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...lens of Doisneau's camera was the Paris of young lovers stealing an ! embrace, American soldiers roughhousing around the City of Light, two bearded compatriots excitedly greeting each other with kissed cheeks -- in short, the Paris of one's dreams, rendered with both satire and great affection. Parisian-born, Doisneau began his career as a photographer while in his 20s, lending his talents to the Resistance during the Nazi Occupation. He achieved prominence as a fashion photographer after the war and international recognition with his portraits of the "little drama in everyday life." Yet there was some stagecraft behind those...
...setting of the work is one of its many attractive features, a world of fragile, superficial brilliance and frenetic epicureanism combined with the postured mannerisms and etiquette of decadent Parisian aristocracy. Lucy Deakins' simple set consists of two beige curtains through which the characters enter and just enough realistic furniture to convey a sense of luxury without presenting obstacles to the cast...
Admit it, you've always wondered what it would be like to live like Hemingway--to wrestle a few lions near Kilimanjaro, take in a couple of bullfights in Seville, or lounge all day sipping wine in sun-splashed Parisian cafes...
Well, at this stage it doesn't take much intuition to guess that the eponymous tenant, Trokovsky (Roman Polanski), runs with the third option during his Parisian flathunt. Which would be fine, were the film to intrigue us by exploring the roots of his fixation with the dead woman. But unfortunately the only exploring we do is of the gloomy apartment and of the toilet opposite--where a series of unknown characters stand motionless for hours, staring at our hero. As these onlookers pushed Trokovsky steadily round the bend, the film's unanswered questions drove me equally mad with curiosity...
...recent morning, offering a tasting of dishes on his restaurant menu, ; Montignac charmed a procession of Parisian housewives. "Your chocolate mousse with fructose is pure genius," gushed Pauline Newmann-Laugier, whose husband, a financier, introduced her to the diet. "The best thing about Montignac," she said, leering at a cheesecake on the counter, is that "you don't feel guilty...