American in Paris
Added 12/24/2009
The movie from 1951 arrived as agreed in excellent, like new, condition. Based on Gerswhin's music we loved the story, the sets/costumes, and the acting.
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Broadway must be the Champs Elysées
Added 11/3/2009
Another film I had never seen and that had become a myth. For the time it was a pretty good film with a lot of dancing, a small lot of singing, a great lot of romanticism, divided loyalties, but no jealousy, just love and gallant attitudes: better yield to the love of a lady than to marry her out of some forced gratitude. Then a sprinkle of French and good nice spots in Paris. A good touristic vision of that Paris that has probably never existed. and there we are we have a fairy tale in a satin shrine, but life is so much more different. Americans and bubble gum. The kids and everyone loves them. A real dream on and in a cloud. And yet it is charming even if with the charm of an absolutely surreal and unreal vision. In other words it is a perfect musical for Broadway, and that kind of show is perfect on a stage, and on a stage it is too often acted. The big gigantic staircases going down to the embankments of the Seine sound like some wooden sound stage because they are a wooden sound stage. It would have been so much better in the real setting. But I guess no camera or cameraman ever set one tip of a foot in Paris. That's what I regret about this mythic film: it does not carry nor convey the feeling and smell of reality. But a rather funny entertainment if you like forgetting about the real world.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Paris 8 Saint Denis, University Paris 12 Créteil, CEGID
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DVD arrived promptly and in condition described by seller. Enjoyed watching it with my roommates who loved it!
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An American in Paris
Added 9/18/2009
Everything was great. I ordered three movies: An American in Paris, Meet Me in St. Louis and Oklahoma. I enjoyed them thouroughly. Everything arrived in a timely matter and the merchandise was in great condition.
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S'wonderful!
Added 9/9/2009
Always a pleasure to see Kelly on film at his best. Leslie Caron, in her first film, made it very clear it wasn't going to be her last.
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American in Paris
Added 12/24/2009
The movie from 1951 arrived as agreed in excellent, like new, condition. Based on Gerswhin's music we loved the story, the sets/costumes, and the acting.
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Broadway must be the Champs Elysées
Added 11/3/2009
Another film I had never seen and that had become a myth. For the time it was a pretty good film with a lot of dancing, a small lot of singing, a great lot of romanticism, divided loyalties, but no jealousy, just love and gallant attitudes: better yield to the love of a lady than to marry her out of some forced gratitude. Then a sprinkle of French and good nice spots in Paris. A good touristic vision of that Paris that has probably never existed. and there we are we have a fairy tale in a satin shrine, but life is so much more different. Americans and bubble gum. The kids and everyone loves them. A real dream on and in a cloud. And yet it is charming even if with the charm of an absolutely surreal and unreal vision. In other words it is a perfect musical for Broadway, and that kind of show is perfect on a stage, and on a stage it is too often acted. The big gigantic staircases going down to the embankments of the Seine sound like some wooden sound stage because they are a wooden sound stage. It would have been so much better in the real setting. But I guess no camera or cameraman ever set one tip of a foot in Paris. That's what I regret about this mythic film: it does not carry nor convey the feeling and smell of reality. But a rather funny entertainment if you like forgetting about the real world.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Paris 8 Saint Denis, University Paris 12 Créteil, CEGID
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DVD arrived promptly and in condition described by seller. Enjoyed watching it with my roommates who loved it!
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