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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky


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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

A while ago we watched Coco Before Chanel (available fairly cheaply on iTunes), the story of that famous lady up to the point where she started the fashion house. Her origins were modest, with some seaminess of another sort while she and her sister made up a singing and dancing duo in vaudeville theatre.

The second episode, in effect, is this one about her and Stravinsky. By this time she is running her business and is doing very well, with a lovely country house and servants.

The film opens with the lead-up to an embarrassing premiere of Stravinsky’s (Le Sacre Du Printemps) The Rite of Spring, which has been the subject of many discussions ever since, and some witty plays on the name. It has been called Le Scare Du Printemps or The Fright of Spring.

But suffice to say for now that it caused a riot at the premiere, and didn’t help Stravinsky’s reputation for some time after. He was down on his luck with a family to feed when Coco offered the whole family a place to live – in her nice country house, practically a Chateau. You might guess that romance is in the air, and indeed it arrives at around the 55 minute mark. But you shouldn’t fast forward to the naughty bits, the whole slow-burn story is quite fascinating. And everything is so well done, it must have cost heaps to film.

SBS has this movie up for free on their website SBS On Demand. It’s a French production with subtitles. The productions values are absolutely top class, as is the casting and acting.

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