SteveLakerLondon
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This is one of those films which might be considered 'Challenging,' because it's three hours long and it's sub-titled. It's in French, while I'm English but European. I'm not bi-sexual but I can appreciate the human form in all shapes, both male and female.
All of humanity is on show here, albeit in the forms of aesthetically beautiful people. Opposites are attracted, though differences in music, food, culture, education, and sexuality (gender and presentation). It's art but it doesn't talk down.
Instead it takes us by the hand, and the spirit, into worlds we'd only explore if we had a guide to make us feel safe. It's voyeuristic but by invitation; it's argumentative, but by social democracy. If I strip away the the gloss of the art exhibitionism and the wrappers of the artists who hide behind their true characters, I'm left with bare naked humanity.
It may well be Adèle Exarchopoulos' mesmeric and almost unreal beauty which allowed me to last three hours, but there were sub-titles to read as well.
This is a film about taking your clothes off, losing your inhibitions and being a free human.
All of humanity is on show here, albeit in the forms of aesthetically beautiful people. Opposites are attracted, though differences in music, food, culture, education, and sexuality (gender and presentation). It's art but it doesn't talk down.
Instead it takes us by the hand, and the spirit, into worlds we'd only explore if we had a guide to make us feel safe. It's voyeuristic but by invitation; it's argumentative, but by social democracy. If I strip away the the gloss of the art exhibitionism and the wrappers of the artists who hide behind their true characters, I'm left with bare naked humanity.
It may well be Adèle Exarchopoulos' mesmeric and almost unreal beauty which allowed me to last three hours, but there were sub-titles to read as well.
This is a film about taking your clothes off, losing your inhibitions and being a free human.
What got me into this film was the prologue, and the story of the suicide / murder coincidence, which I knew to be true as I'd read it in Fortean Times.
Wild coincidences really do happen, as Paul Auster pointed out in True Tales of American Life. Fact is often stranger than fiction, and for some reason many of us give thanks to on high when that happens. But it really does.
Then he who won't be proved ends the thing with a twist.
This reminded me of Paul Auster, who wrote The Music of Chance. No other director has told a story like he can, until now.
Loved it!
Wild coincidences really do happen, as Paul Auster pointed out in True Tales of American Life. Fact is often stranger than fiction, and for some reason many of us give thanks to on high when that happens. But it really does.
Then he who won't be proved ends the thing with a twist.
This reminded me of Paul Auster, who wrote The Music of Chance. No other director has told a story like he can, until now.
Loved it!
I picked this up from a trailer on another DVD. It's quite a little gem:
"I've never read any of dad's books." "I have, they're pretty dense..."
This film is all of 81 minutes, but it could comfortably be three times that. Every single line is perfect, as it disassembles the human condition with growing tragic hilarity. It's about people, battling as much with themselves as those around them, when each is a part of the other. It's centred around the children of two writers, and it transcends the bubble of being one. Probably my perfect film, but it's a film for anyone.
Pure, honest and introverted genius. A film after my own heart x
"I've never read any of dad's books." "I have, they're pretty dense..."
This film is all of 81 minutes, but it could comfortably be three times that. Every single line is perfect, as it disassembles the human condition with growing tragic hilarity. It's about people, battling as much with themselves as those around them, when each is a part of the other. It's centred around the children of two writers, and it transcends the bubble of being one. Probably my perfect film, but it's a film for anyone.
Pure, honest and introverted genius. A film after my own heart x