Diva
1981
Paris, France
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Thriller Comedy Love Story
What’s it all about: Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez exercises her diva rights by refusing to allow her opera performances to be recorded. Frédéric Andréi does it anyway, and steals her gown for good measure. Richard Bohringer and Thuy An Luu are a bohemian Tommy and Tuppence, gliding through a colorful Parisian landscape of corrupt cops and prostitutes to help the lovelorn postman get out of trouble.
First Encounter: First viewing; We had HBO for a hot minute when I was a kid and this trailer was on constantly
Prostitute Index: High
Death By: Flying ice pick
Relics: Spacious artist’s lofts, cassette tapes, mopeds
Heartthrob: Richard Bohringer
LoFi Magic: Selective audio dubbing
Makes me want to: Read the Gorodish & Alba series by Delacorta
Candotti Take: “The colors, the silence, the way the relationship was developed without much talk, a lot of reading the scene in the moment.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: Oui
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