Les Demoiselles de Rochefort

1967 work from Jacques Demy, a musical, with a clear follow on from '...Cherbourg'
more straightforward song and especially dance numbers
use of long takes, slow panning crane shots; certainly doesn't cut around
not that Demy is afraid to change the angle
the dancing is pleasingly loose, not over-choreographed/ acrobatic. Pleasingly human
use of a couple of shot-reverse to break up, and most notably head-on shot-reverse, with a number of to-camera occassions that heighten the unreality and give the film its knowing air (without underming the plot)
nice use of different staging constructions, with longer takes and shots shows inventive new waves of manoevring characters around, smart framings for comedy
same use of pastel colours, occassionally dropped for contrast, and always high-key
again, use of some pretty nasty plot stuff taken outside, giving a sense of connection
and the oil adverts; really quite funny
the story is deliberately playing with the audience, complete rubbish, but looking at those kind of plots at the same time
not quite as impressive as the masterful '...Cherbourg', with a slight sense of the sheer idiocy of the plotline not quite able to overcome its self-relexivity
still, charming and beautifully executed, Demy could certainly direct