Lola
Posted by martinteller on April 22, 2007
Lovely. The film has an intriguing new wave-iness about it, I believe in great part because of cinematographer Raoul Coutard (who worked on many of the landmark movies by Godard and Truffaut). You never quite know where the story is going to go next. The fact that it was originally supposed to be a musical, and the heavy interconnectedness of the characters, makes this a precursor to Young Girls of Rochefort, although I actually prefer Lola. Funny, sad, gentle and real. The fair scene in particular is magnificent, reminiscent of 400 Blows. One bummer though: I think the Wellspring DVD got the aspect ratio slightly wrong. It’s supposed to be 2.35, and it’s stretched out to look more like maybe 2.20… the actors all appear too thin. Not a big deal, but annoying. Rating: 9
