Review of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) by Doug N — 19 Mar 2008
Is this a musical? I'm inclined to say not. A musical has songs - discrete songs - but this has instead an entirely sung script. This is an intriguingly Brechtian device - there is no naturalism here, you know you are watching a movie, its artifice is always front and centre - forcing you to look at this not as a naturally unfolding story but as a piece of cinema created by some one.
Very interesting in so many ways, and well worth seeing for this fact alone.
This review of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) was written by Doug N on 19 Mar 2008.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg has generally received very positive reviews.
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