1971, directed by Elaine May
I was introduced to this movie by my mother. She had a wonderfully sophisticated sense of humor, which I like to think she passed on to me. Starting with this season, I made a pointed effort to always include at least one film by a female director each year. I never mentioned it to anyone explicitly, but I think that the film series was better for it. This video starts with the New Year’s fireworks at Disneyland Paris. This was a stopover on my emigration trip from the US to Portugal. You can’t bring tripods into Disney theme parks, so I had to hold the camera in my outstretched hand for the whole video.