Flipboard Culture Desk<p>"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," French filmmaker Jacques Demy's classic musical drama, is 60 years old this month. Demy once said of it: "I wanted to make people cry — to think of their first love." Meg Walters says it's the movie's interior spaces that she loves: The wallpapers, frilly umbrellas, dinky antique wooden furniture and color clashes. She writes for Dwell about the film's set design, which influenced recent blockbusters like "La La Land" and "Barbie."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/.CsacR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/.CsacR</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinema</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SetDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SetDesign</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a></p><p>For more stories like this, follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@theculturedesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>theculturedesk</span></a></span>'s Culturist Magazine, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@theculturedesk/the-culturist-vdgnbjgfz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>the-culturist-theculturedesk</span></a></span>.</p>