Movies
June, 1963
Jean Genet's play The Balcony isn't "healthy" by cornball standards, but the fact that it was filmed in America is a milestone in the maturing of U. S. movies. This far-out French fantasy (an off-Broadway hit) takes place in a bordello in a nameless revolt-torn country. The bordello specializes in customers who dress in costumes and dream it up with the dolls. Three of the johns like to be a general, a judge and a bishop, respectively, and their play-acting with the poules is a caricat...
