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      <title>Film:Boudu Saved from Drowning</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Boudu Saved from Drowning<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1932<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Jean Renoir<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Boudu (played by <a href="/players/P___111571/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michel Simon</a>, who also produced the film) is a shaggy, foul-smelling tramp who is rescued from drowning by bourgeois Frenchman Charles Granval. Deciding to "reform" Boudu, Granval invites the hobo into his home. Boudu returns the favor by turning the household upside down and by conducting an affair with Granval's wife Marcella Hainia. All ends happily--for Boudu at least--when the tramp wins the national lottery and marries maid Severine Lerczynska, who is so delighted that she ends her own affair with the hypocritical Granval. Boudu decides to forego his new-found wealth for his previous carefree existence, leaving the greedy Lerczynska in the lurch. Filmed in 1932, Boudu Saved From Drowning was not released in the US until 1967, at which time it was universally praised by the wine-and-cheese critics. A less subtle but not less hilarious American remake, 1986's Down and Out in Beverly Hills, starred <a href="/players/P____52916/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Nick Nolte</a>, <a href="/players/P____88268/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Richard Dreyfuss</a> and <a href="/players/P___102748/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bette Midler</a> (this film spawned a brief, heavily laundered 1987 TV sitcom). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 1<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 8<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 2<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:57:36 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Boudu Saved from Drowning</spout:Title><spout:Year>1932</spout:Year><spout:Director>Jean Renoir</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Boudu (played by &lt;a href="/players/P___111571/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Michel Simon&lt;/a&gt;, who also produced the film) is a shaggy, foul-smelling tramp who is rescued from drowning by bourgeois Frenchman Charles Granval. Deciding to "reform" Boudu, Granval invites the hobo into his home. Boudu returns the favor by turning the household upside down and by conducting an affair with Granval's wife Marcella Hainia. All ends happily--for Boudu at least--when the tramp wins the national lottery and marries maid Severine Lerczynska, who is so delighted that she ends her own affair with the hypocritical Granval. Boudu decides to forego his new-found wealth for his previous carefree existence, leaving the greedy Lerczynska in the lurch. Filmed in 1932, Boudu Saved From Drowning was not released in the US until 1967, at which time it was universally praised by the wine-and-cheese critics. A less subtle but not less hilarious American remake, 1986's Down and Out in Beverly Hills, starred &lt;a href="/players/P____52916/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Nick Nolte&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="/players/P____88268/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Richard Dreyfuss&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="/players/P___102748/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Bette Midler&lt;/a&gt; (this film spawned a brief, heavily laundered 1987 TV sitcom). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>1</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Slightly Tagged (1-5)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>8</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>2</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t62892wp1ko.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Boudu_Saved_from_Drowning/4203/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: 10 Tips for the Unemployed from 1930s Movies</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/19/2008 1:01:04 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Unemployment is about to get even worse now that Citigroup has announced it will cut 52,000 jobs early next year. And falsely reported news of a killing in Santa Clara, California (the shooter was fired, not laid off) only adds to the bleak atmosphere surrounding the already upsetting job market. But while desperate times may lead to desperate measures, it’s vital for us to remember what we learned from the films of the 1930s, when the Great Depression caused a nearly 25% rate of unemployment (we’re currently at 6.5%).
Hopeful stories of upward mobility and implausible solutions were popular at the time, though many of them had downsides or inspired the desire for unlikely prospects. Still, there was some guidance to be found buried within the fantasies of Hollywood, and SpoutBlog has compiled this handy list to help you make the right choices during your current or imminent joblessness.


