un beat avec le pied

English translation: one foot tapping

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French term or phrase:un beat avec le pied
English translation:one foot tapping
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

15:52 Jun 1, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
French term or phrase: un beat avec le pied
This is a scholarly sort article about the use of jazz in film made in Quebec in the '60s. I need help understanding what "un beat avec le pied" means.

Here is the context:
"En réponse à Godard qui affirme que « le cinéma c’est la vie », Groulx répond : « Il n’y a rien de plus faux. Le cinéma n’est pas la vie et ne le sera jamais. Ce sera toujours seulement *un beat avec le pied* , sur la vie [16] ». Le « beat » dont il est question ici est celui de Coltrane et son quatuor."
Jessica Noyes
United States
Local time: 19:50
one foot tapping
Explanation:
...Ce sera toujours seulement *un beat avec le pied* , sur la vie ...

building on Barbara's idea

cinema is not life but will always be

merely/only/just one foot tapping in the (complete/whole) rhythm of life

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in other words, it is just a small part of the entire rhythm of life...


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You're welcome.
Because of what goes before and the "seulement", it has me thinking of one hand clapping, i.e. not the whole thing, just a part of the kaleidoscope of life.

Having said that, Coltrane for some people WAS life :-)!

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Yvonne Gallagher
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Local time: 23:50
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one foot tapping


Explanation:
...Ce sera toujours seulement *un beat avec le pied* , sur la vie ...

building on Barbara's idea

cinema is not life but will always be

merely/only/just one foot tapping in the (complete/whole) rhythm of life

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-06-01 18:20:53 GMT)
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in other words, it is just a small part of the entire rhythm of life...


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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-06-01 20:08:16 GMT)
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You're welcome.
Because of what goes before and the "seulement", it has me thinking of one hand clapping, i.e. not the whole thing, just a part of the kaleidoscope of life.

Having said that, Coltrane for some people WAS life :-)!

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Note added at 2 days 7 hrs (2019-06-03 22:54:15 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 23:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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