Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
trintignant is so damn funny and versatile, going from intellectual and big-hearted to timid and boyish in an instant. every image is so delicately composed, but never distracts from what is going on. also of note is the total lack of shot-reverse-shot -- each and every composition is unique, and rohmer often lets dialogue play out off-screen as we watch a single character listen. rohmer's first life as the novelist gilbert cordier is indicated here -- not just through the…
One of the greatest films. There are moments of directorial vision here which are genuinely astounding in their level of creativity and precision; moments which would only be gags in clumsier hands are turned into moments of genuine emotional resonance, and YET RETAIN THEIR HUMOUR. A feat in every way. How the fuck?
The montage-ified two-dimensional choreography and gesture which is the heart of all cinema is refined here to a level so relentless that it plateaus and becomes constant light.
OR: I was glad when it kicked ass. But I was even gladder when it kicked heart.
proof that any movie is made better by a character firmly adopting sunglasses at their lowest point.