I don't know about all that, but I was quite distracted by seeing her nose hair in the opening shot.

but if that wasn't eyeshadow, then my name isn'twait, what is my name?

I'm a bit suspicious about the statement that Moreau was wearing no makeup. No Cleopatra job,obviously, but if that wasn't eyeshadow, then my name isn'twait, what is my name?
She is a great beauty, though.

What rights have lab technicians got in deciding whether or not to process a film because they deem the actress 'unflattering' in a close-up? That's like Jessops refusing to develop my prints because I shot my girlfriend out of focus. I'm sure Malle would have slapped them with a wet fish if they told him that.

It is suspect, since I always thought this movie made Jeanne Moreau an icon of French cinema.
Also, to say that Miles Davis recorded the soundtrack with local French musicians is technically true, but a bit odd.
Drummer Kenny Clarke was one of the leading figures in the New York bebopscene of the 1940's. He lived in France at the time, but was certainly not a local Frenchman.

Yeah right. How succinctly observed by you

Jeanne Moreau, like the great Ingrid Bergman, looks better with no make-up on than most beauty contest winners. And she delivers a magnificent performance and nails every nuance of her role.
Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say?!

what a bunch of ass holes.

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Well, I think what was meant was that after some of the film was processed that they refused to process it any further.