Strangling North Dakota with no mercy
It played here last month as part of the NY French Film Festival.
The NY Times declared Paris 36 "A self-conscious homage to the Depression-era French music hall, made with traditional sets and costumes, Christophe Barratier’s film swirls 1930s politics (both left and right wing) with song and dance into a cinematic bouillabaisse that doesn’t taste quite right. Let’s just say that the movie, which wants to be an answer to Marcel Carné’s 1945 classic, “Children of Paradise,” but comes across more as a Parisian “Mrs. Henderson Presents,” lards in the sentimentality as only the French can."
I really love Children of Paradise. When this one arrives on dvd I'll see it.
Love, C.
The NY Times critic is a hack.
It was everything good about moviemaking. A nice mix of storytelling, good sets, music and politics, with a murder story frame sequence.
comes across more as a Parisian “Mrs. Henderson Presents”
I haven't seen the film because I hated the same director's earlier film "Les Choristes", but since I loved "Mrs Henderson", that statement comes off as a great compliment to me...
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