Diva

Last night I went to a screening of the recent 4K remaster of Diva. It looked gorgeous. I hadn’t seen Diva for a few years, but was reminded that this may be one of my favorite films. Every scene is dripping with stylish neo-noir coolness. This movie is probably one of the reasons I started going to the opera. Beineix shoots Paris like Mann shoots Chicago and L.A.. Diva, of course, is also part of the unofficial Nagra Film Trilogy. If you like beautifully designed, portable, high-fidelity audio equipment, you want to watch The Conversation, Diva, and Blow Out. Your browser does not support the video tag. And just when you may have thought that this movie couldn’t be any more up-my-alley, I noticed during this viewing that in the press conference scene one of the reporters is taking notes on what appears to be a Rhodia N°13 graph pad with an (unknown to me) fountain pen. I appreciate fine stationery in film. Très chic.