Tuesday, April 11, 2006
STARRING THE MUSIC
I had forgotten what a great director Roger Vadim could be, especially post-Bardot.
Today, we was his NYTimes 1176 Best Film
Les Liaisons dangereuses / Dangerous Liasons (1959)
He puts the classic story in modern dress around a Thelonius Monk jazz score with lots of impressive camera gymnastics; wild tracking shots, deep zooms, light play
Who but the French can take cigarette smoke and make a small film within a film with it. More than once, fire and smoke, light and dark, help us along with the feel of the thing.
We liked it a lot.
The story sort of takes care of itself.
The music is great.
Art Blakey and the Messengers are also heard and seen in the last orgy scene!
The actors do a great job. Jeanne Moreau.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
Obviously this is not the more recent powdered wig version which is not on the Best list.
