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Hal 2022-09-05 16:16:36
Best work by Lubitsch!
It's the best Lubitsch work I've ever seen! The shell of light comedy seems to have the core of film noir again. The gripping and hilarious plot setting did not allow its audience to get a moment of peace during the viewing process.
Lily, Mrs. Clay, as an audience, which one do you hope that Laval... -
Amelie 2022-09-05 18:30:30
Opening song lyrics (original translation)
Lubitsch's most well-known film, the opening song is playful and romantic.
Most any place can seem to be a paradiseWhile you embrace just the one that you adoreThere
need n't be an apple tree with magic powersYou need no garden filled with flowers don't need to be full of flowers To taste the...
Rolfe Sedan
Extended Reading
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Lily Vautier: Don't you remember the day you took that Chinese vase from the Royal Palace? And you made it into a lamp for my night table.
Gaston Monescu: I remember the lamp, I remember the night table... . and I remember the night.
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Waiter: Yes, Baron. What should we start with, Baron? Hmm?
Gaston Monescu: Oh yes. That's not so easy. Beginnings are always difficult.
Waiter: Yes, Baron.
Gaston Monescu: If Casanova suddenly turned out to be Romeo having supper with Juliet, who might become Cleopatra, how would you start?
Waiter: I would start with cocktails.
