Slog - Comments on Today the Stranger Suggests http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17 Cleo from 5 to 7 (Film) This improbably awesome film about a self-absorbed singer waiting to hear whether she has cancer is by Agnès Varda (The Gleaners and I)—the only female filmmaker and feminist to be associated with the French New Wave. The purpose of this Northwest Film Forum screening, however, is to consider the Michel Legrand score; the 9:00 p.m. screening of Cleo is paired with a 7:00 p.m. screening of the candy-colored musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, by Varda's husband Jacques Demy. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. 9 pm, $5—$8.50.) ANNIE WAGNER... Copyright 2008 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:00:04 -0800 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:47:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Umbrellas of Cherbourg! What an amazing thrill that is! The prettiest film ever made! And the music! I recently watched the companion piece Young Girls of Rochefort and was blown away by that as well. Beyonce can suck it, I'll take Catherine Deneuve any day and twice on Sundays.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c650922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c650922 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:40:55 -0800 Comment by annie Yeah, I'm actually seeing Umbrellas tonight, since I've never ever seen it on film.

For hilarity, see Bosley Crowther's contemporary review in the New York Times.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c650933 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c650933 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:48:15 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Boswell was a card. Wrong about Legrand.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c650983 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c650983 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:17:01 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Re: Bosley's review.

How is the ending the corniest possible? I can think of a much more pat ending, one that any Hollywood studio would have forced on that film.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c651052 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c651052 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:40:45 -0800 Comment by ellarosa varda matured alot over the years. check out "the gleaners" from...2000 or so. so much better than "cleo" IMO.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c651802 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_17#c651802 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:47:00 -0800