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Neville
Completely original and should have won the Oscar.I remember as a teenager being deeply moved by it when it first came out; now many years later it again struck me as fresh.
It wears its formality lightly: even though every word is sung, the dialogue is close to natural, if slower than normal. Deep, rich, saturated (Eastman)color complements the depth of emotion. In the background is grand opera: Bizet's Carmen's tragic Romeo-and-Juliet theme in counterpoint.
MMDan
I loved the colors and the singing dialogue.ClassicLady
Strange at first but when thought of as the most ingenious opera made, it takes on a whole life of its own. The words are more meaningful, the actions more deliberate and the romance more touching. Fabulous!Siskoid
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, the French musical now forever linked to La-La Land as inspiration, has some memorable melodies, even if it often avoids the easy rhyme, and its wall-to-wall singing can come off as silly in the more mundane moments (though they do wring some humor out of it, that poor mailman). What most people will pick up on is the look of the film, which is so vibrantly colorful and stylized that it's the proverbial feast for the eyes. More than that, the colors mean something. The four lovers in this unusually-structured romance are either in stark contrast - when they're love is free to manifest itself - or melt into the background - when something (doubt, others, circumstance) creates an obstacle - or else go to earthen brown - when the person isn't an object of affection - with transitions between them possible at crisis moments. The vivacious mother, for her part, is more ambivalent, surrounded by stripes that both match and contrast her colors. I think a whole essay could be written just on the use of color, which isn't to say I didn't like the music. As for the story, it moves from teenage naiveté towards a pragmatic, adult finale that's at once bittersweet, glorious and true to life.Darkness_prevails
One of my favorite musicals.gerryt
This is not just a musical with an occasional song, every word in this movie is sung. Nice turn of the 50's/60's jazz though.AdGuzman
The palette of colors are stunning, I was amazed by the level of saturation in colors used so contrasting with the whole trama. The dreamlike look on Denevue was true perfection! And the music, my god! Loveliest score!And the drama, the heartbreak, the disillusion, the hopes that are not met that's how one make a romantic musical... I'm looking at you Chazelle *wink, wink*
JStein
The great music combined with colour and style make this a very enjoyable movie. Plus I'm a sucker for French stuff and boy is this film ever French.xwizex
The best french movie ever made.fonz
Where was the fucking dancing?Nothing short of a masterpiece though. The art direction is impeccable.
Communicants
Painfully delightful.Jazzy
Bittersweet!Public Enemy
His mustache is annoyingly thicker on the right, under his nose, than the left. I want to shave that damn thing off.mattmansfieldok
Such a powerful, emotional film. Has there ever been a better musical?nicolaskrizan
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