tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post7430547983219369038..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: À double tourEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-86327432278304546072012-02-28T22:11:06.516-05:002012-02-28T22:11:06.516-05:00Another great movie, Colin. Chabrol obviously uses...Another great movie, Colin. Chabrol obviously uses this motif of cover-ups to satirize the bourgeois insistence on avoiding consequences and not paying for their actions. The idea of bourgeois responsibility-avoidance is also picked up by Michael Haneke, who's been on my mind lately since I've been rewatching his films.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-67036035986828897652012-02-28T19:06:00.405-05:002012-02-28T19:06:00.405-05:00That theme of the the "family gathering aroun...That theme of the the "family gathering around to protect the criminal from prosecution" also occurs in the magnificant La Rupture as well, as the respectable family of Stéphane Audran's insane husband (who has slipped in the meantime into a catatonic state) take it upon themselves to hire a private detective to systematically destroy Audran's character before she can divorce colinr0380http://www.criterionforum.org/forumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-54333772641485836982012-02-27T15:56:29.950-05:002012-02-27T15:56:29.950-05:00Belmondo and Lafont were the highlights for me her...Belmondo and Lafont were the highlights for me here, both of them funny and sexy as hell in equal measures, but the whole thing is weird and really interesting.<br /><br />Nice connection to <i>A Girl Cut In Two</i>, which I wouldn't have cited as a masterpiece but is definitely another interesting film dealing with some similar themes - although it's nowhere near as funny. Loved the Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-15598103431121567362012-02-27T15:10:38.174-05:002012-02-27T15:10:38.174-05:00This was the very first Chabrol I saw -- back in 1...This was the very first Chabrol I saw -- back in 1961. Fascinating for what you point out reagrding its wildly varinyg tones. Belmondo and Laffont and comic characters -- upsetting the bourgeoisie with their high spirits. But Antonella Luladi is the true source of trouble as she's <i>too beautiful to live</i>. <br /><br />The son's murder and the clear sense at the end that the family DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com