Lovers and Lollipops.

I bet you haven't discovered it yet, but I am a sucker for old movies. One in particular that my mom and I discovered last spring is the film Lovers and Lollipops. Now, the film may seem like any old 50s flick, but not so. The director Morris Engel was actually the first to make a full length film with a home-made handheld camera. He did not like the constricting feel of oversized movie cameras, so he tinkered with one of his regular film cameras to have video taking capabilities. Talk about a smart man. So, the final result was this film as well as his other documentary-like movies Little Fugitive and Weddings and Babies. Here is the original New York Times review for the film and be sure to watch it next time it is on Turner Classics.

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