Thursday, August 06, 2015
Dolan
Three films from French Canadian actor/director Xavier Dolan.
Today, the threesome story
Les Amours Imaginaires / Heartbeats (2011)
Best friends, gay boy and straight girl, meet a cipher. One of those sexy looking guys who sits in everyone's memory. They project all their stuff on this guy.
We have all met a lob like this. Handsome, sweet seeming, nothing to offer. An empty shell.
Most of the film is about their own ideas of who this kid is. I figure the kid, himself, has absolutely no idea about himself or anyone else.
He is a sponge for others admiration. A bad turn for someone who will be discovered as an airhead soon enough.
But the film is not about him. It is about how the two best friends react and what they do to keep this kid going in their real versus fantasy life.
It is an ingeniously done film I think. I have seen it several times and am amazed at its depth.
Dolan won a big award at Cannes this year. Recognition.
For a French-Canadian kid who started out with a 16mm camera that is a big deal. He is still very young. 25 this year.
