Sunday, September 24, 2006
MORALITY
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was Eric Rohmer's
This is one of the Six Moral Tales
It is the third one and was made fourth. We have seen some of the others.
Each Tale's protagonist faces a life situation that confronts his own particular moral code; in this case Catholicism.
The person has to navigate the situation and apply the code for better or worse.
There is a lot of talk. You have to pay attention.
But there is a payoff if you do and, often, it is quite surprising.
This Tale involves a set of lovers' triangles that intersect. You don't really know how until the end.
The star is Jean-Louis Trintignant who makes this tight ass catholic (who lies his way through life) a very attractive blank slate upon which to project one's own moral codes. Well not blank. He is a looker. It is just a figure of speech.
I liked it.
I will give it a 4 out of Netflix5.
