I went to see La Vie en Rose with Yale last night. And after seeing the movie, I think you can kinda understand a bit more why Edith Piaf’s music tends towards the haunting and kinda… well… miserable. What a tragic and downright crappy life the poor woman had. And what a bloody bitch she became 😐 Why society tends to allow talented people to carry on like total preciously and pretentious little pork chops is beyond me. (The practice/concept of being sycophantic doesn’t mesh with my ordinary demeanor – but that is probably a whole other story.)
Anyway, I quite enjoyed the movie, it was the sort of thing I’ll probably not want to watch again, but well worth seeing. I liked being able to see the translations of the lyrics as the songs were being performed. And the lead actress Marion Cotillard was fantastic. I thought she did an absolutely amazing job of playing the eccentric and strange looking Edith Piaf – she must have studied Piaf’s mannerisms for hours – and the scene where she has just heard the news of a tragic plane crash was positively heart wrenching.
Make up artists deserve an Oscar too… Marion Cotillard is Hot with a capital H…. but they made her into the weird looking Edith … and then made her into a convincing (still weird looking) but now old and dying Edith, where she was looking anything but attractive…
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