Tuesday March 7 was a cool, cloudy day with a bit of rain in the late afternoon. High of only 10C. We headed out late morning to a small farmers' market on a quai on our side of the Saône River. Marché Saint-Antoine had a number of fruit, vegetable and olive merchants. Apparently, there are more vendors on the weekend.
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| Walking by the river- great views of the Basilica on the other side of the Saône. |
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| One of the tables at the Marché Saint-Antoine |
We bought a mixture of spicy olives, some others with artichokes and some green and black tempenades. Excellent quality. The vendor threw in a few dates when he handed us our purchases.
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| Getting our olives |
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| Olives galore |
Unfortunately, there was only one meat vendor and no cheese or fish vendors on Tuesday. We went back to Marché Presqu'ile, an upscale Franprix that has separate cheese, meat and fish purveyors in the store.
We bought some fish from Noe, which has its own store in another location, and some beautiful sheep cheese (brebis) from the cheese section.
The paintings have been a large success and drawn tourists to Lyon. The murals also really enliven the neighbourhoods in which they are found. We will be on the lookout for other large murals. We have already seen The City Library mural very close to our apartment. In fact, Lyon has been called the City of Murals. Most of the large ones have been done by Cité Création.
We crossed the Saône River on a narrow pedestrian only bridge and entered Vieux Lyon, the Renaissance part of the city, with narrow streets and older buildings.
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| There are many different bridges to cross both rivers |
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| Narrow streets- many pedestrianized |
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| Store with Le Petit Prince items |
Our destination was the Musée Miniature et Cinema, which is one of the museums open on Tuesdays. The museum was founded in 2005 by carpenter and artist, Dan Ohlmann and combines his two passions of miniature art and cinema. It has an amazing collection of entire sets, 450 legendary film props, costumes, and a focus on special effects. Many of the items have been procured by the museum from sets immediately after filming. The museum also has a unique miniature collection. While he was working in the theatre industry, Ohlmann often had to create miniature versions of stage sets before he went on to sculpt the 'real thing' for theatrical use. He realised that creating the miniatures was an art of its own. The museum has 120 unique miniature scenes (many are his own along with those of other artists).
The Museum is housed in the "Maison des Avocats", a famed 16th century building that is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. The collections extend over five stories, totalling almost 2000 square metres of exhibition space. There are outdoor walkways that overlook a small courtyard at each level.
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| Outside of Museum-- it is very popular, but there was no lineup on Tuesday |
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| Batmobile outside the museum- production model for Batman directed by Tim Burton, 1989 |
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| Authentic objects from 30 Hollywood studios and 10 European studios |
There were nine exhibition rooms. The first was in an ancient basement where there were full sets from Perfume, the 2006 Tom Tykwer film based on the Patrick Suskind book. These are the real sets that were created by Uli Hanish for the shooting of the film in Bavaria Studios in Munich and then built in the museum by his set builders' team. The sets reproduced an 18th century perfumery with equipment provided by the Perfumes Museum of Grasse. Around 1300 bottles were created by Polish glass factories; each one filled with coloured oil, and sealed with wax. Amazing start to the museum!!
