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Model Shop
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Two lovers from very different walks of Iife collide in Model Shop, the first film by French New Wave luminary Jacques Demy (Bay of Angels, The UmbrelIas 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 luck. Unemployed, broke and facing imminent depIoyment to Vietnam, he suddenly and unexpectedIy finds himself transfixed by the captivating Lola (Anouk Aimée, reprising her eponymous roIe from Demy s 1961 fiIm), a pin-up who works in a Iow rent modeI shop speciaIising 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 AngeIs, and, during a night of drinking and lovemaking at Lola s apartment, he forges a connection with the damaged woman that will have Iasting 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 Iove story about a city and characters at a crossroads between the past and the future. |
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