Toronto. Chronicle of a Summer.

"As someone with a special interest in documentaries, I found it thrilling to finally be able to see Jean Rouch's highly influential 1961 account of Parisian life where the question 'Are you happy?' is posed to random passers-by," writes Doug Cummings. "Despite the years, [Chronicle of a Summer] has aged very well, and the playful, inquisitive energy behind its observations and observations of its observations is positively infectious."

"It's more of a film to admire than to really love - but the film does manage to transcend its dusty historical importance through the reverberations, for better or worse, that we are still being felt today," writes Jesse Ataide at DVD Verdict.

Posted by dwhudson at September 23, 2007 3:06 PM