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George Matthews is a young man who is having a bittersweet affair with a French divorcée in Los Angeles. Waiting to be drafted, he is unable to commit himself to anything or anybody, including his girlfriend Gloria. While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop" (an establishment which rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers). George spends his last twelve dollars to pho... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Model Shop:

Gary Lockwood
Anouk Aimée
Alexandra Hay
Carol Cole
Tom Holland
Severn Darden

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George Matthews is a young man who is having a bittersweet affair with a French divorcée in Los Angeles. Waiting to be drafted, he is unable to commit himself to anything or anybody, including his girlfriend Gloria. While trying to raise money to prevent his car from being repossessed, George is attracted to Lola, a Frenchwoman who works in a "model shop" (an establishment which rents out beautiful pin-up models to photographers). George spends his last twelve dollars to photograph her, and discovers that she is as unhappy as he. Although Lola is unwilling to respond to George, their brief night of lovemaking gives both the will to deal with their respective problems.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzA brilliant bitter-sweet understated look at life in America during the Viet Nam War.
Creative Loafing - 8/10 by Matt BrunsonFor those who can land on its wavelength, it's an attractive and offbeat picture, almost as interested in its Los Angeles setting as in its central characters.
User Review - 8/10 by Jonathan UIt's an interesting film and to a certain extent "Model Shop" is to Jacques Demy's career as "Zabriskie Point" was to Antonioni's -- i.e. a commercially unsuccessful attempt to transfer his themes to an American setting. It's fair to say Demy's aims are less grandiose than Antonioni's, but Demy's film essays the same banality of landscape and affectlessness, as Gary Lockwood drifts listessly about, only realising what he wants too late. It manages to cram in references to many of Demy's previous films and characters, with an ending even more bittersweet than "Umbrellas of Cherbourg".
User Review - 6/10 by Antonius BThe first English-language Godard film I've seen and it's a spiritual sequel to Lola... Lola returns as an older lady, still played by Anouk Aimée, now living in America! Not as good as Lola though. The film is actually pretty basic. The lead guy is kind of a creep, he pursues the model pretty hard and they kinda end up in a friendship / brief affair and an sudden, dissatisfying ending. I guess that's life, though...
User Review - 6/10 by Andy VReally not a bad movie. Captures the cultural quandary of the late 60's: should I pursue my dream right or must I "pay my dues" and "sell out"? The protagonists refuses the latter and loses everything while his friends seem to have arrived at a comfortable compromise. An iterating example of French New Wave sensibility set in L.A. in '68. Featured in Season 7, Episode 3 of Mad Men when Don Draper, currently out of work, watches the film mid-day in a nearly deserted movie house in Manhattan, obviously wondering if he's watching his fate unfold on the screen.ovie
User Review - 6/10 by Eric BSee Flixster's plot synopsis? It pretty much covers the whole film. That one sentence is practically a "spoiler." "Model Shop" (no "The" in front) is one of those self-consciously flat, empty films where nothing much happens and the dominant characters all seem blank, vacant and aimless. For reference points, think Antonioni, "Five Easy Pieces" (a far superior film) and, more recently, perhaps "Lost in Translation." Lead actor Gary Lockwood (who also appeared in "2001: A Space Odyssey" the same year) gives a fairly dull performance, even if he's *supposed* to be dull, and one learns frustratingly little about his inner life or why he sabotages himself with poor decisions. The film has none of the sparkling, cinematic magic found in more fanciful Demy works like "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "Donkey Skin" and, really, the best reason to sit through the (lack of) action is probably the realistic look at everyday, late-'60s Los Angeles as Lockwood's character drives around the sunny haze of the city. Respected L.A. rock band Spirit recorded some nice bits of jazzy score for the film, and briefly appear in one scene as themselves. One member (keyboardist John Locke?) even tries some acting in a short scene with Lockwood. Thankfully, the script never sinks into the dated "Far out, man...I need bread to buy some grass"-type dialogue which one might expect from a "Hollywood youth in the '60s" flick. This is *not* a story about hippies -- the protagonist is educated and relatively clean-cut, and aims to be an architect someday. Favorite comic detail: The unmentioned agony of the main couple living directly next to a noisy oil rig.
User Review - 6/10 by Christopher S"The Model Shop" starts with George(Gary Lockwood) and Gloria(Alexandra Hay) being rudely awakened by a knock on the door from a repo man wanting to repossess his car. George stalls long enough to get an extension through the end of business but his girlfriend has seen enough, wanting a commitment and him to get a job. An architect by trade, he quit his lob in search of something meaningful to do with his life which is not that easy. On the other hand, finding the $100 necessary to keep his car is not that difficult, giving him enough time to follow an older woman(Anouk Aimee). While "The Model Shop" may have the flattest line readings on record, it still stands on its own as a curio from a different time. Viewing Los Angeles from an outsider's perspective, writer-director Jacques Demy sees an automobile culture, each car being a status item with George not being able to afford his. That does not really matter much with the draft hanging over him, not allowing him much thought for the future. Come to think of it, we're not really interested in his future; it is Lola's, continuing her story from a previous film of Demy's.
User Review - 6/10 by Pascal VDemy the american way, interrestng and a little bit boring.
User Review - 4/10 by Bill BLargely boring film about Gary Lockwood's slacker type character following a woman around LA and avoiding getting his car repossessed, then we eventually find out that his ennui is likely because he's been drafted, not because he's a self-involved asshole who'd rather chase new tail than spend time with his current girlfriend. It's interesting on some levels for the vintage LA footage, but little else.

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