Film: Little Caesar (1931)

Tip: Dancing is ultimately more lucrative than crime.
We learned over and over from films in the 1930s that crime doesn’t pay, and with Little Caesar we learned the additional tip that if you’re going to be a cocky, power-hungry little jerk with leadership goals, you better have the balls to back up your bite. However, the best advice acquired from Francis Edward Faragoh and Robert N. Lee’s Oscar-nominated screenplay is that life as a dancer is a much better career path than that of a gangster. Sure, there may be a few dangers if your gig is at a mob-run club or if your former best friend is your boss’ rival, a la the conflict between Joe (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Rico (Edward G. Robinson) in Mervyn LeRoy’s film. But unlike your old buddy, who will literally die in a gutter, you might find wealth, stardom and love. Worst-case scenario, you don’t become rich and famous but you get a job teaching little kids at a dance studio in suburbia. Whereas there’s no such thing as a crime studio.

Film: Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Tip: Falling for your mark, and/or your boss, is fine as long as you get a bonus out of it and then return to your true love
It’s clear from the start that fellow pickpockets Gaston (Herbert Marshall) and Lily (Miriam Hopkins) are made for each other. Yet when the duo acquire jobs working for the wealthy perfumer Madame Colet (Kay Francis) in a scheme to con her out of her money, Gaston goes and complicates things by developing feelings for his new employer/mark. Fortunately, after dipping his hands into both her purses (oh the innuendo!), he comes away with the jackpot and is able to fall back into place with his equal. Getting a job where you’re partially a gigolo can be rewarding in terms of special perks, both sexual and financial, but ultimately a relationship between employee and employer is difficult, especially if there’s a real class clash involved. So get in quick, get out on top and find a nice girl with whom you’ve got more in common.

Film: King Kong (1933)

Tip: If you’re cast in a film, make sure it’s a local production.
Tons of unemployed people turn to showbiz as a solution to their situation, and a quick glance on Craigslist reveals plenty of calls for film and TV extras. But be wary, because if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And be suspicious of “directors” who approach you on the street offering you the role of a lifetime. It’s possible the guy’s a real Hollywood player like Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), but it’s also possible that the gig will bring you to a remote island where you’ll attract the largest stalker ever imagined. In the end, you might actually become a big star, just like Ann Darrow (Fay Wray), but by then many will have paid for your social status with their lives, and you’ll have to live with the guilt. So when answering ads looking for actors, don’t get on any boats headed to far off places. Stick to locally shot films, on which you’re likely to experience fewer dangers and meet fewer giant apes.

Film: Lady for a Day (1933)

Tip: Don’t lie to your family about being underemployed, because you’ll just wind up more depressed.
Apple Annie (May Robson) ends up getting away with her masquerade, in which she convinces her daughter that she’s a well-to-do socialite rather than a poor fruit peddler, but at what cost? Now she’s lied to her child and, worse, given herself a taste of the good life, a high from which she must come down. And with that perspective in mind she’s surely going to hate her true social place even more. So if you’re underemployed, don’t lie about it, not even to your parents. Best circumstance, they help you out a little with your finances. Worst circumstance, you feel even more depressed about your situation and you take your own life — whether literally or, like Annie, figuratively. Plus, if your parents do end up finding out the truth, they’ll be more disappointed with you than they would have been if told the truth all along.

Film: Triumph of the Will (1935)

Tip: Don’t work for a mad, genocidal dictator unless you want the association to follow you to your grave.
Leni Riefenstahl may have denied having full allegiance to Hitler and the Nazis, but she’ll forever be known as the director who helped propagandize the party right up until the beginning of World War II. And to many that makes her one of the bad guys. Whether she’s truly guilty by association, her kind of situation is constantly a topic of ethical debate. Maybe working for later-exposed criminals will keep you from getting elected one day. Maybe working for evil emperors will get you blown up while doing contract work on a giant space station. Either way, it’s best to do as much of a background check on your potential bosses as they’re doing on you.

Film: Modern Times (1936)

Tip: Don’t be a slave to the machines, or one day they’ll enslave you.
That sounds like advice to be gotten from The Matrix, but that film’s dystopia is precisely the kind of future Chaplin was warning about. So much of the imagery in this film consists of workers depending on machines, either to help do the job or feed them, and workers being trapped in machines, figuratively enslaved by them. If you end up getting a job on the internet, and that’s more and more likely to be your best shot at employment these days, you’ll understand Chaplin’s fears better than he could ever have imagined.

