| When artsy goes crazy... |
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| written by jpurdom |
April 4, 2011 - 4:37 PM PDT |
So let me say right out of the box, this is not softcore porn! So don't confuse it with its more slutty cousins (Young Lady Chatterley, etc). You will in fact see more male nudity than you will full female nudity. And as I said, its artsy. You spend a lot of time looking at scenes of leaves, or branches, sometimes the forest floor, For reasons that I can't seem to figure out. At first I imagine that it is to establish the changing season, but half the movie takes place in the summer... why do I need to know that summer has changed to... summer. You also spend a great deal of time watching people sit. People that sit together, sit alone, etc, but they are just sitting... and most of the time they are not talking or anything. Just sitting.
I personally do not think it lived up to the book... but the story was there for the most part. I think it might be hard to portray some of the more intense philosophical topics that the book covers. There are attempts but it seems halfhearted. The actors did a fantastic job conveying a sense of discovery. ... you really got the feeling that they were two teens discovering passion for the first time.
All in all, it was passable but far too long. The scenes meandered as much as the plot and I quickly lost interest. Even my wife got bored. |
| A quiet, visually appealing film |
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| written by MKaliher |
February 10, 2008 - 11:14 AM PST |
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| Despite the risqué cover art and review clips, this gentle movie isn't really about sex and promiscuity at all. One can hardly blame the marketers: sex is used to sell everything from perfume to insurance. But if you want sexual tension, find a copy of Payback with Joan Severance and C. Thomas Howell. This film is about the emotional awakening of two fairly ordinary people--and social classes, society's expectations of social classes, and the limitations of the class system. While director/writer Pascale Ferran and co-writers Roger Bohbot and Pierre Trividic provided a fine script, based on a D. H. Lawrence novel--which seems to bring a certain facet of early 20th century England to authentic life--it is really cinematographer Julien Hirsch and film editors Yann Dedet and Mathilde Muyard who make it all come together. The visual ambience of the film, whose setting is a large and naturally pristine estate, seems to reflect the personalities of the two lead characters--played by Marina Hands and Jean-Louis Coullo'ch--which reach some measure of fulfillment in a natural response to their intimacy. This is a quiet film, requiring some patience on the part of the viewer. If Die Hard is your favorite film, this one is probably not for you. On the other hand, if you enjoyed Babette's Feast, give this one a viewing. |
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