Dan Sallitt wrote:

>No one batted an eye at that - is MARIE-CHANTAL really good?
>
Seen only on TV, decades ago, I liked it a lot, and still remember its
wildly playful editing. Chabrol treats the story here as near-camp, but
if I remember it right there's a great cut to an overhead shot, as in
from an airplane, during a car ride. The related "Le Tigre se parfume à
la dynamite <http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0061095/>" isn't as good;
Chabrol's attitude toward his material is indicated there by a scene in
which he acts a cameo, hilariously overplaying his role as a fish
surgeon by acting like a movie director.

Marie-Chantal I would watch again on video or DVD, if anyone knows a
source. But I doubt it's one of the greatest ones: "Le Scandale" (aka
"The Champagne Murders"), now that's a great one.

- Fred C.