Bernardo Soares (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} bsoares) wrote,@ 2004-02-26 00:19:00 |
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"The Dreamers"
Like many of Bertolucci's films, it's a movie about unrequited love.
It's also a movie about movies -- done in a hyper-cinematic way, it includes some great shots and scenes from many b&w films. All characters in "The Dreamers" love movies -- but beware, like with many other things in this film, their shared interest is an illusion. You can love movies because they open the world to you, or because they express emotions that you cannot express otherwise. Or you can love them for a beautiful scene, a striking pose, an interesting shot.
This movie is kind, and humane, and funny. Yet it drags in places, its biggest problem being that the characters aren't developed very well. They are more archetypes than real people and there's no Marlon Brando in this movie to pull off another "Last Tango in Paris". Interestingly, this movie is closer to "Stealing Beauty" than it's to "Tango", despite the fact that both Dreamers and Tango are set in Paris, both explore somewhat similar territory, and both landed the NC-17 rating.
Just like with nearly all Bertolucci's movies (one possible exception being "The Partner"), I'll gladly watch "Dreamers" again and will definitely discover more in it. But my favorite Bertolucci's films would still be "Last Tango in Paris", "Sheltering Sky", "Besieged", "Spider's Stratagem" , and "Conformist". In short, "Dreamers" is a worth-while movie, but not a great one.
Someone else's review that I liked: http://www.filmblather.com/2004/dreamer
Like many of Bertolucci's films, it's a movie about unrequited love.
It's also a movie about movies -- done in a hyper-cinematic way, it includes some great shots and scenes from many b&w films. All characters in "The Dreamers" love movies -- but beware, like with many other things in this film, their shared interest is an illusion. You can love movies because they open the world to you, or because they express emotions that you cannot express otherwise. Or you can love them for a beautiful scene, a striking pose, an interesting shot.
This movie is kind, and humane, and funny. Yet it drags in places, its biggest problem being that the characters aren't developed very well. They are more archetypes than real people and there's no Marlon Brando in this movie to pull off another "Last Tango in Paris". Interestingly, this movie is closer to "Stealing Beauty" than it's to "Tango", despite the fact that both Dreamers and Tango are set in Paris, both explore somewhat similar territory, and both landed the NC-17 rating.
Just like with nearly all Bertolucci's movies (one possible exception being "The Partner"), I'll gladly watch "Dreamers" again and will definitely discover more in it. But my favorite Bertolucci's films would still be "Last Tango in Paris", "Sheltering Sky", "Besieged", "Spider's Stratagem" , and "Conformist". In short, "Dreamers" is a worth-while movie, but not a great one.
Someone else's review that I liked: http://www.filmblather.com/2004/dreamer
