Lola Montes: just a story about a woman with many lovers? What if Lola was a "stand in" for Ophuls, who worked for the Hollow-wood, film industry/circus when Europe became off limits due to the Nazis. Lola in Europe: vibrant, bursting with energy, amoral. Lola in the USA: wooden, sick, defeated, "performing" before a public of provincial, prudish/salacious hicks. And the clown, perhaps the owner of the studio. How many foreign directors, actors, etc come to Hollow wood and become quite hollow? Just what if-ing....
Review of Lola Montès
