Joe Masiell

  • Denis Héroux – Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris [American Film Theatre] (1975)

    1971-1980Denis HérouxMusicalUSA

    Plot
    The film opens in a puppet theater, where three audience members—a military officer, a taxi driver, and a woman on a shopping trip—discover they are being depicted as marionette caricatures against a backdrop of newsreel footage from the 1920s through the 1950s. They find themselves trapped backstage amidst bizarre circumstances … the puppet master is found dead above the stage, a gigantic plaster hand drops from the ceiling to the floor, and a deafening siren blares endlessly. The trio escapes from the theater to a beach, where the military officer locates the siren and kicks it, causing it to blow up.Read More »

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