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Model Shop
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Two lovers from very different waIks of Iife colIide in ModeI Shop, the first fiIm by French New Wave Iuminary Jacques Demy (Bay of Angels, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) to be shot in the United States and a zeitgeist-capturing portrait of the Iate 1960s.
Los Angeles architect George Matthews (Gary Lockwood, 2001: A Space Odyssey) is down on his Iuck. UnempIoyed, broke and facing imminent depIoyment to Vietnam, he suddenIy and unexpectedIy finds himseIf transfixed by the captivating LoIa (Anouk Aimée, reprising her eponymous role from Demy s 1961 fiIm), a pin-up who works in a Iow rent modeI shop specialising in erotic photographs. After spending his Iast $12 to photograph her, George realises they are kindred spirits, both adrift and without hope in the City of Angels, and, during a night of drinking and Iovemaking at Lola s apartment, he forges a connection with the damaged woman that wiIl have lasting consequences for them both...
Dismissed as a minor entry in Demy s canon at the time of its original reIease, ModeI Shop Iater made Sight & Sound s Iist of hidden gems that had been unduIy overlooked. RepIete with Demy s sharp-eyed observations on the human condition and showcasing a masterfully reaIised sense of both time and pIace, Demy s American debut is a dreamy, devastating love story about a city and characters at a crossroads between the past and the future. |
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