Film: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Tip: Breaking into a rich man’s home will likely get you a job.
It’s thanks to a desperate little farmer that the newly rich Deeds (Gary Cooper) decides to divvy up his millions and donate plots of land to the poor. And the gun-wielding intruder doesn’t get thrown in jail; he becomes one of the many who are eligible for some of that free acreage. Hollywood pipe dream, sure, but the concept also seemed to work outside of American cinema. In Renoir’s The Rules of the Game, a man (Julien Carette) is caught trespassing on a wealthy estate and he’s offered a job. However, it may not be necessary to actually commit the crime of breaking and entering to get the attention of potential beneficiaries and employers. In Renoir’s Boudu Saved From Drowning the titular bum is merely witnessed attempting suicide in the Seine (though in Paul Mazursky’s ‘80s remake, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, the bum is also an intruder). And in My Man Godfrey the titular bum is plucked out of the trash and eventually brought home and employed as a butler. Which brings up the next tip.

Film: My Man Godfrey (1936)

Tip: If forced to become a servant, don’t steal the boss’ daughter’s necklace, pawn it and then gamble with the money made in order to further improve your situation, because only William Powell is good enough to get away with it.
You are not as smooth as William Powell; it’s just not possible. So, while he (and his character, Godfrey) is able to come out of this film on top, in the same situation you would more than likely end up back on the garbage heap (without a nightclub built on the spot, that is). Firstly, he’s able to charm the socialite Irene (Carole Lombard) enough to escape homelessness, acquire a position as her family’s butler and eventually win her heart. Secondly, when Irene’s bitter sister, Cornelia (Gail Patrick), attempts to frame him as a necklace nabber, he beats her at her game and follows through to win out even more. What he does with the jewelry, though, would still get most people arrested, even if the ends do justify the means. Never do as Powell does, because nobody can pull off anything as well as he can.

Film: You Can’t Take it With You (1938)

Tip: Taking up seemingly utopian residence in a commune full of oddballs will likely get you thrown in jail.
Grandpa Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore) wasn’t claiming to be prophet nor did he (as far as we know) have a harem of young wives stored away somewhere in his house, but these days a freewheeling place like his might attract the attention of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or some other government agency assigned to shutting down cults and terrorist organizations. Even then his home was suspected of being a den for treasonous plots, leading to an FBI raid and mass arrest. So, while it may seem like a dream come true to be wooed in by a jolly old man promising free living and the chance to be a toymaker, there’s actually no such thing as Santa Claus, and that man is probably doing something illegal to accommodate such a lifestyle.

Film: The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

Tip: Don’t settle for wages lower than is standard for the work.
If you’re really hungry and desperate for work, you might think about taking only 25 cents an hour for a job you used to do for 30 cents. This happens often with competitive fields, whether it is migrant farming or blogging, but it only lowers your worth and it encourages your employers to keep decreasing the wages as long as someone is willing to settle. Eventually, either your fellow workers or the previous, underbid employees are going to be provoked by the situation and then there’s the chance of violence and further oppression. Plus, then you might be out of the job anyway. Potentially on the run, like Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), too. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:01:04 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/19/2008 1:01:04 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Unemployment is about to get even worse now that Citigroup has announced it will cut 52,000 jobs early next year. And falsely reported news of a killing in Santa Clara, California (the shooter was fired, not laid off) only adds to the bleak atmosphere surrounding the already upsetting job market. But while desperate times may lead to desperate measures, it’s vital for us to remember what we learned from the films of the 1930s, when the Great Depression caused a nearly 25% rate of unemployment (we’re currently at 6.5%).
Hopeful stories of upward mobility and implausible solutions were popular at the time, though many of them had downsides or inspired the desire for unlikely prospects. Still, there was some guidance to be found buried within the fantasies of Hollywood, and SpoutBlog has compiled this handy list to help you make the right choices during your current or imminent joblessness.


