"He's picking up girls with my dog," says one of the interviewees in Let's Fall in Love, and while that might sound like a rather odd assertion, it's actually quite normal in context (a single guy uses a lovable pup to start conversations with women). Filmmaker Constance Marks visited the Concord Hotel, located at a lake retreat in New York state, during it's "singles' weekend" and followed a handful of lonely hearts as they tried to find true romance in a convention setting. To happily married viewers, the whole shebang looks like the kind of torture that should spark a human rights investigation. Consider the "entertainment": B.J. Thomas singing "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" live, dance classes where you learn the cha-cha, weightlifting equipment to flex those pecs, and cosmetics seminars where you can have half of your face made up for free (the other half costs 35 bucks). Watching people walking down the hallways of the Concorde is like watching a military platoon drilling: eyes left and eyes right all over the place. And when there's a love connection, the relationship could end in marriage within the day (divorce within the week). Although there's a certain level of shallowness from the interviewees--what kind of solid advice can you expect from people who measure relationships in nanoseconds?--Let's Fall in Love is still fun to watch. And here's a tip for follically challenged males: don't sweep the last three hairs over the crown. Women prefer honest baldness. Recommended for large eclectic collections. (R. Pitman)
Let's Fall In Love
(1993) 30 min. $295. Filmakers Library. PPR. Color cover. Vol. 9, Issue 3
Let's Fall In Love
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