Under the Roofs of Paris

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10/09/2015 There's some creative use of the "new" technology of sound, but there's little else. See more 11/25/2013 The kind of affectionately vivacious, musically stirring, playfully sarcastic and emotionally meandering cinema only the French could produce. See more 07/22/2012 Are French women really this terrible, or are French filmmakers just misogynistic? See more 06/12/2012 This is my first Rene Clair film and it is a magnificent one. It's a film about a love triangle between a young woman, a street singer and a gangster. It's funny, thrilling, moving and goes into unexpected directions. This was made in 1930 and it's one of the early sound films with some scenes playing out kind of like a silent movie. It also features some highly inventive use of sound and music. The ending is a bit unexpected but very satisfying nevertheless. See more 06/04/2012 Lacks focus and tone, but the performances and camerawork make up for the missteps. See more 04/09/2012 Under the Roofs of Paris is an rather simplistic story about a street performer who falls in love with a woman but is sent to jail briefly after falling in love with her. When he returns he comes to find that she has fallen in love with his best friends. I really found this film to be trivial overall, lacking anything that really grabbed me on either an emotional or intellectual level. The most interesting aspect of this film for me was seeing a filmmaker in Rene Clair, struggle to find a balance between the silent and talkie aspects of the film. Under the Roofs of Paris might as well be a silent film, and when their are scenes of dialogue they tend to brief and a lot of conversations in the film are inaudible, whether this was intentionally or merely filmmakers wrestling with the new technology, I have no idea. Yea, maybe I am being a little harsh on this film but I just found it all to be so lackadaisical and though parts of the film are charming (the opening sequence, the way Clair camera pans up and down the streets of Paris, etc), I didn't think the film was anything special. See more Read all reviews

Under the Roofs of Paris

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