From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!G:asa
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Diva
Article-I.D.: populi.231
Posted: Thu Jul 15 15:53:45 1982
Received: Mon Jul 19 01:17:12 1982

DIVA was directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix and stars Wilhelmenia
Fernandez as the black soprano, Frederic Andrei as the 18-year-old
hero, and Thuy An Luu as the 14-year-old heroine.  The film is an
utterly delightful mixture of romance, suspense, and non sequitor.
The photography and camera-work are superb.  (I particularly enjoyed
the motorcycle chase through the Metro and the breakfast-in-bed in the
lighthouse.) Mere description can't convey how enjoyable this film
is--don't miss it!  Pauline Kael claims that it "may remind you of
Welles' TOUCH OF EVIL," which I think is ridiculous (the immediate
comparison, I think, would be with Truffaut or de Broca), but redeems
herself by concluding that "It's a mixture of style and chic hanky-
panky, but it's genuinely sparkling." It is indeed.

John Hevelin            ...ucbvax!G:asa