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Diva Era: 1981 / Country: France / Director: Jean-Jacques Benex / Starring Richard Pollinger, Roland Bertine, Frederick André
Try to match the tune
The film seems to be able to split into two stories. One is Julius, a fan of the black female singer Harvis, who met her idol and unexpectedly fell in love with her because she stole her idol's dress and recorded her concert recordings. Another story is that Julius accidentally receives a cassette tape containing evidence of a crime and becomes involved in a gang fight. Although both stories are related to tapes and cross-cutting, the styles are very different. The former is typical of french literary style, especially the ambiguous passages of Harvis and Julis are extremely beautiful. The latter is the routine of Hollywood commercial films, small people are involved in big gang disputes, and the direction of fate becomes the main narrative line. So why is there such a mashup? In the early 1980s, Hollywood films gradually penetrated the French film scene, in parallel with the popular "author films" at that time. At this time, a new group of filmmakers grew in France, who inherited the traditions of the New Wave and reflected the aesthetic tastes of the current audience in time, and they led the "new image period" in France. The film's director, Jean-Jacques Benex, is one of them, and in his debut film, he tried to blend art and commerce, without losing both elegance and gameplay, bringing a new atmosphere to French cinema. Later, "The Wild Rose of Paris" established his place and, along with Luc Besson and Rios Caracas, was called the "Three Geniuses of French Cinema".
bright spot
In the 2nd minute, black singer Harveys sang the classic aria from Alfredo Catalani's opera Gorgeous Girl on stage. The entire theater has a medieval style, complemented by beautiful melodies, which makes this section pleasing to the eye. However, Julius secretly recorded in his seat, mixed with an uneasy tone, and also left a suspense for the plot.
a laughing point
In the 107th minute, Inspector Grottish, whose crimes were exposed, wanted to shoot Julius, but the lights suddenly went out at the moment of shooting, and there was darkness all around. Grottish saw a red button, which was the switch of the light, and he went up to try to light it, but who knew that he stepped on the air, fell into the elevator shaft, and fell to his death.
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