Diva

When Nadia is just exiting the metro station and runs into Jules, he is wearing his postman's cap.

Later, in the police station when Paula is recounting Nadia's death, the same scene is replayed, except this time Jules is not wearing his cap.

During the metro chase, close-ups of Jules shows the collar of a white tee-shirt underneath his buttoned-up shirt.

However, in both previous and following scenes, he is without the tee-shirt.

The stories about celebrities, are one of the most intriguing ones to explore in the books, television series, movies and so on. Some stories would be told in the decadent way, to see how the main characters would waist their time, without finding any answers in what they are looking for.

Looking round for articles online about the history of French cinema, (as you do!)I found out about a French film movement that appeared in the 80's called cinéma du look.

When I first saw the trailer I thought it was "Black swan with swimming asian girls" but I forced myself to finish this for the sake of watching it. The story was predictable and uninspiring and I am not exaggerating when I said I fell asleep in the middle of movie.

Diva is one of my top favorite top 100 films. The direction was fantastic and the photography (scene shots)great too.

The book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is where I found this French film, it had a good sounding title and was rated well by critics, so I looked forward to what it would offer. Basically in Paris, France, young postman Jules (Frédéric Andréi) lives a bohemian lifestyle, and he has a small circle of friends, but more than anything he is a great fan of opera, especially the beautiful, celebrated and exceptional American opera singer Cynthia Hawkins (Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez).

The first time I saw "Diva" I hated it so much I walked out with only 10 minutes to go because I didn't want to waste another minute of my life. I saw it again last night, years later, and for the life of me couldn't figure out why I had hated it so much.

I was going through a foreign film phase during the 1980s. One of the films that stands out the most was the French film Diva.

The french touch of the new wave era.A story built around Catallani's La Wally aria with a Diva who never makes records, some notorious businessmen from Taiwan, a corrupted chief policeman and a postman, all skillfully webbed.

Diva (1981): Frederic Andrei, Wilhelmenia Fernandez, Thuy An Lu, Richard Bohringer, Jacques Fabbri, Chantal Deruaz, Anny Romand, Roland Bertin, Gerard Darmon, Dominique Pinon, Jean Jacques Moreau, Patrick Floersheim, Raymond Aquilon, Eugene Berthier, Gerard Chaillou....Director Jean Jacques Beineix, Screenplay Jean Jacques Beineix Adapted from the novel by Daniel Odier, this 1981-1982 film from French director Jean Jacques Beineix marked a new wave of French cinema for the 1980's.