I have problems with this movie

Couldn't the black and white ball be construed as an irony of it all? After such an effective and splendid use of color- I think this is just about the most beautiful film ever in use of color- Jerry Mulligan is caught up in a black and white fantasy typical of the period, and somewhat universal. His dream or vision or fantasy or whatever you'd call the final Gershwin sequence (and I love it!) all ends with the same "boy-gets-girl" of formula. And then notice the descent of the reunited couple on the stairway at the conclusion, in counterpoint to the earlier "I'll build a Stairway to Paradise" number of the frenchman. A touch of irony.

I saw this movie over thirty years ago in a college course and was in awe of it. How wonderful to have my own flawless version now on DVD! The time I spent living in Hollywood and writing, I was somehow Gene Kelly in An American in Paris. But actually, it was sorta like Taxi Driver in Paris I guess. Peace.

God in heaven, God above, be a God of truth and love

- Buck-toothed, charm-resisitant Leslie Caron
- Crappy art world cliches
- supported by Paris cliches
- A storyline that doesn't exactly pull you through the events
- Poor musical numbers
- That french guy singing
All that and the usual miserable Oscar Levant role.

My dad loved this movie. So I keep giving it another try.. but I still think it's below mediocre.

Lipless Gene Kelly dancing with the kids is fities boilerplate - and a lazy way to win female viewers over. The "kids number" also appears in the contemporary movies, An Affair to Remember and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

I like Gershwin, and I find Kelly passable in about half his movies. But his dance vcabulary is redundant. He does moves here that he did in the superior Singin in the Rain.

"It's strange,Kelly passes up beautiful rich heiress for perfume girl,Leslie passes up successful french singing star for unsuccessful painter. I guess they were supposed to live on love."

I guess if I was silly I could say "love conquers all", couldn't I?

"I felt sorry for Nina Foch,her character simply disappears out of story with no thought of her future. Couldn't she and the french singer have been teamed up? I loved the black and white ball,also the bit that slipped past the censors of two men dancing together and running off holding hands."

That's great, I'll have to look for it next time. If she and Henri or whatever his name is ended up together wouldn't that be pretty contrived? I think it's better this way. Milo (the Foch character) isn't totally worthless, she's not depicted in a totally inhuman way, and that's why you feel sad for her. I think that's the tragic part of it. And maybe Henri really does love Lise too. But life has tragedies sometimes to go along with its harmony and romance.

Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo'