Thursday 13 March 2014

Paper Moon
Dir: Peter Bogdanovich
1973
*****
Father and daughter (in real life, possibly in the film) play con artist partners during the great depression. Moses isn't used to nor does he want the constraints or responsibility of a young partner/daughter but when he realises it could be to his financial advantage he goes along with the idea. A heartwarming but never schmaltzy road trip ensures. It's the lack of schmaltz that is key to the films success, to succumb would have been cheap and easy, everything that this film isn't. It is beautifully shot in Black and White to great effect, the image of little Addie sitting on the Moon on her own is heartbreaking though. A really lovely film.

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