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(aka "The Young Girls of Rochefort" or "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" )
directed by Jacques Demy
France 1967
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Most musicals shift back
and forth between story (spoken dialogue) and song-and-dance
numbers--sometimes creating queasy transitions just before
or after these shifts, when we're uncertain where we are
stylistically. But The Young Girls of Rochefort often
daringly places story and musical numbers on the screen
simultaneously, mixing them in various ways and in different
proportions. One of the stars may be walking down the
street, for example, but the pedestrians around her are
suddenly dancing, and she slips momentarily in and out of
their choreography. This curious mix produces powerful,
deeply felt emotions--an exuberance combined with a sublime
sense of absurdity, shot through with an almost constant
sense of loss, yearning, and even tragedy. Yet the
coexistence of this strangeness and this intensity will
inevitably make some American viewers laugh in disbelief and
regard the whole spectacle as an esoteric piece of camp.
(The same problem exists to a lesser extent in two of my
favorite American freak musicals, Love Me Tonight and
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, both of which display a related
metaphysical impulse to perceive the musical form as a
continuous state of delirious being rather than a
traditional story with musical eruptions.) Excerpts from Jonathan Rosenbaum's Review in the Chicago Reader HERE |
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Theatrical Release: March 8th, 1967
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DVD Review: Miramax - Region 1 - NTSC
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Miramax Region 1 - NTSC |
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| Runtime | 2:04:46 | |
| Video |
2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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| Audio | Dolby Digital 2.0 (French) | |
| Subtitles | English, none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Miramax Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 21 |
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