Les Liaisons Dangereuses

[Teasing the Korean]

11 hours ago, brownie said:

Vadim's films have not stood the test of time well.

I consider Barbarella to be a masterpiece, both the film and the score by Bob Crewe & Charles Fox.  Check out this killer track from the soundtrack, "Pygar's Persecution" and "The Black Queen's Beads."

 

[jazzbo]

I like Barbarella a lot as well. . . but it's because of Jane at the height of her loveliness. And that's about it.

[Teasing the Korean]

46 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

And that's about it.

Have you listened to the OST?  It is KILLER!

[jazzbo]

I've heard the music in the film. It's okay. . . not KILLER. . . for me. We're all different.

[mikeweil]

There was an excellent documentary on Vadim on French/German arte tv recently - his work was a mixed bag and he obviously did not have a dedicated cinematic vision like his contemporaries; but he was open to experiments and cleared the path for many things to come in French cinema. He started the career of several famous French actresses.

Edited March 26, 2017 by mikeweil

[king ubu]

14 hours ago, mikeweil said:

There was an excellent documentary on Vadim on French/German arte tv recently - his work was a mixed bag and he obviously did not have a dedicated cinematic vision like his contemporaries; but he was open to experiments and cleared the path for many things to come in French cinema. He started the career of several famous French actresses.

Yep, saw that too ... interesting, and I guess brownie's tough judgement works for me as well.

Don't think "Les Liaisons" holds up well beyond the music, the acting is often stiff, the dialogues and characters are more like types roughly drafted on a sheet of paper than real characters. But the music is great!

Niko's list on the last page doesn't mention Blakey, I guess as it's too obvious - but with the Jordan, Blakey and Monk contributions, I expect plenty of music not used in the film to be on this new release. However, I hope it'll be some real tunes and not just short cues and such.

[paul secor]

On ‎3‎/‎26‎/‎2017 at 4:52 AM, brownie said:

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Vadim was a much better womanizer (BB, Jane Fonda, Catherine Deneuve, Marie-Christine Barrault... than a film director.

 

[mikeweil]

That was one of the conclusions of the doucumentary, too - but what what would cinema be without Bardot or Deneuve?