Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Our summer cycle will be festive or not. Sound and image, song and dance, instrument and breathing, strings and gestures: so many possible combinations to express what cinema and music can achieve and express together. Musicals, concert films, catchy music. Jazz, classical, contemporary, disco, punk... Revolt and enchantment, distress and emphasis, joy and rhythm, melancholy and bass, laughter and stridency: diverse expressions characterizing cinema and music's historical alliance, will definitely make us fly, dream, dance!
From the 30's to the present day and across all possible genres, this cycle aims to open our minds at a time when we most need it. The first week of July will be an eventful one, as the cycle will open with several evenings in cabaret mode, where we will present for the first time concert films produced in Quebec during the confinement, with the participation of major artists of the current music scene: Klô Pelgag, Marie Davidson and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Lorelei and Dorothy are just "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible men they might meet along the way, even though "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." Based on the Broadway musical based on the novel.
Howard Hawks
Born into a family of industrialists, Howard Hawks made his debut in Hollywood as a prop boy following a chance meeting with Victor Fleming during a car race. After a stint as a US Air Force instructor during World War I, he returned to cinema as soon as he could. Working first as a screenwriter, he transitioned to directing in the mid-1920s. He successfully navigated the shift from silent films to talkies, notably with detective movies and aviation stories that drew on his own experience. From the 1930s to the 1960s, Hawks mastered classic Hollywood genres to deliver some of their most iconic masterpieces. Among his most popular films are Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (1959). His frequent portrayals of strong, tough-talking female characters came to define what is known as the "Hawksian woman".
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is bubbly and smart, just like Marilyn Monroe
Even if you’ve never seen Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, it’d be nearly impossible not to be familiar with its big 11 o’clock number, “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend.” Marilyn Monroe’s exuberant ode to gold-digging has been homaged, reimagined, and satirized by everyone from Madonna to Moulin Rouge! to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. It’s one of the most iconic moments of Monroe’s career—rivaled for the top spot only by her blowing white dress from The Seven Year Itch...
