tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post2980179068084802791..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Les CousinsEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-65179864871077493722011-07-02T08:21:20.267-04:002011-07-02T08:21:20.267-04:00Thanks, Sam, sounds like you remember this film pr...Thanks, Sam, sounds like you remember this film pretty well, actually. I liked the ending a lot, though. It's a sudden turn to drama, but then it ends on a note of quiet resignation that's very haunting.<br /><br />I'm sure <i>The Green Ray</i> was wonderful on the big screen. That's a great film!Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-67899592190340710012011-07-01T19:59:17.531-04:002011-07-01T19:59:17.531-04:00Another extraordinary review in your incomparable ...Another extraordinary review in your incomparable area of expertise, the Frecnh New Wave. I have not seen this particular Chabrol in quite a while, but I have seen it and recall its essence after this penetrating essay. It's certainly an ironic study with a powerful mise en scene, outstanding camera work by Henri Ducae and a memorable darkly humorous script that plays a reversal and Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-37747108850418803712011-06-29T19:32:27.737-04:002011-06-29T19:32:27.737-04:00He's one of the great undersung actors in film...He's one of the great <i>undersung</i> actors in film history. <i>Claire's Knee</i> is probably his most famous role, and rightly celebrated role. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0108400/" rel="nofollow">But just look at these credits</a>! He's quite teriffic in French TV move <i>Le Hasard Fait Bein des Choses</i> that's one of his last performances.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-17978522675710065372011-06-29T14:23:12.332-04:002011-06-29T14:23:12.332-04:00Good point about the mix of cynicism and romantici...Good point about the mix of cynicism and romanticism, David. And Brialy really is fantastic, he's styled like a B-movie villain or a melodramatic ham, but his exaggerated bonhomie so obviously hides this yawning chasm within. His body language in the final shots is just <i>perfect</i>, and communicates so much without a word in the aftermath of the climax.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-18543140356410284552011-06-29T12:29:32.821-04:002011-06-29T12:29:32.821-04:00Thsi was the very first Chabrol film I ever saw --...Thsi was the very first Chabrol film I ever saw -- back in 1961. Incredibly vivid portrait of the left bank scene in the postwar period with a cynical cover not quite able to hide an underlying romanticism. Brialy is really incredible here. I can't think of another French actor of this period able to carry off the part of a preening showboat with a sympathetic streak just underneath.<br /><brDavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com