The Dreamers
Added 10/3/2009
This production is a masterpiece. Elegant, provocative, enticing and erotic. Somehow things such as history, revolution, love, eroticism, all mix together very well in this unique film.
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interesting story, bad acting and mediocre directing
Added 10/2/2009
What a disappointment. By this point in his film career, unfortunately, Bertolucci had lost the plot, could barely direct and certainly had problems casting this film. Some of the worst performances I've seen in a film by a 'major' director. Only Eva Green shows potential, which this film most likely killed because, as her agent feared, she became another Maria Schneider.
The story is good, and in more capable hands, could have made an excellent film.
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A horrid mess of a movie
Added 9/23/2009
Grim and pointless. Left me wanting to strangle all three actors. Do they still sell the foam TV brick? Well, if I had a real brick it would be worth the price of a new television. I'm so grateful no one dragged me to this when it played in the theaters, or else I would have demanded my money back.
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kinda fun + eva green
Added 9/18/2009
In case anyone wonders why the stunning Eva Green speaks perfect, unaccented French, it's because she's French. The scene where she appears as Venus de Milo, dressed accordingly (ahem), and what follows after that, are worth the price of admission. Come to think of it, you're probably better off fast forwarding through all the scenes in which she does not appear because all you'll get is radical-chic chit chat from Eva's twin brother, a spoiled brat with a head full of nonsense about revolution and Mao and the little red book and all that guff, and the rather wimpy American kid from California who tries to set him straight but without much luck (surprise!) Well, it's the 60s dontcha know, rebellion was in the air, or something like that, let's hit the streets carrying the communist flag and slug it out with the police. That'll fix what's wrong, you bet. Tell it to Tianamen Square.
Of course, you're supposed to identify with the American kid in Paris (I did) who runs into the adorable Eva and her bro, shacks up with both, has a great time, falls in love with Eva (who wouldn't?), can't keep his hands off her or stay out of her or off her or whatever (who could?) and is very much down in the dumps at the end when Eva dumps him because her bond with bro is just too strong. I would have written a different ending, with Eva achieving liberation -- it is the 60s after all -- but that's just me.
There are lots of movie quotes (an idea from Godard), though Bertolucci does his best to deflate the facile left-wing politics we get from Godard, and pretty much succeeds. Paris looks wonderful, the mad dash through the Louvre was a lot of fun to watch (would never be allowed to be filmed today), and being in Paris in your 20s with not care in the world except how to make Eva happy, even for a brief time, sure is a version of paradise ... or something.
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The sensual world of Bertolucci
Added 9/7/2009
The "Dreamers" by Bernardo Bertolucci is a beautiful story about three young people who are on a sensual voyage of discovery. Their common interest in cinema brings them together in an era prior to and during the labor unrest of May 1968 in Paris. Michael Pitt (Matthew), Eva Green (Isabelle), and Louis Garrel (Theo) are the principle characters of this engaging tale that takes us through the streets of Paris and into the home of Matthew and Isabelle. Bertolucci's sensual story takes us through the warm spaces of friendship, and love.
The video transfer is excellent for DVD. The colors are very rich and vivid, and the clarity sharp.
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"incest is the best" LOL!
Added 9/8/2009
Busted some good nuts to this movie but the sex between the mother and son is implied and not shown so if you are looking at it for that DON'T BOTHER.
Story line is awesome, great movie very similar to The Dreamers but with a different setting.
Overall a pretty good movie.
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Two stars on the stimulation scale, maybe three for the story as a whole
Added 7/28/2008
When her emotionally distant husband dies in a car crash, his widow introduces their son to her parallel life of sex clubs and all-night partying (I guess it was an open marriage), hoping to bring the poor boy out of his shell a little. Somewhat provocative and engaging story is undercut by too much philosophical rambling, a general air of seediness, and a downer ending. I'm not saying that those elements represent weaknesses of the movie, only that they'll prevent you from enjoying the film on anything other than an "artistic" level, if you're inclined to do so. In other words, this isn't an exciting movie about a sexy mom introducing her shy son to her sexy friends. Though there is a sexy mom and some sexy friends. So, if the mere presence of those elements- underused as they are- is enough for you, go for it. Myself, I felt the movie wasn't a total loss, but I did find myself looking at my watch once or twice.
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Although I did enjoy this movie, I found some parts of it hard to follow. I thought it was beautifully filmed, but I felt like many of the sex scenes were gratuitous , and frankly, borderline pornographic. The scene where the three young adults (er, the son, the girl, the weasely looking guy) did the whole bondage thing...it just didn't seem necessary.
The ending was pretty hilarious though (I'm a bad person). This is a good film and all, but not the best to come out of France, it is also pretty disturbing.
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