By Yasmina Tawil
/ By Yasmina Tawil
Throughout his heyday in the ‘60s, French filmmaker, gag-writer, and clown Pierre taix added to a tradition of meticulous, melancholic screen comedy that began with silent masters like Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. The video that follows pays tribute to his unique and oft-overlooked contribution to the medium.
By Yasmina Tawil
/ By Yasmina Tawil
Throughout his heyday in the ‘60s, French filmmaker, gag-writer, and clown Pierre Étaix added to a tradition of meticulous, melancholic screen comedy that began with silent masters like Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. The video that follows pays tribute to his unique and oft-overlooked contribution to the medium.
By Yasmina Tawil
/ By Yasmina Tawil
Our life is a romance, a melody composed by chance.
So sings one of the carnies who blow through town in Jacques Dmys The Young Girls of Rochefort, putting the directors thesis statement to music. Played by George Chakiris and Grover Dale, theyre the happiest characters in the film because theyre the only ones who dont imagine a destiny greater than the next stop on the tour. For them, Rochefort is...
By Yasmina Tawil
/ By Yasmina Tawil
“Our life is a romance, a melody composed by chance.”
So sings one of the carnies who blow through town in Jacques Démy’s The Young Girls of Rochefort, putting the director’s thesis statement to music. Played by George Chakiris and Grover Dale, they’re the happiest characters in the film because they’re the only ones who don’t imagine a destiny greater than the next stop on the tour. For them,...
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