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If this thread already existed I offer my apologies. Couldn't find it.
This is a decent and smart enough film but after an hour I found myself wondering when it'd be over, which is never a good sign. Regardless, it has enough pleasures to warrant a viewing. It's a metaphor of storytelling, which seems to be a recurring theme with Ozon, at least if I understood anything in Swimming Pool correctly.
The character of the teacher is a complete wanker, but I think that's completely intentional.
Definitely intentional, but we're also expected us to identify with his curiosity/feel for his third act losses.Quoting Grouchy (view post)
Anyway, this is such an Ozon film. Here's what I scribbled about it: http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/in-the-house
I'm writing for Slant Magazine now, so check out my list of reviews.
Hopefully I'll have the energy to update my signature soon.
Good review Nick!
Probably won't see this. Ozzzzzon.
Francois Ozon's in the house.
He calls it his Ozon lair.
Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen, 2013)
Wag the Dog (Barry Levinson, 1997)
Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve, 2013)
Filth (Jon S. Baird, 2013)
Sunshine on Leith (Dexter Fletcher, 2013)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (Frank Tashlin, 1957)
Kelly + Victor (Keiran Evans, 2012)
We Are What We Are (Jim Mickle, 2013)
The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino, 2013)
Read Write Hand
I really liked Under the Sand and Swimming Pool but this dude has kind of dropped off my radar.
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
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