Let's Make Love
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A millionaire is out to destroy a show that makes fun of him, until he meets cast member Monroe. To get closer to her he joins the cast and hires Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly and Milton Berle (as themselves) to teach him the performing arts. |
Director Peter Whitehead turns his camera on Swinging London — the era when Carnaby Street was the centre of the universe and even Time magazine featured it on the front cover. This documentary features some fascinating interviews with 1960s trendsetters like Mick Jagger, Julie Christie, Michael Caine and David Hockney. No real conclusions are drawn, apart from Caine's prediction: “All this dolly-bird stuff won't matter a damn in ten years' time. It's on the way out already.” Only corpses swing, after all.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Complex, moderately sophisticated, occasionally funny musical inspired by On The Avenue (qv); lively characterizations but poor numbers.