The Jacques Demy film was always a mood piece, with a dazzling centrepiece in 'I Will Wait For You', some astonishing set design and Catherine Deneuve's radiant innocence. Its strength derived from the combination of a prosaic, bitter-sweet story of compromised romance with the lurid conventions of film musicals, so the soaring jazzy score is [...]
Published on March 28, 2011 02:31