Pierre Fageolle is a French journalist and songwriter. Internationally he is perhaps most well known for writing the book ''Cosmos 1999: L'épopée de la blancheur'' (DLM Editions, Paris: 1996), a highly acclaimed socio-cultural analysis of

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's TV-series '' Space: 1999''. He also co-wrote biographies of French singers Marie Laforêt (''...car rien n'a d'importance Editions'', 1994) and ''Etienne Daho'' (Hors Collection Editions, 1999). As a songwriter, he worked for French rocker Buzy and Algerian musician Akim El Sikameya – amongst others. He has formed a music trio called Peppermoon which has toured Europe and Asia. He is the songwriter and keyboard player.

Cosmos 1999: L'épopée de la blancheur

Fageolle's analysis of ''Space: 1999'' has been positively compared and contrasted with similar books, like ''Exploring Space: 1999'' by

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, and is often considered to be the deepest analysis of the series published so far.Willey, M. ''Space: 1999 Merchandise Guide'', http://www.space1999.net/catacombs/main/merc/vmb.html The main focus of his analysis is on the symbolism of the series as a whole, seeing the main trio of writers as representing different interpretations of the world. In the writings of Johnny Byrne he sees a

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interpretation of the world, in

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he sees a

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worldview, and in Edward di Lorenzo he identifies a secular worldview based on

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. He also makes important contributions to the interpretation of individual episodes by comparing the writing with French nouveau roman author

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, and otherwise he makes use of the psycho-analysis of

Bruno Bettelheim Bruno Bettelheim (August 28, 1903 – March 13, 1990) was an Austrian-born psychologist, scholar, public intellectual and writer who spent most of his academic and clinical career in the United States. An early writer on autism, Bettelheim's wo ...

for adding insights on subtext. Fageolle's interpretation of the visual aspects of the series, and how the visuals interplay with the music, is based on

Wassily Kandinsky Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (; rus, Василий Васильевич Кандинский, Vasiliy Vasilyevich Kandinskiy, vɐˈsʲilʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐnʲˈdʲinskʲɪj; – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter a ...

's philosophy of the spiritual in art.

References

External links

Pierre Fageolle music webpage

Peppermoon webpage
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