Model Shop
Jacques Demy
Hollywood, 1968. George Matthews, a penniless recent architecture graduate, lives with Gloria, who he refuses to marry. To wipe out a debt and keep his car, he does the rounds of the city and his friends to collect 100 dollars. On the way he meets Lola, a Frenchwoman who poses for photographers at the "Model Shop"...
With : Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay, Carol Cole, Tom Holland, Severn Darden, Neil Elliot
Screenplay : Jacques Demy
Image : Michel Hugo
Sound : Charles J. Rice
Music : Ralph Hall
Editing : Walter Thompson
Decors : Antony Mondello
Screenplay : Jacques Demy
Image : Michel Hugo
Sound : Charles J. Rice
Music : Ralph Hall
Editing : Walter Thompson
Decors : Antony Mondello
Production : Jacques Demy, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Distribution: Sony Pictures
Distribution: Sony Pictures
"I was extremely struck by the atmosphere of Los Angeles, which is a fascinating city: the decor, the streets, people's problems. I had the impression I had never seen in an American film, or ever seen Los Angeles on screen as it appeared to me in reality. I wanted to show it to my American friends" (Jacques Demy). The wrong foots the director's usual aesthetic and his dreamlike world. The sets are discreet, the camera movements simple and straightforward. Jacques Demy made his intention clear "to be logical with the city, to respect its own logic". Despite this movement towards soberness, it is once again a question of time and encounters, like in his previous films.