1955 · drama · comedy
I Am a Camera (1955)
Directed by Henry Cornelius1h 38m1955
Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets flamboyant cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles and an unusual friendship is born. As Sally feeds her extravagant tastes, Chris goes along for the ride, until their Jewish pal, Fritz, encounters trouble.
Our read: I Am a Camera (1955) (1955) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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