Monday, May 11, 2015
Family affairs
The Garrel family has left a set of films in which they direct, star and show life in a family as it might be for them. Or for others around them. Or even our own.
Today it is son Louis Garell discovering that he is not so free of the sin of
For the Garrels, film is the family business and this one is hot off the presses. Or cameras. Their absorption with detail is obvious from the beginning.
What is particularly nice is the subtlety of it all.
People are nice enough. Loyal enough family members and friends. But right below the surface they really want the other for themselves or to be their best friend or lover or relative.
You don't have to worry about any of this. As usual with a film like this, you sit back and watch the people play out parts from your own life. A little distance is a good thing. But there is room for reflection.
This is worth seeing again so it is a 4 out of Netflix5.
And it is courageous enough to be filmed in black and white which makes it a lot more accessible somehow. And if you are old enough to remember when all serious fare was colorless, it will take you back nicely to a more satisfying time cinematically. Not nostalgia. With B&W we had to fill in the color and it made us more intimately engaged.
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