Gregory LaCava had been a prolific silent filmmaker in Hollywood, cranking out shorts that positioned him to become an entertainer rather than an artist. But his intellectual ambition and flexible talent were responsible for two outstanding American sound films: Gabriel Over the White House (1933), one of the bravest examinations of challenges American democracy faced […]
Daily Archives: July 18, 2007
The film opens ambiguously; is it a rose of dusk or dawn that blossoms in the sky? In the wide-angle shot of Paris only the distant Eiffel Tower seems to be dissolving into fog. Vacating her apartment, Laure is planning this Friday night on dinner with friends before moving into her lover’s place. But François […]
Dennis Grunes 