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Under the Roofs of Paris

film by Clair [1930]

Also known as: “Sous les toits de Paris”

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In René Clair: Transition to sound films
His Sous les toits de Paris, Le Million, and À nous la liberté! constituted homage to the art of silent film and a manifesto for a new cinema. Clair rigorously constructed comical situations using either images or sounds independently, and his skillful use of music to…
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French film history

In History of film: France
His Sous les toits de Paris (Under the Roofs of Paris, 1930), frequently hailed as the first artistic triumph of the sound film, was a lively musical comedy that mixed asynchronous sound with a bare minimum of dialogue. Clair used the same technique in Le Million…
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