Wednesday, June 05, 2013
OLD WAVE
Alan Resnais says farewell* with the wonderfully weird
Les herbes folles / Wild Grass (2009)
A wallet is stolen then found bringing two people, then more people, together for a strange set of coincidences that make for a great movie experience. A NYTimes Critics' Pick.
There is no explaining this pleasurable movie experience. It is very movie-centric with odd flourishes here and there. The heroine is a dentist!
Romantic obsession seems to be the theme here but it doesn't matter to me.
I love to watch Resnais snake us through the grass to show us what happens in those cracks where the grass is growing through the asphalt. The marginal line between convention and really strange behavior.
Lots of great actors. And a special six minute discussion of a crucial set.
The directors, auteurs, of the New Wave were thought to be all about using real locations in their work. Not so.
I have seen this film a couple of times. The more the merrier. That makes it a 5 out of Netflix5.
*He has made two more films since this one was made.
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