Movies
February, 1975
The decline and fall of a famous French swindler, whose rash wheeling-dealing brought about the collapse of the government back in the Thirties, is the subject of Stavisky--but only at first glance. Be warned, then, if you're not a Frenchman already familiar with backstairs banking and politics in Europe, that this elegant ode to a bygone era will be of little use as a history lesson. Director Alain Resnais (of Last Year at Marienbad) is more a film poet than a historian, also a better spell wea...
