L'Amour Fou

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danelectro T @danelectro 1 day ago First scene: A man is abandoned by his wife; and abandons the actors he directs. The film "explains" this first scene. Take notice of the ways this man has a similar effect on both his lover and his actors; you will suffer as you empathize with her and with them. Pay attention to the very last sound you will hear in this movie, the sound of this man at the start of his life, waiting longer than most infants for a soothing embrace or for food. The final scene then "explains" how such a man comes to be, someone incapable of offering emotional nurturance to others. This "explains" the beginning, doing so at the end. The film begins with the effect (the man abandoned). The film ends with the cause (the child abandoned). 4 hours may be a bit much for most us - I watched it in two 2-hour sittings. Pay attention to your feelings, which Rivette masterfully triggers as, of course, we must empathize with the man, those he hurts, and his inner child. The perpetrator was/is an innocent child. See more Aug 1, 2016 cinegeek.de Our Daily Free Stream: Jacques Rivette - L'Amour Fou (engl. subt.). Ein fast unbekannter Film von Jacques Rivette - jetzt zum Entdecken! Immer war es so, dass Rivette sich mit seinen Filmen am liebsten den Künsten widmete. Nicht nur, dass seine Werke ausserhalb dieser Welt der Cinephilen kaum Anklang fanden, er blieb auch mit seinen Sujets diesem Kreis treu. L'Amour Fou spielt am Theater. Claire (Bulle Olgier) und Sebastien (Jean-Pierre Kalfon) arbeiten dort als Schauspielerin und Regisseur. Beide sind verheiratet. Während ihrer Proben zu einem Stück Racines übernehmen sie nun selbst die Rollen der Figuren. Während das Stück langsam entsteht, zerfällt die Ehe. Dieses vierstündige experimentelle Werk leitet Rivettes ganz eigene Kultur Revolution ein. Er bricht mit herkömmlichen Erzählstrukturen, klebt nicht mehr am Drehbuch. Auch die Schauspieler ordnen sich diesen Konventionen nicht mehr unter. Für L'Amour Fou wurde eine kürzere Zweistunden-Fassung hergestellt, die Rivette aber missfiel. Vier sollten es sein! L'Amour Fou, für Rivette mochte es der erste "echte" Rivette-Film sein. See more Jan 26, 2008 I don't really feel like saying anything about the film other than I watched all 252 minutes. See more Jan 16, 2008 The first half is brilliant. See more Nov 29, 2007 I'm not quite sure what to say here. The film is four hours long about, and it's about a film being made. In some ways I can't believe I watched the whole thing, but there is just something about it... (review to be continued). See more Nov 8, 2007 Much better than I expected it to be, better than Out 1, in fact, similar themes in a more compact form, with a disastrous, co-dependent relationship at it's core. When Bulle Ogier balances opened Matryoshka dolls on her bed and quizzically looks at them, it's the perfect metaphor for Rivette's early cinema. Or at least until the neat mirrors facing each other in one of the last chapters of Out 1. I mean, this is what I would say about the movie if I were a douchebag See more Read all reviews

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