Nice and agreeable drama in which Duke de Ellington's superb jazz score and Christian Matras' cinematography enhance the boys-meet-girls story. The action takes place in Paris during the 1960s ; two American expatriate jazz musicians , Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) , Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) living in a Bohemian environment meet and fall in love with two lovely American tourist girls : Lillian Corning (Joanne Woodward) and Connie Lampson (Diahann Carroll) . Along the way , the two jazz musicians , one white , one black , strive for success in Paris. The story becomes too melodramatic as our protagonists becomes caught in a thorny decision . A Love So Spectacular, So Personally Exciting, You Feel It Happening To You!. They Live Every Wild and Wonderful Moment of Its Brash Excitement!...so personally exciting, you feel it's happening to you! . A white-hot drama about a red-hot Jazzmen ! Put down yout trumpet , Jazzman, I'm in the mood for love !.
The plot is plain and simple , two musicians become involved with American tourists who want to take them back to the States . This is a melancholic rhapsody in which the starring quartet giving awesome performance as a horn players and the girls who loved them . An engaging and charming film , though tends to be slow-moving at times , concerning a dramatic portrayal of young horn players who fight to fill his need for music , while becomes trapped in a romantic and thunderous web . What the script lacks in originality is amply made up for the extraordinary music and outstanding cast . Score by Duke Ellington and and an enjoyable apperance by Louis Armstrong make it a must-see for Jazz enthusiasts. Featuring the great Paul Newman giving a terrific and intense acting , along with his wife Joanne Woodward , as well as the magnificent couple formed by Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll. Accompanying them a lot of wonderful of secondary actors , such as : Louis Armstrong, Barbara Laage , Moustache , Marie Versini and Serge Reggiani .
The musical drama was competently made by one of the best Golden Hollywood directors , Martin Ritt . This understatement motion picture was well produced and compellingly directed by Martin Ritt, who worked with Paul Newman in two Westerns : ¨Hombre¨ and ¨Outrage¨. Ritt was an expert on dramas such as ¨Stanley and Iris¨ , ¨Nut¨ , ¨Norma Rae¨ , ¨The front¨, ¨The Sound and the Fury¨ , ¨Black orchid¨ , though also directed films of all kind of genres such as : ¨The Spy Who Came in from the Cold¨ , ¨The Great White Hope¨ , ¨Mafia¨ and ¨Molly McGuire¨ . This Paris Blues (1961) film will appeal to drama enthusiasts and Paul Newman/Sidney Poitier fans . Rating : 6.5/10 . Above average, well worth watching ; along with ¨Hud¨and ¨Outrage¨ , being one of Ritt's best movie.
The plot is plain and simple , two musicians become involved with American tourists who want to take them back to the States . This is a melancholic rhapsody in which the starring quartet giving awesome performance as a horn players and the girls who loved them . An engaging and charming film , though tends to be slow-moving at times , concerning a dramatic portrayal of young horn players who fight to fill his need for music , while becomes trapped in a romantic and thunderous web . What the script lacks in originality is amply made up for the extraordinary music and outstanding cast . Score by Duke Ellington and and an enjoyable apperance by Louis Armstrong make it a must-see for Jazz enthusiasts. Featuring the great Paul Newman giving a terrific and intense acting , along with his wife Joanne Woodward , as well as the magnificent couple formed by Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll. Accompanying them a lot of wonderful of secondary actors , such as : Louis Armstrong, Barbara Laage , Moustache , Marie Versini and Serge Reggiani .
The musical drama was competently made by one of the best Golden Hollywood directors , Martin Ritt . This understatement motion picture was well produced and compellingly directed by Martin Ritt, who worked with Paul Newman in two Westerns : ¨Hombre¨ and ¨Outrage¨. Ritt was an expert on dramas such as ¨Stanley and Iris¨ , ¨Nut¨ , ¨Norma Rae¨ , ¨The front¨, ¨The Sound and the Fury¨ , ¨Black orchid¨ , though also directed films of all kind of genres such as : ¨The Spy Who Came in from the Cold¨ , ¨The Great White Hope¨ , ¨Mafia¨ and ¨Molly McGuire¨ . This Paris Blues (1961) film will appeal to drama enthusiasts and Paul Newman/Sidney Poitier fans . Rating : 6.5/10 . Above average, well worth watching ; along with ¨Hud¨and ¨Outrage¨ , being one of Ritt's best movie.