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What Happens to Love in Jacques Dmys The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of RochefortBy Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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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...

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By Yasmina Tawil

What Happens to Love in Jacques Démy’s “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and “The Young Girls of Rochefort” By Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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“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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On Robin Williams in The Fisher King by Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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Its been nearly a year since Robin Williams took his life, finally succumbing to the depression he had masked so successfully in comedy for decades. But Ill confess something now that I (and many other critics) couldnt then: I rarely looked forward to a Robin Williams movie. Theres some irony to the fact that eulogizing Williams brought his critics closer to the father he played in one of his best...

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By Yasmina Tawil

On Robin Williams in “The Fisher King” by Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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It’s been nearly a year since Robin Williams took his life, finally succumbing to the depression he had masked so successfully in comedy for decades. But I’ll confess something now that I (and many other critics) couldn’t then: I rarely looked forward to a Robin Williams movie. There’s some irony to the fact that eulogizing Williams brought his critics closer to the father he played in one of his...

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