Friday, March 15, 2013
GRAND SWEEP
Today's film was the second half of Olivier Assayas'
a grand epic of a family over three decades including WWI and the various economic ups and downs along with the coming of modern thought about the relationship between men and women, the role of religion in daily life, the gradual diminishment of good taste and inter-family bickering. All French of course.
This would be Assayas' try at a traditional film with all the costumes and finery to say nothing of the period factory life in, of all things, a porcelain factory. Heavily labor intensive.
The main character is a modern man stuck with his boots in traditional ways. Culture shock. Future shock in the early 20th Century.
Assayas is a very interesting director with a wide swath of good films. Most recently I saw his tee vee miniseries about Carlos, The Jackal as well as his post mod Irma Vep, a meta meta take on movie making. A film within a film within a film.
Rate this one as a 5 out of Netflix5 as I am certain I will watch it again just to see how this kind of film can be made so well.
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