I've Loved You So Long

[Amnesiac]

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[Ezee E]

Saw it at Telluride. It's a fine acting piece, and if pushed enough, I'm sure that Scott Thomas will be recognized as she is excellent in this.

I liked Elsa Zylberstein even more.

It's along the lines of Snow Angels as far as rip-roaring entertainment goes.

[Amnesiac]

Saw it at Telluride. It's a fine acting piece, and if pushed enough, I'm sure that Scott Thomas will be recognized as she is excellent in this.

I liked Elsa Zylberstein even more.

Interesting. I'm guessing you're one of the few on here that has gotten a chance to see it already.



It's along the lines of Snow Angels as far as rip-roaring entertainment goes.

Haven't seen that one yet. Been meaning to for a while now...

[Boner M]

Hmm, surprised at how little-seen this one is. It's probably better than my rating suggests, but I found the film so aesthetically boring that many of it's virtues were diminished. People talk in two-shot, montage of KST pensively staring in various locations set to sombre acoustic guitar theme, discussion of Rohmer, people talk in two-shot, another melancholy montage, discussion of Dosdoevsky, repeat for two hours. At times it almost plays like a parody of middlebrow French melodrama. I also have a thing against films about people harboring secrets, in which we merely wait around being teased by clues and hints until the beans are finally spilt at the end. It makes for a great actor's showcase, and KST is admittedly quite sublime in her grace and poise, with Elsa Zylberstein also very good, but altogether it's kinda ho-hum.

[Amnesiac]

It makes for a great actor's showcase, and KST is admittedly quite sublime in her grace and poise.

That's what I got from this, too.

I expected to see more greatness from her in Tell No One but she was relegated to a more subordinate role there, wherein she didn't seem to showcase anything as extraordinary or pathos-infused as what was present in this great film.

[NickGlass]

Hmm, surprised at how little-seen this one is.

Really? Because you explain right here exactly why I've been avoiding it:


[M]ontage of KST pensively staring in various locations set to sombre acoustic guitar theme, discussion of Rohmer, people talk in two-shot, another melancholy montage, discussion of Dosdoevsky, repeat for two hours. At times it almost plays like a parody of middlebrow French melodrama.

[balmakboor]

I could've seen this while I was in Santa Barbara over Christmas, but didn't. I'd never heard of it. Maybe its marketing is the problem.

[Melville]

I just got back from seeing this. Kristin Scott Thomas was very good; the "happy family" (or group of families or whatever it was) montage was awful cinematic shorthand; a lot of the character dynamics (e.g. with the brother) were contrived and predictable, though others worked well; the final scene was an excellent tearjerker, but the "secret" was kind of lame and hard to believe, and the whole movie felt kind of cheap in delaying the revelation solely to build up to that moment; overall, the movie was alright and depressing as hell.