An absolutely amazing film. I just loved the opening tracking shot down the Eiffel Tower and the bright palette of red. white and blue. Masterful use of tracking shots down the corridors, wonderful use of clips - esp the Godard reference. Loved the intercutting of present day and past J-P Leaud reading his defence of Langlois. This is a film about the dream that is cinema, even featuring a discussion of cinema as the primal scene between the two male leads in the bath tub. The soundtrack is just absolutely fantastic. The way it deals with the interaction of small intimate private places and huge public demonstrations is just wonderful, encapsulated in the moment when Isabelle and Matthew kiss in the street and turn to see the huge rubbish pile surrounding a lamp post. isabelle makes an eye-popping Venus de Milo too. Bertolucci is a bit obsessed with nudity (esp female nudity) but hey "nobody's perfect" (what's the film? quick!!)
Review of The Dreamers
