http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/26/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 07:10:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/26/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg/comment-page-1/#comment-14329 sajna Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:58:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=951#comment-14329 plice give me a siva pitcher plice give me a siva pitcher

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/26/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg/comment-page-1/#comment-14328 sajna Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:58:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=951#comment-14328 plice give me a siva pitcher plice give me a siva pitcher

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/26/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg/comment-page-1/#comment-14327 fyreflye Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:05:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=951#comment-14327 I thought it was silly when I first saw it in its original US release, but having seen it again on video and then DVD it's grown on me to the point that I'd now put it on my top 10 movie musicals list. Demy's subsequent film Les Demoiselles de Rochefort isn't as good but it's worth seeing. And I believe his earlier b&w movies, Lola and Baie des Anges, are soon to appear on DVD. I thought it was silly when I first saw it in its original US release, but having seen it again on video and then DVD it’s grown on me to the point that I’d now put it on my top 10 movie musicals list. Demy’s subsequent film Les Demoiselles de Rochefort isn’t as good but it’s worth seeing. And I believe his earlier b&w movies, Lola and Baie des Anges, are soon to appear on DVD.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/26/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg/comment-page-1/#comment-14326 --kip Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:14:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=951#comment-14326 What an odd coincidence! Me and the Spouse watched this yesterday for the first time. On tape, but. At least it was letterboxed. —I loved the interruptions of everyday life that kept popping into the songs: the syncopated garage transactions, the mailman singing hello as he drops off the mail in the middle of a sung argument. What an odd coincidence! Me and the Spouse watched this yesterday for the first time. On tape, but. At least it was letterboxed. —I loved the interruptions of everyday life that kept popping into the songs: the syncopated garage transactions, the mailman singing hello as he drops off the mail in the middle of a sung argument.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/26/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg/comment-page-1/#comment-14325 anthony Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:15:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=951#comment-14325 this i think is my favourite movie, tender, delicate, sad, lonely and beautiful...i keep meaning to write on it, but then the last scene comes, and i'm left speechless. this i think is my favourite movie, tender, delicate, sad, lonely and beautiful…i keep meaning to write on it, but then the last scene comes, and i’m left speechless.

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