Film: Little Caesar (1931)

Tip: Dancing is ultimately more lucrative than crime.
We learned over and over from films in the 1930s that crime doesn’t pay, and with Little Caesar we learned the additional tip that if you’re going to be a cocky, power-hungry little jerk with leadership goals, you better have the balls to back up your bite. However, the best advice acquired from Francis Edward Faragoh and Robert N. Lee’s Oscar-nominated screenplay is that life as a dancer is a much better career path than that of a gangster. Sure, there may be a few dangers if your gig is at a mob-run club or if your former best friend is your boss’ rival, a la the conflict between Joe (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Rico (Edward G. Robinson) in Mervyn LeRoy’s film. But unlike your old buddy, who will literally die in a gutter, you might find wealth, stardom and love. Worst-case scenario, you don’t become rich and famous but you get a job teaching little kids at a dance studio in suburbia. Whereas there’s no such thing as a crime studio.

Film: Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Tip: Falling for your mark, and/or your boss, is fine as long as you get a bonus out of it and then return to your true love
It’s clear from the start that fellow pickpockets Gaston (Herbert Marshall) and Lily (Miriam Hopkins) are made for each other. Yet when the duo acquire jobs working for the wealthy perfumer Madame Colet (Kay Francis) in a scheme to con her out of her money, Gaston goes and complicates things by developing feelings for his new employer/mark. Fortunately, after dipping his hands into both her purses (oh the innuendo!), he comes away with the jackpot and is able to fall back into place with his equal. Getting a job where you’re partially a gigolo can be rewarding in terms of special perks, both sexual and financial, but ultimately a relationship between employee and employer is difficult, especially if there’s a real class clash involved. So get in quick, get out on top and find a nice girl with whom you’ve got more in common.

Film: King Kong (1933)

Tip: If you’re cast in a film, make sure it’s a local production.
Tons of unemployed people turn to showbiz as a solution to their situation, and a quick glance on Craigslist reveals plenty of calls for film and TV extras. But be wary, because if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. And be suspicious of “directors” who approach you on the street offering you the role of a lifetime. It’s possible the guy’s a real Hollywood player like Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), but it’s also possible that the gig will bring you to a remote island where you’ll attract the largest stalker ever imagined. In the end, you might actually become a big star, just like Ann Darrow (Fay Wray), but by then many will have paid for your social status with their lives, and you’ll have to live with the guilt. So when answering ads looking for actors, don’t get on any boats headed to far off places. Stick to locally shot films, on which you’re likely to experience fewer dangers and meet fewer giant apes.

Film: Lady for a Day (1933)

Tip: Don’t lie to your family about being underemployed, because you’ll just wind up more depressed.
Apple Annie (May Robson) ends up getting away with her masquerade, in which she convinces her daughter that she’s a well-to-do socialite rather than a poor fruit peddler, but at what cost? Now she’s lied to her child and, worse, given herself a taste of the good life, a high from which she must come down. And with that perspective in mind she’s surely going to hate her true social place even more. So if you’re underemployed, don’t lie about it, not even to your parents. Best circumstance, they help you out a little with your finances. Worst circumstance, you feel even more depressed about your situation and you take your own life — whether literally or, like Annie, figuratively. Plus, if your parents do end up finding out the truth, they’ll be more disappointed with you than they would have been if told the truth all along.

Film: Triumph of the Will (1935)

Tip: Don’t work for a mad, genocidal dictator unless you want the association to follow you to your grave.
Leni Riefenstahl may have denied having full allegiance to Hitler and the Nazis, but she’ll forever be known as the director who helped propagandize the party right up until the beginning of World War II. And to many that makes her one of the bad guys. Whether she’s truly guilty by association, her kind of situation is constantly a topic of ethical debate. Maybe working for later-exposed criminals will keep you from getting elected one day. Maybe working for evil emperors will get you blown up while doing contract work on a giant space station. Either way, it’s best to do as much of a background check on your potential bosses as they’re doing on you.

