The Lady and the Duke

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10/08/2014 Eric Rohmer embraced the new technology to create an absorbing and astute costume drama film. Because of his innovative ideas regarding depth of field and production design, we can now enjoy exquisite masterworks as Hugo (Martin Scorsese) or The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann) See more 04/15/2010 Period piece misses the mark. The film makers probably realized it was a disaster but knew someone would always be interested in period pieces..so they took their chances. Not worth the effort to find. See more 03/22/2010 Le moins qu'on puisse dire avec ce film, c'est que la Nouvelle Vague est tout a fait morte. See more 09/05/2009 One of the better period movies I have seen, particularly of those set around the time of the French Revolution. It is difficult to find a good word describing the brilliant acting here...though "delicate and understated" might just cut it. See more 08/14/2009 After having exclusively viewed contemporary cinema over the past 3 weeks and all the inherently "unsure" cinema that such an exercise involves, watching the total and complete confidence of old man Rohmer was like mana from heaven. Rohmer finally lends his conservatism to didactic political prominence with this vicious attack on the horrors of the French Revolution. It owes everything to Rossellini's historical films, and, sadly, Rohmer is probably the only director today still looking directly to Rossellini's historical films for inspiration. See more 07/19/2009 The episodic nature through the French Revolution period can be a bit of a distraction to the story of adversity of an Englishwoman in France, however the plot does make for an interesting costume drama. See more Read all reviews

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