Hi Ronin. I've added Donkey Skin to my "to see" list. It's another film I knew nothing about. I look forward to your Eureka series. It is probably my favourite film label, and I find their library much more diverse but less flashy than Criterion. Following your comments about Umbrellas of Cherbourg, I'm hoping you'll do one final 'genre' video, based on love/romance. 😁
My favorite Demy film of those I've seen is 'Lola', one of the early masterpieces of the French New Wave, and a picture that reveals the director's home town of Nantes to be as magical a place as the Paris being celebrated at the same time by the other young lions of the Nouvelle Vague. (I haven't seen 'La Baie des anges' or 'Peau d'âne', and I agree that 'Une Chambre en ville' is weaker than 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' and 'Les Demoiselles de Rochefort'). I wonder if you are familiar with 'Model Shop', Demy's 1969 sequel to 'Lola', that picks up that character's continuing adventures in Los Angeles. It's a curious film, not wholly successful, but rather fascinating as a window onto a specific place at a specific time. I can remember seeing the trailer for Demy's 1972 feature 'The Pied Piper' in the theater when a small child, but have never seen the actual film itself.
More evidence that you are dead inside and don’t like joy… 😂😂😂
Enjoyed the walk through two releases that couldn’t be more different in tone. 👍
Hi Ronin. I've added Donkey Skin to my "to see" list. It's another film I knew nothing about. I look forward to your Eureka series. It is probably my favourite film label, and I find their library much more diverse but less flashy than Criterion. Following your comments about Umbrellas of Cherbourg, I'm hoping you'll do one final 'genre' video, based on love/romance. 😁
@steve4films Thanks, Steve. I've got a few more criterion videos to do. Yes, more quality than quantity, perhaps? Romantic 25? Ooft haha.
My favorite Demy film of those I've seen is 'Lola', one of the early masterpieces of the French New Wave, and a picture that reveals the director's home town of Nantes to be as magical a place as the Paris being celebrated at the same time by the other young lions of the Nouvelle Vague. (I haven't seen 'La Baie des anges' or 'Peau d'âne', and I agree that 'Une Chambre en ville' is weaker than 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' and 'Les Demoiselles de Rochefort'). I wonder if you are familiar with 'Model Shop', Demy's 1969 sequel to 'Lola', that picks up that character's continuing adventures in Los Angeles. It's a curious film, not wholly successful, but rather fascinating as a window onto a specific place at a specific time.
I can remember seeing the trailer for Demy's 1972 feature 'The Pied Piper' in the theater when a small child, but have never seen the actual film itself.
@barrymoore4470 Thanks, Barry. I am not familiar with model shop, but it would be interesting to see at some point.