Despite the long, long hiatus since my last post, I figured I could start the new year off right by discussing les femmes, or actresses, since I've been quite remiss in covering them in this blog initiative...
I must recount how lovely Jeanne Moreau is, as well as how instrumental she has been in the world of filmmaking, for both mainstream and art house cinema. Her turn in Louis Malle's L'Anscenseur Pour L'Echafaud was just perfect. She often portrays distant, lonely women, but with such bite! and class...
I particularly enjoyed these classic Moreau-vienne films....
L'Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (1958)
Les Amants (1958)
La Notte (1961)
Jules Et Jim (1962)
Diary Of A Chambermaid (1964)
She was a true ingenue of gigantesque proportions, whipping directors like Louis Malle, François Truffaut, Luis Buñuel and Michelangelo Antonioni into shape (not to mention costars like Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Cuny), all the while establishing herself as a true player on the silver screen. Brava, chère Jeanne.
