directed by: Vincente Minnelli
written by: Alan Jay Lerner
starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch, Oscar Levant
comment: 1st August, 2015
It seems so unnatural for this many people to be so optimistic. But a passionate mental orchestra of a frowning pianist, that's more like it. Lise seems like and interesting human being, and so does Milo. All the female population was quite delightful. And I don't know if it's my current mood or what, but despite this being not my favourite genre at all, I'm finding the result quite impressive. It strongly radiates all the effort that was put into making it.
What I fully don't understand is the way this film rejects reality. I unconsciously kept imagining him fighting the war, killing people, living through hell, and then he comes to Paris and paints street still life? But maybe that's the thing that justifies the whole charade? All those artificial smiles. Oh my, I did not expect this kind of existential deliberation because of a film like this.
-"And I'm not trying to rob you of your precious male initiative."
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