Le Million The Million 1931 This movie is as wacky as some of the silent comedies we watched but because there is dialogue, it is ten times better! I have been so pleased with the thirties so far! Keep 'em coming!
This film is a musical, a comedy, and a romance. It follows a young Frenchman who is in extreme debt. He leaves his lover for someone who is, shall we say, more free with her affections. Consequently, she gives his jacket which contains a winning lottery ticket to a man in need (hell hath no fury...). Commence the cookiness.
Apparently, the director of this movie said that camera work was failing because directors were making dialogue take care of everything. Obviously, we are not seeing the bad movies that have that problem. You can tell in this film, though, that Rene Clair paid special attention to camera detail. The acting is phenomenal. I LOVED the romantic subplot (I always do). One of my new favorite movies.
RATING: *****
Interesting Facts:
There is no trivia in the IMDb page! What is a girl to do?!
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!
Tomorrow we are back to silent films. Awww...(will this rollercoaster relationship ever end?).
A Nous La Liberte Freedom for Us 1931 Doesn't the poster look fun? I just love musicals. Show tunes are the best. When you know the story behind a song, it makes the love sweeter or the drama for more intriguing. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to have any musicals (except for The Jazz Singer :P) because we have been in the silent era. We will start with this one and in no time we will be at West Side Story and Moulin Rouge!!
So this is a story about a prison break and a guy working his way up from the bottom...for a little while. I can't stop bragging that I can speak French, it really is getting to be a problem with this blog (je suis tres penible!). Anyway, the entire film is in French and I (most of the time) love French songs. You know what is also a problem with this blog? I use way to many parentheses.
This film has a really left wing agenda which I am always a fan of. Overall really cute, really fun. You could really take something away from it or you could just show it to your kids. Your choice.
RATING: ****-
Interesting Facts:
This is the first non English film to get a nomination for an Oscar.
There was a huge lawsuit between the producers of this movie and Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin apparently stole a lot from this movie to use in his movie Modern Times. We will be watching that, so we can see for ourselves.
I would love to hear some comments on my posts. I am good at taking suggestions (my sister really doesn't agree with that but trust me!).
