event Cinematheque: Same Old Song
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Sat Dec 19
7:30 pm
Cinematheque: Same Old Song at Vilas Hall
The idea of stringing assorted bits of pop tunes into the flow of a movie did not originate with Moulin Rouge. Alain Resnais' 1997 film Same Old Song pushes the border between straight-up musical and whimsical referential collage as a tribute to British TV writer Dennis Potter, who created the series and film The Singing Detective. An English-language trailer for Same Old Song even conveniently noted that the characters, an ensemble embroiled in a comical romantic circle, "all have one thing in common: they love to sing." The songs are woven into the dialogue, but the actors don't sing them: Instead, such stars as Edith Piaf and Serge Gainsbourg lent their voices to the film.
Vilas Hall 821 University Ave., Madison, WI
The idea of stringing assorted bits of pop tunes into the flow of a movie did not originate with Moulin Rouge. Alain Resnais' 1997 film Same Old Song pushes the border between straight-up musical and whimsical referential collage as a tribute to British TV writer Dennis Potter, who created the series and film The Singing Detective. An English-language trailer for Same Old Song even conveniently noted that the characters, an ensemble embroiled in a comical romantic circle, "all have one thing in common: they love to sing." The songs are woven into the dialogue, but the actors don't sing them: Instead, such stars as Edith Piaf and Serge Gainsbourg lent their voices to the film.
Updated 12/07/2009
