Post by Boz on Jan 18, 2007 22:57:25 GMT
Too Beautiful for You 
Bertrand Blier 1989
Fantastic, fantastic film. Pretty much like a modern day adaptation of Last Year at Marienbad, although it does more with varying locations and includes more characters, more humor, and more music, and dabbles slightly more in a recognizable reality. In the vein of Marienbad, Blier experiments with characters acknowledging their own futures, verbalizing their own internal thoughts, as well as those of others, and moving in and out of various settings and time periods with little regard for the diegetic reality. Numerous instances of breaking the fourth wall, both for comedic and dramatic effect, the best classical soundtrack since 2001, and some great late eighties cinematography and set pieces all collectively make this perhaps one of the best films of that decade. The production values made it difficult to realize that this film is relatively obscure. Also worthy of note, for whatever reason, I had the strange sensation while watching that this film reminded me of itself, so to speak, as if I'd seen it before. A sort of instant deja vu.
Bertrand Blier 1989
Fantastic, fantastic film. Pretty much like a modern day adaptation of Last Year at Marienbad, although it does more with varying locations and includes more characters, more humor, and more music, and dabbles slightly more in a recognizable reality. In the vein of Marienbad, Blier experiments with characters acknowledging their own futures, verbalizing their own internal thoughts, as well as those of others, and moving in and out of various settings and time periods with little regard for the diegetic reality. Numerous instances of breaking the fourth wall, both for comedic and dramatic effect, the best classical soundtrack since 2001, and some great late eighties cinematography and set pieces all collectively make this perhaps one of the best films of that decade. The production values made it difficult to realize that this film is relatively obscure. Also worthy of note, for whatever reason, I had the strange sensation while watching that this film reminded me of itself, so to speak, as if I'd seen it before. A sort of instant deja vu.
