I have to interrupt the report of the Waitors’ Race at Reims for today because I have come across a wonderful gem during I was beachcombing Youtube last night.
“Goodbye Again” 1961
The film is based on a novel by Françoise Sagan’s Aimez-vous Brahms.
I call the film a gem because the cast is amazing: Ingrid Bergman, Yves Montand and Anthony Perkins, the location is glamorous: ever so beautiful Paris in the late 50’s and the costume for Ingrid Bergman: designed by Christian Dior! What not to like?
As a teenager, I read all of Sagan’s novels, imagining how it would like to be in love. Even though most of her love stories ended tragically, it didn’t put me off from reading them and I found being “ennui” impossibly grown-up and sophisticated. Oh how shallow and immature I was then.
Anyway, the film may be getting deleted from Youtube soon because of the copywright business. So watch it while it lasts!
Oh yes – love Yves Montand – currently have him singing “Les feuilles mortes” on my repeating playlist.
How nice! I love all those old songs and films. It’s so elegant and glamorous.😍