Film: Modern Times (1936)

Tip: Don’t be a slave to the machines, or one day they’ll enslave you.
That sounds like advice to be gotten from The Matrix, but that film’s dystopia is precisely the kind of future Chaplin was warning about. So much of the imagery in this film consists of workers depending on machines, either to help do the job or feed them, and workers being trapped in machines, figuratively enslaved by them. If you end up getting a job on the internet, and that’s more and more likely to be your best shot at employment these days, you’ll understand Chaplin’s fears better than he could ever have imagined.

Film: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Tip: Breaking into a rich man’s home will likely get you a job.
It’s thanks to a desperate little farmer that the newly rich Deeds (Gary Cooper) decides to divvy up his millions and donate plots of land to the poor. And the gun-wielding intruder doesn’t get thrown in jail; he becomes one of the many who are eligible for some of that free acreage. Hollywood pipe dream, sure, but the concept also seemed to work outside of American cinema. In Renoir’s The Rules of the Game, a man (Julien Carette) is caught trespassing on a wealthy estate and he’s offered a job. However, it may not be necessary to actually commit the crime of breaking and entering to get the attention of potential beneficiaries and employers. In Renoir’s Boudu Saved From Drowning the titular bum is merely witnessed attempting suicide in the Seine (though in Paul Mazursky’s ‘80s remake, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, the bum is also an intruder). And in My Man Godfrey the titular bum is plucked out of the trash and eventually brought home and employed as a butler. Which brings up the next tip.

Film: My Man Godfrey (1936)

Tip: If forced to become a servant, don’t steal the boss’ daughter’s necklace, pawn it and then gamble with the money made in order to further improve your situation, because only William Powell is good enough to get away with it.
You are not as smooth as William Powell; it’s just not possible. So, while he (and his character, Godfrey) is able to come out of this film on top, in the same situation you would more than likely end up back on the garbage heap (without a nightclub built on the spot, that is). Firstly, he’s able to charm the socialite Irene (Carole Lombard) enough to escape homelessness, acquire a position as her family’s butler and eventually win her heart. Secondly, when Irene’s bitter sister, Cornelia (Gail Patrick), attempts to frame him as a necklace nabber, he beats her at her game and follows through to win out even more. What he does with the jewelry, though, would still get most people arrested, even if the ends do justify the means. Never do as Powell does, because nobody can pull off anything as well as he can.

Film: You Can’t Take it With You (1938)

Tip: Taking up seemingly utopian residence in a commune full of oddballs will likely get you thrown in jail.
Grandpa Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore) wasn’t claiming to be prophet nor did he (as far as we know) have a harem of young wives stored away somewhere in his house, but these days a freewheeling place like his might attract the attention of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or some other government agency assigned to shutting down cults and terrorist organizations. Even then his home was suspected of being a den for treasonous plots, leading to an FBI raid and mass arrest. So, while it may seem like a dream come true to be wooed in by a jolly old man promising free living and the chance to be a toymaker, there’s actually no such thing as Santa Claus, and that man is probably doing something illegal to accommodate such a lifestyle.

