lady oscar WTF FTW

[davemerrill]

So there's this Japanese girls' comic called ROSE OF VERSAILLES about the French Revolution and Marie Antionette and that whole unpleasantness. It was really popular and inspired an anime TV series. It also was very popular in Europe, and in 1979 a French director made a live-action film out of it, starring Europeans. The copy I have sure looks like it was shot in English, which adds to the international flavor, I am so sure. Fred Schodt worked on translating the manga for the project, as I recall. Anyway, the movie is showing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox tomorrow night.

http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiffbelllightbox/2013/2330021407

If there's a movie I never thought would be shown on the big screen anywhere near me, it's this one. I mean this goes way beyond "what the heck" territory and into "somebody in a position of real power thinks just like me" territory. Which is frightening.

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[warpig1979.livejournal.com]

Was Rose of Versailles ever big in Francophone Canada, d'you know? Because that's the closest thing I can think of to a plausible explanation. Otherwise, yeah, this is deep, deep nerddom. Art houses showing Studio Ghibli pictures is one thing, but Lady Oscar is digging pretty deep down the nerd crates.

[davemerrill.livejournal.com]

ROV was indeed big in Quebec, I've seen the DVD box sets. I think it's screening at the TIFF more as part of a Jacques Demy retrospective, though. Still, somebody there knows what time it is, that's for sure.

[tochiro998.livejournal.com]

Oh, great. Now I'm picturing Oscar with a giant clock around her neck ala Flavor Flave. :)

lady oscar WTF FTW

[(Anonymous)]

I got a VHS PAL copy of this film from a Rose of Versailles fan a long time ago (Back in the day, I created one of the first English language RoV websites there was). It's not very good.

David Simmons