Viewed this flick at Anthology Film Archives on Thursday night. Incredible movie about a donkey, but mostly just life - joys and sorrows and loss and love. It touched me deeply.
This is one of my childhood films, it’s known in France and I don’t know if it’s been exported a lot but I love it !
It’s by Jacques Demy, THE French musical film director, and tells the story of donkey skin (based on a Grimm story I believe).
The costumes ! The Colors ! The songs ! Catherine Deneuve ! Random people with blue skin ! It’s all good
It all really creates a very whimsical fairy tale atmosphere that’s PERFECT
Anyway watch it with subtitles, I’m guessing dubbed musicals are really bad
Here is the trailer
It’s gotta be my favorite Jacques Demy. It’s fantastical and stunning in a way I feel a lot of films wish they were. It’s super bizarre and campy and it feels just like a dream.
I would also recommend Belle du Jour and The Blood of a Poet
If anyone even gives a crap.
Cured king salmon, crème fraiche vinaigrette, capers, dill, toasted breadcrumbs, lemon zest, calabrian chile oil. Inspired by Liv’s on 2nd street in Long Beach
