I need more structure and joy in my life (who doesn't?) so I'm going to start posting objects that bring me joy. YOU LOVE IT.
There are few objects in this world that bring me more joy than Les Desmoiselles de Rochefort, or as they say in America, The Young Girls of Rochefort. I wish this movie was a documentary about my life. I still remember sitting in a screening with all these smug assholes snickering (snickering! I mean really) because they didn't have the STONES to face the magnificence of ecstatic zazz without getting all defensive about it. Man, F those people. Anyway, here's a wake-up call to awesome in the form of the trailer. Subtitles? Shut up, you don't need 'em!
Dude, when I looked this up I found a BONUS object of joy, which is, holy shit, Patrick Juvet (!) and Amanda F-ing Lear (!!!) performing the signature "La chanson des jumelles"--oh my God, my brain just melted.
That was a more progressive time, 1979. In France. Ah heck, we need some bonus Amanda mugging with D.B. during "The 1980 Floor Show":
Aww, that's love! And when the song was over, they all snorted the set. Finally "Queen of Chinatown," in which she tells a story in song ... and hand gestures!
I like that one a lot. She sounds like Al Stewart. I feel happier now, don't you?
Posted by Kim at January 17, 2008 11:47 PM | Moving Pictures | Musics | Yay!