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| German poster for the 2006 film |
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| The incredible detailed sets |
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| They were in a few underground rooms in the museum--- 100s of perfume bottles |
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On the main floor---triceratops head made from the mould
used for the original head for Jurassic Park (1993) |
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| Another set from Perfume on the main floor |
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Frozen statue of a Gotham Observatory technician from Batman & Robin,
directed by Joel Schumacher, 1997 |
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Space Cake, 2010, directed byPierre Rambaldi-
original set of the command centre of a spaceship for a French sci-fi sitcom pilot |
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| Animation mink used in Ghostbusters 2, directed by Ivan Reitman, 1989 |
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| Elephant Ear camera used for The Ten Commandments (1956) and Vertigo (1958) |
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| Huge "Elephant Ears" camera |
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| Military costume worn by Tom Hanks in Forest Gump,1994 |
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| Looking down on the Batmobile |
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Photo of technical crew and cast in front of life size sets of a bombed village in Normandy for
Saving Private Ryan, directed by Stephen Spielberg, 1998. |
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| Fake monkey head used in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, directed by Steven Spielberg, 1984 |
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| Kalashnikov Ak-47 gun equipped with a gas mechanism that simulated actual firing. The system produced a realistic muzzle flash. From Munich, directed by Steven Spielberg, 2005 |
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| Edward Scissorhands, directed by Tim Burton, 1990 |
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The hand, actually a glove worn by Johnny Depp. This version is made of plastic and rubber
and was used in most scenes not to hurt the actors. |
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| Mendl's pastry boxes used in The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson, 2014 |
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The Doors album sleeve recreated especially for The Doors, directed by Oliver Stone, 1991,
with the actors on the cover. |
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| Passport of Lee Harvey Oswald, played by Gary Oldman in JFK, directed by Oliver Stone, 1991 |
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Fake heads of Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) built in foam latex for
Thelma & Louise, directed by Ridley Scott, 1991. They were used at the end of the film,
replacing the actresses when their car jumps into the precipice. |
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One of the latex prosthetics worn by Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire,
directed by Chris Columbus, 1993, restored in the museum's workshop |
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Fake U.S. driving licence used by actor James Denton for the role of Mike Delfino
in the 8th season of Desperate Housewives, 2014 |
There was then a room of models used in films.
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Flying ship from The Three Musketeers, directed by Paul Anderson, 2011-
recreated in the Museum workshop following original plans |
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Model of a Roman galley used in Cleopatra, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963.
It was shot on a "miniature" lake. |
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Model of a New York school bus made for an explosion sequence in Spider-Man,
directed by Sam Raimi, 2002. |
There was a section dealing with animation and a video showing the creation of a storyboard
for Batman by Kim Jung Gi (1975-2022), a South Korean illustrator and cartoonist, famous for his ink and brush artistic style.
The last two exhibit rooms were dedicated to miniatures. They were totally amazing. The amount of work that goes into the building of these pieces of art is incredible.
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| Alan Wolfson, Time Square Shuttle |
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| Mathieu Chollat, La Chambre |
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| Charles Matton, Atelier de Frances Bacon |
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| Michèle Lebouteiller, Boutique C & M Scène au 1/12ème |
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Billa Kaeppelin, Accessoires du mode au 1/12 ème. Imitations Hermès, Dior,
Burberry, Versace et Gucci en velours du 18ème siècle. |
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| Françoise Andres, Bar Tabac PMU Scène au 1/2 ème |
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| Dan Ohlmann, Epicerie |
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| How to create a miniature |
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| Dan Ohlmann, La grande salle de restaurant du Paquebot Normandie |
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| Dan Ohlmann, Le Bouchon lyonnais |
After our visit to the Museum, we walked a bit further down Rue Saint- Jean and stopped at the Cathédrale de Saint-Jean. The Cathedral is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and is the seat of the Archbishop of Lyon. It was begun in 1180 on the ruins of a 6th century church, and was completed in 1476. In 1998, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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| Cathédrale Saint-Jean |
We then headed to another bridge to cross the Saône back to the city centre.
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| The Weight of Oneself, by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset. "At first glance the giant marble figure appears to be a saviour, but the man he holds in his arms is none other than himself. This anti-hero symbolizes the issue of responsibility debated daily at the nearby courthouse. |
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| The nearby Palais de Justice-- very impressive--just before we crossed the bridge |
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| Alain in a lovely passageway on our side of the Saône |
We stopped for a coffee at Loutsa and had a nice chat with the barista. Loutsa started in Lyon and has a branch in Paris, which we have visited.
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| Loutsa café |
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Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) on Place des Terreaux, another very large square,
about 4-5 minutes from our apartment |
We had a rest at the apartment, and then went out for another brief walk in the 'hood just after sunset.
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| Violin shop across the square from our apartment building |
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| City Hall square, Place des Terreaux, after sunset-- lots of folks braving the cold outside |
The next square had the magnificent Opéra National de Lyon.
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| Opera House on Place de la Comédie, in the early evening |
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Other side of the violin store at night--- we can see the store from our window and
during the day can see employees working on the instruments. |
Alain made a delicious dinner of cod, potatoes, green beans, and a salad which we enjoyed with a glass of cider. Chocolate and cookies for dessert. We are really enjoying our first visit to Lyon.
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