tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post2512875436061131854..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Lola (1961)Ed Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-71331711646399718952011-03-22T08:11:21.106-04:002011-03-22T08:11:21.106-04:00By any barometer of measurement UMBRELLAS is one o...By any barometer of measurement UMBRELLAS is one of the greatest musical films of all-time. That's an unforgettable ending! We want and we NEED this one on blu-ray!!!!Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-87173479259008456072011-03-21T18:04:15.012-04:002011-03-21T18:04:15.012-04:00I was looking for the arcade flashback from Umbrel...I was looking for the arcade flashback from <i>Umbrellas</i> and couldn't find it. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ObVG9o2xWI&playnext=1&list=PL8150C9FE9FABB7D2" rel="nofollow">Here's the ending.</a> It was inspired by the similarly happy/unhappy ending of Inge and kazan's <i>Splendor in the Grass</i>.<br /><br />Guy and Madeline's litle boy is played by Michewl DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-77083689147887589932011-03-21T16:38:10.725-04:002011-03-21T16:38:10.725-04:00Thanks, Sam. You prompted me to revisit this one, ...Thanks, Sam. You prompted me to revisit this one, as it's been a while, and I'll probably be returning to the other Demy classics in the coming months as well. <br /><br />Between Bresson, Sternberg and Ophuls, this film has quite a lineage of cinematic reference points, which is appropriate since, as you say, it's a love letter to the movies.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-72503775681849070542011-03-21T12:27:52.210-04:002011-03-21T12:27:52.210-04:00"Its origins as a full-on musical remain in L..."Its origins as a full-on musical remain in Lola's one musical number, but in many ways everything about the film shouts musical even though there's not much singing. It's a musical with almost no musical numbers."<br /><br />Interesting proposition there Ed, and I was thinking only UMBRELLAS and ROCHEFORT would safely quality for a musical countdown. Ha! I concur with Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-72276699169041093912011-03-21T11:52:33.698-04:002011-03-21T11:52:33.698-04:00Tout de Jacques<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLjSUiCBO30&NR=1" rel="nofollow">Tout de Jacques</a>DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-56095015929896571322011-03-21T11:11:54.727-04:002011-03-21T11:11:54.727-04:00David, that Film Comment piece sounds better and b...David, that Film Comment piece sounds better and better every time you describe it. <br /><br />This is a great film, no doubt about it, one I hadn't seen since college and loved revisiting recently. Its origins as a full-on musical remain in Lola's one musical number, but in many ways everything about the film shouts musical even though there's not much singing. It's a musical Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-80054444871211255222011-03-21T09:02:58.845-04:002011-03-21T09:02:58.845-04:00I've written a piece about moviegoing in New Y...I've written a piece about moviegoing in New York in the 1960's which will be coming out later this year in "Film Commnet" and <i>Lola</i> plays a pivotal role in that piece. It was a paritcular favorite of my crowd. We all used to see it every time it popped up at the repetory houses (The New Yorker, The Thalia, the Bleecker St. Cinema.)<br /><br />Jacques had writeen it to be DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com