My last post showed me up for someone who's not au courant with the current music scene or even courant with old films. Just call me a currant bun why don't you. The Best Coast video had been concocted on you-tube from an indie pop band who've been going a couple of years with a scene from Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, a charming vehicle for Catherine Deneuve and her sister Francois Dorleac who was killed in a motor accident shortly afterwards.
Do do watch another scene with Gene Kelly dancing dans la rue. I also chose it for the art direction which is more delicious than a box of fondant fancies.
And if you loved that, watch here the scrumptious sister act in a post I did a long time ago
Tooo wonderful he was soooooooooo great! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIt's never too late to discover a delightful piece of vintage film. Or music. Or a perfect mashup of the two. Besides, old or new, I've always been a sucker for candy colors. I think I first saw that clip over at Nick O's blog, and because I had never seen the Deneuve film, either, I thought it was some new band's dead-on pastiche of Sixties style. Then I forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me. Now I can alternate that with Caravan Palace's "Suzy". Call me shallow if you want. It's true.
ReplyDeleteRoom Temp. I'm so glad you liked this. And I liked Caravan Palace's Suzy so thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Magnaverde/Room that it's never too late to rediscover a
ReplyDeletecharming old film. Gene Kelly was 55 years old at the time, in wonderful
shape and still mightily impressive~though wouldn't you say that the voice
was dubbed?
TW, I guess you're right about the voice being dubbed. I was just looking at his legs actually.
ReplyDeleteThat clip of Gene Kelly just made my night! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWE - glad you had as much pleasure as I did, when I chanced upon it.
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