French film

[keaton]

Watched The Beat That My Heaty Skipped the other day. Not sure what to make of it really but it ended with me feeling quite flat.

Paris is my favourite so far.

Have you seen Hidden yet?

 

[CHAPPERS]

Have you seen Hidden yet?

Tomorrow!

 

[life on mars 73]

Have a look at "La Fille Sur Le Pont", a very quirky, compelling tale featuring the lovely Vanessa Paradis.

You can check out a very powerful clip, the knife-throwing scene, on YouTube. It's very moving...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaamZLKRul0

 

[CP 0 3 BHA]

Diva - one of the most stylish and quirky films you could ever wish to see. Triller, romance, comedy all rolled into one. Made in the 80s and I've not seen it for a decade or so but I suspect it will have aged well despite many subsequent pale imitations.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Tomorrow!

When you do, can you explain it to me please?

 

[Austrian Gull]

Tomorrow!

Prepare to be shocked at one point in the middle of the film...

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Diva - one of the most stylish and quirky films you could ever wish to see. Triller, romance, comedy all rolled into one. Made in the 80s and I've not seen it for a decade or so but I suspect it will have aged well despite many subsequent pale imitations.

It still stands up. Subway still worth a look too.

 

[Acker79]

When you do, can you explain it to me please?

I've seen it and I'm still not sure I could explain it.

Water Lilies (2007) - IMDb

This film is airing on channel four on saturday night if anyone is interested.

 

[CHAPPERS]

This film is airing on channel four on saturday night if anyone is interested.

Nice one!

 

[Brightonfan1983]

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[CHAPPERS]

Hidden - Not quite sure what to make of it to be honest. Tell No One is a far better film IMO. Found it ever so slightly soulless, though that it probably deliberate.

THAT bit did come as rather a shock!

Hmm, yeah, I dunno. Was expecting more from the end but again I think you are meant to think there is something more sinister going on than there actually is.

 

[Spider]

HANG ON! Has no one mentioned the Three Colours Trilogy yet? They are regarded as classics. Blue and Red (sorry, Bleu et Rouge) are both brilliant, and White is slightly less good, but a fantastic trilogy worth getting hold of.

 

[brighton bluenose]

Maybe a bit obvious but can't believe no-one has mentioned Depardieu in Jean De Florette and its sequel Manon De Source or Cyrano.

First French film I remember seeing was Depardieu again in Trop Belle Pour Toi at the Lumiere in the West End!

 

[Jesus Gul]

Maybe a bit obvious but can't believe no-one has mentioned Depardieu in Jean De Florette and its sequel Manon De Source or Cyrano.

First French film I remember seeing was Depardieu again in Trop Belle Pour Toi at the Lumiere in the West End!

A cultured Bluenose? Whatever next?

 

[Brightonfan1983]

Hidden - Not quite sure what to make of it to be honest. Tell No One is a far better film IMO. Found it ever so slightly soulless, though that it probably deliberate.

THAT bit did come as rather a shock!

Hmm, yeah, I dunno. Was expecting more from the end but again I think you are meant to think there is something more sinister going on than there actually is.

Soulless is a good description - I think he tend to make grand points in his films, so the focus is elsewhere, rather than on plot. Sometimes he gets both supremely spot-on - this being a French thread, I won't bang on again about Funny Games as it's in German, but he did make The Piano Teacher (I think it may be in German but Isabelle Hupbert's in it) which is tremendous, and Time of the Wolf, thought-provoking at best but worth a look.

 

[Austrian Gull]

Not sure if it's come out in the UK yet but I saw "Serge Gainsbourg - vie héroique" at the weekend.

Was really looking forward to it as Gainsbourg is a bit of legend in my book but it was a touch too surreal for a biopic - 6.3/10.

However, it must be said that Laetitia Casta playing Brigitte Bardot was worth the admission price on its own - 10/10.

It was good to see that most of the film was about his young life rather than the end where he had become a leering, old drunk...as in this legendary clip from French TV with Whitney Houston!

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[ben andrews' girlfriend]

It was good to see that most of the film was about his young life rather than the end where he had become a leering, old drunk...as in this legendary clip from French TV with Whitney Houston!

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I completely forgot about that clip - brilliant

 

[Acker79]

I finally got round to watching water lilies on sky plus.

However, the last few minutes were cut off. Anyone care to let me know what happens after? (I got to the part where Floriane and Marie had kissed, Florianne went back to the party, Marie got in the swimming pool, then Anne jumped in. Florianne was dancing as the music was starting to build).

 

[Gwylan]

Anyone watched Cine Moi yet? It's the channel on Sky and Virgin devoted to French film. I watched a film last week that was so crap that I've forgotten its name already, but there's more promising stuff on it.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Can't believe that no-one's mentioned the films by Claude Chabrol. Probably one of the greatest French film directors ever!
He was called the Alfred Hitchcock of France and my favourite is a bit old but still brilliant, called Le Boucher (The Butcher).