A faded, laundered memory of the notorious Storyville, New Orleans red-light district and of the mysterious photographer, E. J. Bellocq, who diligently captured the working girls of the district on film. The movie seems frozen in the same way that a still photo is frozen, and it "develops" hardly more than a still photo "develops." It never really gets moving, but is instead embalmed in a cozy, tasteful color scheme, dominated by browns, and in rich, fastidious sets and costumes. Which is perhaps just what you ought to expect from a script written by an experienced production designer, namely Polly Platt. With Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, and Brooke Shields; photographed by Sven Nykvist; directed by Louis Malle. (1978) — Duncan Shepherd
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