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MICHAEL ELKIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
D
uchemin is a real stitch."' lationship between Duchemin
am the goy part of the film. and Morgieve. After collaborat-
I represent Fausto," laughs ing on three screenplays, the two
the French director in ref- are well-suited to each other.
LOBSTER NIGHT
erence to his new movie, A La
"Richard and I have become
Mode (In Fashion), and its lead close friends," says Duchemin. "I
you simply won't
character, a non-Jewish orphan believe in his talent as a novelist;
get enough of
who fashions a career for himself he believes in mine as a film-
$10 PER LB LOBSTER
as a fashion designer while work- maker."
ing with the tailor.
Includes: Corn on the cob and
Much of what happens in the
Duchamin, who co-scripted the film between the tailor and his -
potato of your choice./
screenplay with Richrd son leaves audiences in stitch-
There's no limit to the amount
Morgieve, the Jewish author of es. The ethnicity of the audience
of food and fun you'll have at
Fausto — the novel upon which doesn't seem to matter when it
JOE MUER'S
the movie is based — concerns comes to their appreciation, says
himself with the big picture of life. Duchemin.
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"Life is to enjoy, to, live, to love,"
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says the French director in ac-
cented English. ' ' ,, .. -, -
"Life can be teallyedible."
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is please to welcome
It is for Fausto, who finds a
purpose in life when adopted by
the tailor, whose gentle needling
of his gentile son breaks down
their ethnic barriers.
- !This is about the beginning of
"When the film was invited to
a life for a young man," says the a Jewish film festival in Aus-
director, "the story of a self-made tralia, audiences were very
man — not just about money, but warm," recalls the director of the
to the Masonic Temple Theatre
Performalice bates Are October W about what Fausto finds in life." head-over-heels reaction for the
What film-maker Duchemin subtitled version Down Under.
tlirousli December 10,1994
discovered is that "it's good to do
In France, the audience loved
films about relationships."
it in its original language.
Our Dinner-Theatre
He can well relate to someone
Not that it was all tres bon at
package includes:
making
his
way
in
the
world.
A
home.
"We got [trampled] by the
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La Mode is his debut feature as opening at the same time of
Theatre ticket
a director after years of serving Jurassic Park," says the director
(Main Floor Seating) ,
as
an assistant under such promi- with a c'est la vie in his voice.
- and -
nent directors as Joseph Losey
Duchemin has no pie-in-the-
Private Shuttle Servke
and Marco Ferreri.
sky aspirations for A La Mode
Vive la difference "When you here, but is encouraged by talk
Tidcet prices are:
$115.00 per person
make a film — especially the first that the film connects to audi-
for Wednesday and Thursday performances
film — you learn, you meet a lot ences.
of people different from you," says
And he should be. Duchemin
$125.00 per person
the 43-year-old director. "You get has fashioned a warm and won-
for Wednesday and Thursday performances
to appreciate that difference."
derful fantasy from threads of a
For reservation information
It's no different for Fausto, who relationship between opposites.
regarding this
must come to terms with living
It helps that Fausto's talents
Spedal Event,
in a Jewish environment. (Part are cause of a chuckle or two, too.
please contact Deanna Hammes
of the film was made in the Fausto makes his fashion state-
Quartier de Rosier, a Jewish sec- ments in a loud comical voice. His
at (313) 331-8527
tion of Paris.) Fausto learns to designs are outrageous, includ-
love his adoptive father and adopt ing a grass jacket that mows
the ways of his new cultural con- down the competition.
nection.
For his own wedding, Fausto
"When you talk about inte- designs an unorthodox outfit that
grating characters in film," says combines varied Jewish religious
Duchemin, "it is normally the mi- garments. It is one of the more
nority [character] who must fit outre aspects of the comical film.
into the majority. But here, it is
Duchemin gets a kick out of
2000 Gratiot • Detroit
Fausto, the majority [the non- the wedding scene too, albeit for
(313) 567-1088
Jew], who must fit into the mi- a different reason.
nority," represented by the
When the film was originally
Jewish father.
made, the scene — in which
It's a perfect match between a Fausto marries a female me-
son looking for love and a tailor chanic on whom he has had de-
searching for a son.
signs — didn't exist.
It also has been a seamless re-
But Miramax, the prestigious
American film company which
Micahel Elkin is the
picked up the movie, "said they
entertainment editor of the
wanted to do it better and bigger.
Jewish Exponent in
Imagine to say to a director they
Philadelphia.
want more film!"
Joe
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