Movie Review - Elevator to the Gallows
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)
directed by Louis Malle
rating: 3 out of 5 jalapeños
on DVD from the vaults
This superficially ponderous, not-quite-cool-enough French melodrama seems, in retrospect, like a pretty funny movie. The insistent frustration of plain bad luck manifests a steady outburst of slapstick knee-jerks, eye-rolls, and self-deprecation from a cast of mostly humorous character types. I just can't tell if that's intentional or not.
Good, too, if you need to know why Truffaut's Jeanne Moreau is such a revelation in Jules and Jim.
directed by Louis Malle
rating: 3 out of 5 jalapeños
on DVD from the vaults
This superficially ponderous, not-quite-cool-enough French melodrama seems, in retrospect, like a pretty funny movie. The insistent frustration of plain bad luck manifests a steady outburst of slapstick knee-jerks, eye-rolls, and self-deprecation from a cast of mostly humorous character types. I just can't tell if that's intentional or not.
Good, too, if you need to know why Truffaut's Jeanne Moreau is such a revelation in Jules and Jim.
posted by NPK at 7:50 AM
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