The Bear & The Doll
Picture: D
Sound: C- Extras: D Film: C+
In yet another of her popular fluff films, Brigitte Bardot
is Felicia, who loves to have everything money can buy and has been getting
just about everything. Suddenly, she
keeps having auto accidents in her Citroen 2CV and meets a man (Jean-Pierre
Cassel) who might offer her something more important than material items in The
Bear & The Doll (1969), showing extra flair better late than never.
It is fluff in a different way and does not have bad
patches like her films from this cycle, but is fluff nevertheless. I like the look of the film, for what I can
see of it in this extremely muddy, worn-down, monochrome analog transfer a few
generations down. The Dolby Digital 2.0
Mono is only here in an English dub, which is silly and dated in tone and
sonics. Who knows how good this looked
when issued, but has some fun moments and great 1960s Mod clothes and
designs. There are no extras, but until
a better copy comes along, this is the only copy on DVD to date of a film worth
a look.
- Nicholas Sheffo
