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LOL too right...poor fellow, after a stellar career this is how most people will remember him. I'll always remember him best as Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum..."I'm loooovvvvelllly..."
"Edvard Munch" stands out in my mind as perhaps the greatest movie ever made. I saw it when it first came out in the 70s and was blown away by it, and last week I had a chance to see it for the second time, on the Sundance Channel, 30 years later, and it is still a killer. An exacting biography of the Norwegian painter, done in re-enacted documentary style.
Milos Forman's Czech film "Loves of a Blonde" was made in the early 70s, and this is the most starkly realistic little picture I can remember. I only saw it for the first time a few years ago, and I had spent a lot of time in Eastern Europe around the time it was made. The reality that it evoked made me want to just sit and cry, it was so close to "home". This is absolutely a must-see.
And, "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" is a picture I will never get tired of. One of a kind, and such beautiful music, I often just put the video on for background music in the house. Awful, sloppy editing, deadly plot, but shot in wonderful sets and costumes. Magic.
"Edvard Munch" stands out in my mind as perhaps the greatest movie ever made. I saw it when it first came out in the 70s and was blown away by it, and last week I had a chance to see it for the second time, on the Sundance Channel, 30 years later, and it is still a killer. An exacting biography of the Norwegian painter, done in re-enacted documentary style.
Milos Forman's Czech film "Loves of a Blonde" was made in the early 70s, and this is the most starkly realistic little picture I can remember. I only saw it for the first time a few years ago, and I had spent a lot of time in Eastern Europe around the time it was made. The reality that it evoked made me want to just sit and cry, it was so close to "home". This is absolutely a must-see.
And, "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" is a picture I will never get tired of. One of a kind, and such beautiful music, I often just put the video on for background music in the house. Awful, sloppy editing, deadly plot, but shot in wonderful sets and costumes. Magic.
I have heard of the first two, but haven't come across them myself yet, and, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, is that the Catherine Denueve thing where every line is sung? That's funny enough to watch just for that. Reminds me of a Gandolfini film recently, one directed by John Turtorro, a great actor with it would seem avant garde taste. Not every line was sung, if in fact that was how the one you mentioned was, (that's how i remember it right now), but outta nowhere every character would step into a soliliquy aside and break into song, the same song, a haunting one, I'll say that, goes... Everyday i wake up then i start to break up, lonely is a man without love. Everyday i start out then i cry my heart out, lonely is a man without love. ever since I sat through most of that movie I can't get it out of my head. now i see why turtorro was haunted to the point of having to build a whole movie around it.
I have heard of the first two, but haven't come across them myself yet, and, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, is that the Catherine Denueve thing where every line is sung?That's funnyenough to watch just for that. Reminds me of a Gandolfini film recently, one directed by John Turtorro, a great actor with it would seem avant garde taste. Not every line was sung, if in fact that was how the one you mentioned was, (that's how i remember it right now), but outta nowhere every character would step into a soliliquy aside and break into song, the same song, a haunting one, I'll say that, goes... Everyday i wake up then i start to break up, lonely is a man without love. Everyday i start out then i cry my heart out, lonely is a man without love. ever since I sat through most of that movie I can't get it out of my head. now i see why turtorro was haunted to the point of having to build a whole movie around it.
Yes, it is; and as funny as the premise sounds, the movie is actually quite touching and poignant.
Two other 'offbeat' musicals that I loved:
Francois Ozon's 8 Femmes
Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You
Yes, it is; and as funny as the premise sounds, the movie is actually quite touching and poignant.
Two other 'offbeat' musicals that I loved:
Francois Ozon's 8 Femmes
Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You
It was hard for me to get past the premise, though watching Denueve is never a chore; wasn't it two sisters trying to get to Paris, interested in a career of some sort? I know I'm missing something, what is it? The Woody Allen thing, my brother was actually a musician extra in that and another of Woody's, Celebrity. Woody's a big jazz fan, saw him play his clarinet at Michael's Pub on the East Side years ago; he plays, well, for a movie guy, The Musician's Union insists they use real musicians in those backdrop scenes even though most the time they're not playing, and they pay well; my brother still gets checks in the mail.
It was hard for me to get past the premise, though watching Denueve is never a chore; wasn't it two sisters trying to get toParis, interested in a career of some sort? I know I'm missing something, what is it? The Woody Allen thing, my brother was actually a musician extra in that and another of Woody's, Celebrity. Woody's a big jazz fan, saw him play his clarinet at Michael's Pub on the East Side years ago; he plays, well, for a movie guy, The Musician's Union insists they use real musicians in those backdrop scenes even though most the time they're not playing, and they pay well; my brother still gets checks in the mail.
SPOILER
Deneuve is a 16 yo girl in love with a 20 yo boy. They want to marry, but her widowed mother feels they are too young and he is without prospects. He is drafted to fight in the Algerian War; before he leaves they consummate their love and she becomes pregnant (unbeknownst to him). I won't give any more away...it's well worth watching.
SPOILER
Deneuve is a 16 yo girl in love with a 20 yo boy. They want to marry, but her widowed mother feels they are too young and he is without prospects. He is drafted to fight in the Algerian War; before he leaves they consummate their love and she becomes pregnant (unbeknownst to him). I won't give any more away...it's well worth watching.
The thing about Umbrellas of Cherbourg was the music itself. Michel LeGrand composed the music, and there were three melodic themes throughout, depending on who was involved in the conversation. All three of those melodic themes became very popular songs when set to English lyrics, and instrumental versions are often still heard as elevator music. Here's a clip:
The thing about Umbrellas of Cherbourg was the music itself. Michel LeGrand composed the music, and there were three melodic themes throughout, depending on who was involved in the conversation. All three of those melodic themes became very popular songs when set to English lyrics, and instrumental versions are often still heard as elevator music. Here's a clip:
I just saw Loves of a Blonde. It was very different! The biggest scene of the mom, dad and grown son in the bed together - no one could sleep.
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. I'll always remember him best as Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum..."I'm loooovvvvelllly..."
