The read
It runs a compact 14m.
Synopsis
A poetic documentary tribute to the famous Eiffel tower, built for the 1889 World Fair and intended to have been destroyed 20 years later. A vocal subset of Parisians (among which, one may surmise, Clair would've been counted) insisted the Tower remain above the River Seine, a continued display of French engineering excellence. Clair makes strategic use of double exposures and dissolves, capturing the mechanical exuberance of the Tower; The great swooping steel latticework edifice a bounding symbol of the modern age.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- René ClairDirector
- René ClairScreenplay
Stills
Themes
paris, francesilent filmeiffel tower, paris