Wednesday, June 12, 2013
FORCED FARCE
Today's film was Francois Ozon's French farce
with Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu with Fabrice Luchini. All effortless stars.
I got this because of the director. I guess this is his big time vehicle for a few stars. The equivalent of "going Hollywood" here. Or selling out. I had read this was the case. It happens to the best.
Ozon had a touchstone in all his films in that he included a gay character or two or more. He was out. A nice gesture.
There is an obvious gay character here with a boyfriend but it is not mentioned. You have to have a high wattage gaydar. Or perhaps it is in my mind.
In any event, you can see that my mind is not so much on the movie. A trifle which is amusing enough but disappointing.
It even has a song thrown in at the end sung by Deneuve which is out of place as any song can be. It blasts the already unbelievable and unresolved story apart.
But it is amusing enough to see the stars walk through without a huff or puff. Pros.
I watched the whole thing but I didn't like it very much and I am going to give it a 2 out of Netflix5 mostly because I watched just enough of the "making of" feature to see Ozon directing guys to strap down a cute rabbit to a board. Bound and gagged for a shot which was to look like two bunnies fucking. I know. It is quite unfair of me.
But I am disappointed enough. I didn't skip any of it because it is fun to watch the stars do their thing. But not enough.
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