The Cinematheque’s December Film Club screens Meet Me in St. Louis
Vincente Minnelli’s holiday classic marks the birth of the modern film musical
Meet Me in St. Louis has been described as “one of the greatest musicals ever made” by Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The delightful 1944 film by Vincente Minnelli also marks the birth of the modern film musical.
The Cinematheque is proud to screen Meet Me in St. Louis on Sunday, December 18 at 11 am for the December Film Club.
Film Club is a matinée series for kids and their families. It comes with free popcorn, while junior cinephiles (ages 13 and under) get a Film Club badge and a discounted ticket price ($6), too!
Few films are as inexhaustibly entertaining as Meet Me in St. Louis. The Cinematheque is sharing the holiday classic, which gave us “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, among other treasures, to celebrate another year of Film Club.
Set in the multi-generational home of Esther Smith (Judy Garland, whose centenary is this year) and her three sisters, brother, parents, and grandfather, Minnelli’s film is a tender, Technicolor portrait. Here, the human creative rituals of singing, dancing, and marking the seasons flow into one another seamlessly. From romantic summer to ironic autumn and tragic winter, ending in comedic spring, everyone—including grandfather, whose dance with Esther around a Christmas tree is the pinnacle of Hollywood magic—has their part to play.
“It is hardly exaggerated to compare what Minnelli did for the musical with Mozart’s transformation of the comic opera,” said Thomas Elsaesser, Brighton Film Review.
Sabzian writer James Naremore called it “A tour de force of design, colour, and graceful camera movement.”
For tickets and more information, see The Cinematheque.
Post sponsored by The Cinematheque.