The Model Shop
Feb 13 - Feb 19, 2009
(Jacques Demy, USA/France, 1969, 35mm, 95 min)
The first and only Hollywood movie from French director Jacques Demy is a poetic tale of human disarray, transient happiness and love lost. A semi-sequel to Lola, which also stars Anouk Amiée, Model Shop focuses on a directionless young architect who quits his job and bums off his friends. But the film’s star is the city of Los Angeles, whose boulevards, parking lots and supermarkets Demy photographs with the same blend of wonder and authenticity that characterizes his French films.