Donkey Skin (1970)
Directed by Jacques Demy
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.
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Working with cinematographer David M. Mullen to resurrect the diffuse and gauzy look of vaguely sinister fare like Jacques Demy’s “Donkey Skin,” Biller melds old techniques with a modern perspective, conjuring a world that feels lost in time and completely true to itself.
After stumbling a bit with his fifth film, Model Shop, Demy regained his footing with 1970’s Donkey Skin, a cool, shimmering version of a classic French fairy tale by Cinderella author Charles Perrault.
It was directed by the French New Wave legend Jacques Demy in 1970 and is based on a 17th-century tale by Charles Perrault ; it's one of his original Mother Goose stories, which also include " Cinderella " and "Sleeping Beauty."
This unique approach almost feels inspired by Jacques Demy’s Donkey Skin (1970), another film with extravagant, colorful costumes and production design that feels like a period piece but with brief flashes of modernity.