Film: The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

Tip: Don’t settle for wages lower than is standard for the work.
If you’re really hungry and desperate for work, you might think about taking only 25 cents an hour for a job you used to do for 30 cents. This happens often with competitive fields, whether it is migrant farming or blogging, but it only lowers your worth and it encourages your employers to keep decreasing the wages as long as someone is willing to settle. Eventually, either your fellow workers or the previous, underbid employees are going to be provoked by the situation and then there’s the chance of violence and further oppression. Plus, then you might be out of the job anyway. Potentially on the run, like Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), too. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932, France, Jean Renior) ***</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/131080/default.aspx'>CinemaRian</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 5/14/2008 12:07:48 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> One thing that is really annoying to filmgoer is when a movie that is really great takes a wrong turn and ends up with a lame third act.  Boudu Saved From Drowning is such a film. It's a comedy from Jean Renior, not ordinarilly though of as a comedy director, though it is indeed funny.  The story revolves around homeless bum Boudu (Michel Simon) who tries to commit suicide after he loses his dog.  He is saved by the middle-class Mr. Lastingois (Charles Granval), a kind bookseller who is having an affair with his maid (Severine Lerczynska).  The Lastingois' let Boudu stay with them out of generoisty, which they will soon regret when he acts rudely and breaks stuff around the house.  The film is very funny and rather wise for a while but the movie falls apart in act three.  There are two main problems.  First, without giving anything away, Mrs. Lastingois (Marcella Hainia) does something that there is no setup for, has no motivation and is completley out of her characer.  At the very end of the film, Boudu also does something that there is no setup for, in fact, given what we know of him, it seems that he would do the opposite. The other problem is that the movie wants us to really like Boudu.  Although Boudu has some redeeming qualities, I didn't find him to be much of a great hero or man of the people.  The character is sometimes referred as a French version of Chaplin's Little Tramp, aside from the fact that they are both homeless, there is no comparison.  Instead of Chaplin's universal character, Boudu is very much a rude and creepy old man.  He's not a terrible person, but he's not the great one the movie thinks he is. To me, the real heros of the movie are Mr. Lastingois and the maid.  They are the only characters in the movie who seem to care about anyone other than themselves.  Renoir seems to make an interesting point at the beginning, going against the cliche and having the bum be rude and the middle-class be the nice guy, but he goes for a rather cliched and untrue ending which is muddled in its meaning.  Regardless, I found both these characters to be a joy to watch, as they are filled with life. If Renoir had stuck it out until the end, this might have been a great movie, instead, it's just two-thirds of a great movie.  Is that enough to warrant a veiwing?  You decide. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:07:48 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>CinemaRian</spout:postby><spout:postto>CinemaRian Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>5/14/2008 12:07:48 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>One thing that is really annoying to filmgoer is when a movie that is really great takes a wrong turn and ends up with a lame third act.  Boudu Saved From Drowning is such a film. It's a comedy from Jean Renior, not ordinarilly though of as a comedy director, though it is indeed funny.  The story revolves around homeless bum Boudu (Michel Simon) who tries to commit suicide after he loses his dog.  He is saved by the middle-class Mr. Lastingois (Charles Granval), a kind bookseller who is having an affair with his maid (Severine Lerczynska).  The Lastingois' let Boudu stay with them out of generoisty, which they will soon regret when he acts rudely and breaks stuff around the house.  The film is very funny and rather wise for a while but the movie falls apart in act three.  There are two main problems.  First, without giving anything away, Mrs. Lastingois (Marcella Hainia) does something that there is no setup for, has no motivation and is completley out of her characer.  At the very end of the film, Boudu also does something that there is no setup for, in fact, given what we know of him, it seems that he would do the opposite. The other problem is that the movie wants us to really like Boudu.  Although Boudu has some redeeming qualities, I didn't find him to be much of a great hero or man of the people.  The character is sometimes referred as a French version of Chaplin's Little Tramp, aside from the fact that they are both homeless, there is no comparison.  Instead of Chaplin's universal character, Boudu is very much a rude and creepy old man.  He's not a terrible person, but he's not the great one the movie thinks he is. To me, the real heros of the movie are Mr. Lastingois and the maid.  They are the only characters in the movie who seem to care about anyone other than themselves.  Renoir seems to make an interesting point at the beginning, going against the cliche and having the bum be rude and the middle-class be the nice guy, but he goes for a rather cliched and untrue ending which is muddled in its meaning.  Regardless, I found both these characters to be a joy to watch, as they are filled with life. If Renoir had stuck it out until the end, this might have been a great movie, instead, it's just two-thirds of a great movie.  Is that enough to warrant a veiwing?  You decide. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)</spout:body></item>
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