds of eBay auctions over the course of a year.


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