Sunday, July 20, 2008

And Then There Was Paradise...

Le Enfants du paradis (1945)
Seen: Tuesday, April 1, 2008

"I think this is the best movie I've ever seen."

This is the only line I wrote in my notebook in the late evening after I returned from seeing Marcel Carne's beautiful Le Enfants du paradis (1945), and I think that statement is still true.

I will always have my personal favorites (e.g. Taxi Driver, City Lights), but Carne's wartime film exists on another level. It's a masterpiece.

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