Systematicer
Iscritto in data lug 2004
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Valutazione di Systematicer
I was very skeptical when I heard and saw the first things about this novel adaptation. The accusations of it being too lurid or too far off from the original novel didn't come true and the trailers don't really do it justice. But in the end it is the final product that matters and not the things surrounding it. Not even the novel it's based on, because a film always has to stand on its own.
Now the film actually is pretty faithful. It leaves out a lot but it doesn't add on anything that would turn it into something else. And the story still makes sense. Granted, the alleged pubescent girls are too old and the main character is too handsome. Even though it's supposed to take place in 18th-century France, it is as if it is taking place in its own world. Now I couldn't tell how close to reality the behavior of the people and the single facts are, but the reality as shown in this film is wild, filthy, nauseous and of low morale. Especially the working-class is gruesome. But it adds effectively to the story and even more to the excitement.
The story is told quite poetically with a lot of strings and choirs which gives it a tense and partly even epic atmosphere without being obtrusive. Half the time the main character Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is on screen we see him sniffing, which takes us into a different world where scents are the most important sensations.
The fact that it is an European production hardly shows. While almost always visible for me in other European films it doesn't show much here because of its tense atmosphere and great lightning. Overall it is more stylized, which I, most of the time, prefer.
I often read people say the omnipresent narration is annoying because it just describes what we can see anyway. And I can understand the criticism. My biggest point of critique would be that the narration maybe seemed a little impersonal because the narrator didn't have a connection to the actual story. It was just a voice telling us a story. But overall I don't agree with it being unnecessary or annoying. The main character himself barely talks and so I'm not sure everything would have been perfectly clear to everybody without the narration. Especially in the beginning of the film the narration is very present. It gives us a sense of how this world is working and what the situation is. It is quasi replacing the internal monologue that is often used as a narration in other films. I guess this is to create more distance to the main character, to mystify the figure. But the narration actually disappears completely after a while into the film, when other characters become more present, only to return for the final minutes. So the narration isn't even that omnipresent and has its justification, I think.
All in all the film is made in a way it should be very mass appealing. Sometimes I wished it would have been a little more explicit and gory so it would be more repugnant to people (especially the ending), but in a mass appealing film this is luxury. It was also gruesome and effective enough without it, so I won't complain. I can't say it captured ALL the essence of the original novel but it's more important that the film doesn't feel soulless and since it is well-structured (dramaturgic & story-wise), it works for me very well.
Now the film actually is pretty faithful. It leaves out a lot but it doesn't add on anything that would turn it into something else. And the story still makes sense. Granted, the alleged pubescent girls are too old and the main character is too handsome. Even though it's supposed to take place in 18th-century France, it is as if it is taking place in its own world. Now I couldn't tell how close to reality the behavior of the people and the single facts are, but the reality as shown in this film is wild, filthy, nauseous and of low morale. Especially the working-class is gruesome. But it adds effectively to the story and even more to the excitement.
The story is told quite poetically with a lot of strings and choirs which gives it a tense and partly even epic atmosphere without being obtrusive. Half the time the main character Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is on screen we see him sniffing, which takes us into a different world where scents are the most important sensations.
The fact that it is an European production hardly shows. While almost always visible for me in other European films it doesn't show much here because of its tense atmosphere and great lightning. Overall it is more stylized, which I, most of the time, prefer.
I often read people say the omnipresent narration is annoying because it just describes what we can see anyway. And I can understand the criticism. My biggest point of critique would be that the narration maybe seemed a little impersonal because the narrator didn't have a connection to the actual story. It was just a voice telling us a story. But overall I don't agree with it being unnecessary or annoying. The main character himself barely talks and so I'm not sure everything would have been perfectly clear to everybody without the narration. Especially in the beginning of the film the narration is very present. It gives us a sense of how this world is working and what the situation is. It is quasi replacing the internal monologue that is often used as a narration in other films. I guess this is to create more distance to the main character, to mystify the figure. But the narration actually disappears completely after a while into the film, when other characters become more present, only to return for the final minutes. So the narration isn't even that omnipresent and has its justification, I think.
All in all the film is made in a way it should be very mass appealing. Sometimes I wished it would have been a little more explicit and gory so it would be more repugnant to people (especially the ending), but in a mass appealing film this is luxury. It was also gruesome and effective enough without it, so I won't complain. I can't say it captured ALL the essence of the original novel but it's more important that the film doesn't feel soulless and since it is well-structured (dramaturgic & story-wise), it works for me very well.