. Always Fair Weather is the third and last of the musical co-directed Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly team up with producer Arthur Freed and the songwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Along with singing in the rain and A day in New York represent a way of making films that revitalized the genre in the 50. Always Fair Weather can also be seen as the swan song of the classic Hollywood musical comedy. The times were changing. The troubled 60 were right around the corner and nothing would be as before. Television (which the movie devotes a full stream of scathing criticism) will become the new golden calf to be installed as one of the inhabitants of average American home. Producers will risk less and be limited to moving to the big screen hits Broadway West Side Story (Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, 1961), My Fair Lady (George Cukor, 1964), The Sound of Music ( Robert Wise, 1965), Funny Girl (William Wyler, 1968).
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Conceived as a continuation of A day in New York , but the trio of marines repeated only Gene Kelly, Always Fair Weather 3 tells the story of former soldiers who stay in Europe during the war has fact inseparable friends and returning to civilian life promise to meet after 10 years to reminisce. But when they do, they realize that the time has changed them, just recognize his old colleagues and soon to be together and not stand and just want to flee, because they see in others the image of his own failure vital.
From the brightness and ingenuity of A day in New York just nothing left in Always Fair Weather that is like the reverse bitter and disillusioned. Here, look at the passage of time and its impact on relationships that once believed to be eternal, is pessimistic, if not realistic.
All this, fast-paced not instantly fell in glorious cinemascope, with dance and song seamlessly into the plot, and using it as a way to define and characterize the characters. The film shifts between the disillusioned and cynical tone, together with musical motifs and gags gay comedy, and under the guise of mild hobbies, appears tongued critic of American society and its philosophy of success.
Among the moments we hold an unusual musical number in a restaurant based on inner voice of the characters, so we know what he really thinks each of the other two. Another great moment is the spectacular choreography danced by the great Cyd Charisse with the boxers and trainers in the gym Stillman. There is also a dance in the streets of Gene Kelly on roller skates du reminiscent of meaning and the planning of Singin 'in the Rain. And in the beginning, to introduce the characters and their camaraderie, there is a special issue with a taxi through a magical time and dance with the lids of garbage cans on your feet like a tap.
At the time of its release, the film had a good agogic by the public. The viewers expect a show happy and carefree as promised in the title, and then see reflected in mediocrity and small miseries of 3 ex marines, and that did not like.
The film concludes with an apparently happy ending: Kelly and Charisse stay together and Ted and Angie return to their homes after being on leave to meet again, but the dark tone of the picture seems to say that we do not always make good time.
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