Lady Blue Shanghai (2010)

A nameless woman (Marion Cotillard) enters her Shanghai hotel room to find a vintage record playing and a blue Dior purse that seems to come from nowhere. The security guards that search ... See full summary »

Director:

David Lynch

Writer:

David Lynch (story)

Stars:

Marion Cotillard, Gong Tao, Emily Stofle

Cast

Cast overview:
Marion Cotillard
Gong Tao
Emily Stofle
Cheng Hong
Lu Yong
Nie Fei

Storyline

A nameless woman (Marion Cotillard) enters her Shanghai hotel room to find a vintage record playing and a blue Dior purse that seems to come from nowhere. The security guards that search her room find nothing and ask if the bag belongs to an acquaintance. The question reveals to the woman a vision of her traveling to the Pearl Tower and old Shanghai in search of a lost lover who cant stay with her...

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | slow motion scene | product placement | macguffin | color in title | 

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Genres:

Short | Drama | Mystery | Romance

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Details

Country:

France USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 May 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dior - Lady Blue

Filming Locations:

Shanghai, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Christian Dior Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

16 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Part of Dior's cinematographic fashion campaign for the Lady Dior Handbag.

User Reviews

Lynch's best short to date

David Lynch's new short is only 16 minutes but it's really good. It is everything you would expect from him, it is dreamy, surreal, and visually hypnotic. I have yet to see Inland Empire but I was not that impressed with his output over the last decade. Mulholland Drive was pretty good, but I didn't like the online releases very much. I think Lady Blue Shanghai shows promise for the rest of Lynch's career. Hopefully he will release some more shorts like this and maybe even a movie or two. I hope he does soon, I really enjoy his works. He has so much potential as a director, it's disappointing that he has been in a moderately dormant stage for the past few years. I think that Lady Blue Shanghai is Lynch's best short ever, and he has some very good shorts, such as The Alphabet, Lumiere, and Absurda. All of those were good, but this is even better. It's probably the most dream-like piece I've ever seen him do, and that's really saying something. If you are a David Lynch fan I would recommend you watch this right now. If you like his style then you will probably enjoy this a lot. If you're fairly new to David Lynch but are interested, I still suggest you watch it. It's really good and I hope to see more like it.