May 19, 2023
Our Special Subject this month is the films of Jacqueline Audry, a fairly recently rediscovered postwar French director. We watched all of the films we could find with English subtitles: Gigi (1949), Olivia (1951), Huis clos/No Exit (1954), and Les petits matins/Hitch-Hike (1962). From literary adaptations of some strong and scandalous material to an unusually gentle New Wave comedy, these films reveal a director who tackles the erotic frankly but not uncritically. We also have a Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto segment this week, in which we share our wildly divergent opinions on the Bob Fosse musical Sweet Charity. Can Shirley MacLaine do what Daniel Day-Lewis could not and save this unnecessary musical adaptation of a Fellini movie?
Time Codes:
0h 00m 45s: Introducing Jacqueline Audry & Colette
0h 15m 49s: GIGI (1949) [dir. Jacqueline Audry]
0h 31m 28s: OLIVIA (1951) [dir. Jacqueline Audry]
0h 53m 14s: HUIS CLOS (1954) [dir. Jacqueline Audry]
1h 03m 43s: LES PETITS MATINS (1962) [dir. Jacqueline Audry]
1h 07m 01s: Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto – Sweet Charity (1969) by Bob Fosse
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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project – a discussion of Late Spring
* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s
* Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive)
* Read Elise’s piece on Gangs of New York – “Making America Strange Again”
* Check out Dave’s Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist’s 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!
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