Friday, Jun. 18, 2010

Lola Montes

For director Max Ophuls (La Ronde, Madame de ...), the moving camera was a tool of rapture. It's ever a-prowl in his legendary 1955 epic about the 19th century circus star Lola Montes (Martine Carol) and the famous men she seduced. It's a dizzying, indelible experience.