简介：whatcanisay...要想了解60年代的法国时尚前卫文化，首看此片，再看《ANNA》。 ToobadthisEuropeancultfilmoftheSixties,writtenanddirectedbyanAmericanwhosephotodocumentaryreportageonNewYork,Rome,andTokyoislegendary,isallbutimpossibletotrackdownhereinNorthAmerica.AfteryearsoffruitlesssearchingIfinallyattendedtwoscreeningsattheWhitneyMuseumofArtin1997.ThemaindrawinthisfilmformewasGraysonHall,whoportraysMissMaxwell,EditorofVoguemagazine--acharactersocloselybasedonDirectorWilliamKlein'sformerbossDianaVreeland,it'samazingVreelanddidn'tsueforlibel.GraysonHallwasflownoverspeciallyfromAmericatodothis.TrytogettheoriginalFrenchlanguageversion--shespokeFrenchandheraccent,anddelivery,arepriceless.(Shereferredtotheexperienceacerbicallyas"Hell,honey!")Thefilm'seponymousstarDorothyMacGowanwaschosenatrandomfromacrowdshotofBeatlesgirlswelcomingtheFabFourataNewYorkairport.MacGowanstandsatthecenterofawildlygyratingscenariothatsatirizesprettymucheverythinginmidSixtiesFrenchsocietythatisorisn'tnaileddown--politics,fashion,themedia,theidealizationofrurallifeandFrenchtraditions--takingfrequentdetoursintofantasysequencesandevenincludingsomeanimatedsegmentsthatmusthavehelpedinspiretheanimatedinterludesintheoriginalMontyPythonseries.ThescorebyMichelLegrandhassomebrilliantmoments,particularlyduringtheopeningsequencefeaturingsheetmetalfabricatedfashions;therestofthefilmneverquitelivesuptothepromiseofthisinauguraltourdeforce. Still,asatimecapsuleofSixtieseffulgence,it'swellworthtrackingdown.Let'shopesomebody"rediscovers"itandbringsitoutonvideo,pronto!Withtheoriginalletterboxratio,biensur.…